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A bill for an act
relating to education; establishing a Minnesota Vision of a Learner; creating a
working group; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2024, sections 120B.02, by adding a subdivision; 120B.021, subdivision
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.02, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
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Subd. 4.
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Development of Minnesota Vision of a Learner.
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(a) The legislature recognizes
the goal of preparing students to:
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(1) be successful after high school graduation;
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(2) lead rich and rewarding lives;
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(3) participate meaningfully in their families and communities;
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(4) help sustain a fair and just civil society and democracy; and
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(5) contribute to a thriving workforce and economy.
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The legislature further recognizes that meeting this goal requires students to build deep,
applied, transferable knowledge and skills.
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(b) The Minnesota P-20 Education Partnership must convene and chair a working group
to develop a Minnesota Vision of a Learner that describes the knowledge and skills students
need to develop to achieve the goals listed in paragraph (a). The working group must gather
input in a variety of ways, including conducting listening sessions and public surveys, and
reviewing existing locally adopted visions of a learner. Members of the working group must
be compensated in accordance with section 15.059, subdivision 3. The working group must
reflect the diversity of students across Minnesota, and must include one or more of the
following:
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(1) high school students currently enrolled in school districts or charter schools;
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(2) former students who graduated from a Minnesota public high school within the
preceding five years;
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(3) parents of students currently enrolled in school districts or charter schools;
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(4) licensed teachers currently working in Minnesota public schools;
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(5) licensed teachers or administrators currently working with students that receive
special education instruction and services in:
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(i) an intermediate school district or other cooperative unit under section 123A.24,
subdivision 2;
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(ii) a level four special education program; or
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(iii) a transition program serving students ages 18 to 22;
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(6) school board members;
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(7) school district administrators, including superintendents;
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(8) faculty at Minnesota postsecondary institutions;
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(9) civic and community leaders;
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(10) representatives from the business community;
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(11) representatives from the Tribal Nations Education Committee; and
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(12) experts in educational measurement.
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(c) The working group must post a description of the Minnesota Vision of a Learner no
later than January 15, 2028, on the websites of the Department of Education; Department
of Children, Youth, and Families; Department of Employment and Economic Development;
Department of Labor and Industry; Office of Higher Education; and the P-20 Education
Partnership.
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(d) School districts and charter schools may adopt the Minnesota Vision of a Learner
as a local vision of a learner, adapt the state vision, develop a different local vision, or adopt
no vision of a learner. Nothing in this subdivision supersedes existing or future locally
developed visions of a learner or requires that a district or school adopt a vision of a learner.
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EFFECTIVE DATE.
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This section is effective July 1, 2026.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.021, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Standards development.
(a) The commissioner must consider advice from at
least the following stakeholders in developing statewide rigorous core academic standards
in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, including history, geography,
economics, government and citizenship, health, and the arts:
(1) parents of school-age children and members of the public throughout the state;
(2) teachers throughout the state currently licensed and providing instruction in language
arts, mathematics, science, social studies, health, or the arts and licensed elementary and
secondary school principals throughout the state currently administering a school site;
(3) currently serving members of local school boards and charter school boards throughout
the state;
(4) faculty teaching core subjects at postsecondary institutions in Minnesota;
(5) representatives of the Minnesota business community;
(6) representatives from the Tribal Nations Education Committee and Tribal Nations
and communities in Minnesota, including both Anishinaabe and Dakota; and
(7) current students, with input from the Minnesota Youth Council.
(b) Academic standards must:
(1) be clear, concise, objective, measurable, and grade-level appropriate;
(2) not require a specific teaching methodology or curriculum;
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(3) be consistent with the Constitutions of the United States and the state of Minnesota
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(4) for academic standards reviewed after July 1, 2026, be organized and presented as
coherent progressions of learning within each discipline and across grade levels; and
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(5) for academic standards reviewed after July 1, 2026, align with and reference
appropriate aspects of the Minnesota Vision of a Learner under section 120B.02, subdivision
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EFFECTIVE DATE.
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This section is effective July 1, 2026.
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Sec. 3.
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APPROPRIATION; MINNESOTA VISION OF A LEARNER WORKING
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Subdivision 1.
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Department of Education.
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The sum indicated in this section is
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal year
designated.
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Subd. 2.
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Minnesota Vision of a Learner.
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For the P-20 Education Partnership for the
Minnesota Vision of a Learner working group under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.02,
subdivision 4:
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2027
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