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SF5226 • 2026

School board members training requirements modifications

School board members training requirements modifications

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Kreun, Gustafson
Last action
2026-04-27
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

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School board members training requirements modifications

School board members training requirements modifications

What This Bill Does

  • School board members training requirements modifications

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-27 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

School board members training requirements modifications

Current Bill Text

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relating to education; modifying training requirements for school board members;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.09, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

School board member training.

A member
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shall
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must
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receive training in

school finance and management developed in consultation with the Minnesota School

Boards Association and consistent with section
127A.19
. The School Boards Association

must make available to each newly elected school board member training in school finance

and management consistent with section
127A.19
within 180 days of that member taking

office. The program
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shall
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must
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be developed in consultation with the department and

appropriate representatives of higher education.
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A member who fails to complete the training

within 180 days of taking office must not serve as an officer under section 123B.14 until

the member has completed the training.
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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective July 1, 2026.

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