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SF4423 • 2026
Length of time to elapse requirement before new education mandate takes effect
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Introduction and first reading
Length of time to elapse requirement before new education mandate takes effect
A bill for an act relating to education finance; requiring a length of time to elapse before a new education mandate takes effect; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 127A. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. new text begin [127A.02] ORDERLY TIME FRAME FOR K-12 EDUCATION CHANGES. new text end new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Local impact notes. new text end new text begin An enactment significantly affecting the duties of school districts and charter schools where a local impact note has been requested from the Legislative Budget Office under section 3.987 is not effective until that local impact note has been completed and posted to the Legislative Budget Office's website. new text end new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Education funding program implementation. new text end new text begin Notwithstanding section 645.02, any substantive change to a kindergarten through grade 12 education funding program that impacts the majority of school districts and charter schools enacted after March 1 of any calendar year is effective July 1 of the following calendar year. new text end new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2027. new text end