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MN Stat § 120B.232 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 120B — Curriculum And Assessment|Section 120B.232 — Character Development Education.

120B.232 CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION. Subdivision 1. Character development education. (a) Character education is the shared responsibility of parents, teachers, and members of the community. The legislature encourages districts to integrate or offer instruction on character education including, but not limited to, character qualities such as attentiveness, truthfulness, respect for authority, diligence, gratefulness, self-discipline, patience, forgiveness, respect for others, peacemaking, and resourcefulness. Instruction should be integrated into a district's existing programs, curriculum, or the general school environment. To the extent practicable, instruction should be integrated into positive behavioral intervention strategies, under section 122A.627. The commissioner shall provide assistance at the request of a district to develop character education curriculum and programs. (b) Character development education under paragraph (a) may include a voluntary elementary, middle, and high school program that incorporates the history and values of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients and may be offered as part of the social studies, English language arts, or other curriculum, as a schoolwide character building and veteran awareness initiative, or as an after-school program, among other possibilities. Subd. 1a. Staff development; continuing education. (a) Staff development opportunities under section 122A.60 may include training in character development education that incorporates the history and values of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and is provided without cost to the interested school or district. (b) Local continuing education and relicensure committees or other local relicensure committees under section 122A.187, subdivision 3, are encouraged to approve up to six clock hours of continuing education for licensed teachers who complete the training in character development education under paragraph (a). Subd. 2. Funding sources. The commissioner must first use federal funds for character development education programs to the extent available under United States Code, title 20, section 7247. Districts may accept funds from private and other public sources for character development education programs developed and implemented under this section, including programs funded through the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, among other sources. History:  1Sp2005 c 5 art 2 s 19; 2016 c 189 art 25 s 15; 1Sp2017 c 5 art 2 s 13; 2018 c 182 art 1 s 14
MN Stat § 120B.234 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 120B — Curriculum And Assessment|Section 120B.234 — Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Education.

120B.234 CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION EDUCATION. Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of this section, which may be cited as "Erin's Law," is to encourage districts to integrate or offer instruction on child sexual abuse prevention to students and training to all school personnel on recognizing and preventing sexual abuse and sexual violence. Subd. 2. Curriculum. School districts may consult with other federal, state, or local agencies and community-based organizations, including the Child Welfare Information Gateway website maintained by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, to identify research-based tools, curricula, and programs to prevent child sexual abuse for use under section 120B.021, subdivision 1, paragraph (d). Subd. 3. Other state programs. The child sexual abuse prevention instruction provided under this section is part of preventing sexual violence against children, which includes, but is not limited to, the following activities: (1) training on mandated reporting requirements provided on the Department of Education's website; (2) the Code of Ethics for Minnesota Teachers; and (3) consultation by the commissioner of education with the commissioners of health, human services, and public safety, and other state agencies to prevent violence against children. History:  1Sp2017 c 5 art 2 s 14; 2018 c 182 art 1 s 15
MN Stat § 120B.235 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 120B — Curriculum And Assessment|Section 120B.235 — American Heritage Education.

120B.235 AMERICAN HERITAGE EDUCATION. (a) School districts shall permit grade-level instruction for students to read and study America's founding documents, including documents that contributed to the foundation or maintenance of America's representative form of limited government, the Bill of Rights, our free-market economic system, and patriotism. (b) Districts may not censor or restrain instruction in American or Minnesota state history or heritage based on religious references in original source documents, writings, speeches, proclamations, or records. History:   1Sp2005 c 5 art 2 s 20
MN Stat § 120B.236 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 120B — Curriculum And Assessment|Section 120B.236 — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation And Automatic External Defibrillator Instruction.

120B.236 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR INSTRUCTION. (a) School districts must provide onetime cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator instruction as part of their grade 7 to 12 curriculum for all students in that grade beginning in the 2014-2015 school year and later. Training and instruction provided under this section need not result in cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator instruction must include cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator training that has been developed: (1) by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross and incorporate psychomotor skills to support the instruction; or (2) using nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and incorporates psychomotor skills to support the instruction. "Psychomotor skills" under this paragraph means hands-on practice to support cognitive learning; it does not mean cognitive-only instruction and training. (b) School districts may use community members such as emergency medical technicians, paramedics, police officers, firefighters, and representatives of the Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium, the American Heart Association, or the American Red Cross, among others, to provide instruction and training under this section. Community members are encouraged to provide needed training and instructional resources such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation kits and other materials at no cost to the school districts. A school administrator may waive this curriculum requirement for a high school transfer student regardless of whether or not the student previously received instruction under this section, an enrolled student absent on the day the instruction occurred under this section, or an eligible student who has a disability. If a school district requests resources, the Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium must provide them to the district for instruction and training provided to students under this section. History:  2009 c 107 s 1; 2012 c 206 s 1
MN Stat § 120B.238 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 120B — Curriculum And Assessment|Section 120B.238 — Vaping Awareness And Prevention.

120B.238 VAPING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION. Subdivision 1. Title. This section may be referred to as the "Vaping Awareness and Prevention Act." Subd. 2. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the words defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them. (b) "Electronic delivery device" has the meaning given in section 609.685, subdivision 1. (c) "Heated tobacco product" means a tobacco product that produces aerosols containing nicotine and other chemicals which are inhaled by users through the mouth. (d) "Public school" means a school district or a charter school. (e) "Vaping" means using an activated electronic delivery device or heated tobacco product. Subd. 3. School instruction requirements. (a) A public school must provide vaping prevention instruction at least once to students in grades 6 through 8. A public school may use instructional materials based on the Department of Health's e-cigarette toolkit or may use other smoking prevention instructional materials with a focus on vaping and the use of electronic delivery devices and heated tobacco products. The instruction may be provided as a part of a public school's locally developed health standards. (b) A public school is strongly encouraged to provide evidence-based vaping prevention instruction to students in grades 9 through 12. (c) A public school is encouraged to use a peer-to-peer education program to provide vaping prevention instruction. Subd. 4. Student survey. The commissioner of education must include questions regarding tobacco use and vaping in the Minnesota student survey. History:   1Sp2020 c 8 art 3 s 1
MN Stat § 120B.301 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 120B — Curriculum And Assessment|Section 120B.301 — Limits On Local Testing.

120B.301 LIMITS ON LOCAL TESTING. (a) For students in grades 1 through 6, the cumulative total amount of time spent taking locally adopted districtwide or schoolwide assessments must not exceed ten hours per school year. For students in grades 7 through 12, the cumulative total amount of time spent taking locally adopted districtwide or schoolwide assessments must not exceed 11 hours per school year. For purposes of this paragraph, international baccalaureate and advanced placement exams are not considered locally adopted assessments. (b) A district or charter school is exempt from the requirements of paragraph (a), if the district or charter school, in consultation with the exclusive representative of the teachers or other teachers if there is no exclusive representative of the teachers, decides to exceed a time limit in paragraph (a) and includes the information in the report required under section 120B.11, subdivision 5. (c) A district or charter school, before the first day of each school year, must publish on its website a comprehensive calendar of standardized tests to be administered in the district or charter school during that school year. The calendar must provide the rationale for administering each assessment and indicate whether the assessment is a local option or required by state or federal law. History:  1Sp2015 c 3 art 3 s 12; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 38; 2016 c 189 art 25 s 19
MN Stat § 120B.304 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 120B — Curriculum And Assessment|Section 120B.304 — School District Assessment Committee.

120B.304 SCHOOL DISTRICT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE. (a) A school district that does not have an agreement between the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers about selecting assessments must establish a district assessment committee to advise the school board on administering standardized assessments to students in addition to the assessments required under section 120B.30 and applicable federal law unless paragraph (b) applies. The committee must include an equal number of teachers and administrators and at least one parent of a student in the district and may include at least one representative from each school site in the district. (b) A school district may seek this assessment advice from the district advisory committee under section 120B.11, subdivision 3, instead of establishing a committee under this section. History:   2016 c 189 art 25 s 20
MN Stat § 120B.363 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 120B — Curriculum And Assessment|Section 120B.363 — Credential For Education Paraprofessionals.

120B.363 CREDENTIAL FOR EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONALS. Subdivision 1. Rulemaking. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must adopt rules to implement a statewide credential for education paraprofessionals who assist a licensed teacher in providing student instruction. Any paraprofessional holding this credential or working in a local school district after meeting a state-approved local assessment is considered to be highly qualified under federal law. Under this subdivision, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, in consultation with the commissioner, must adopt qualitative criteria for approving local assessments that include an evaluation of a paraprofessional's knowledge of reading, writing, and math and the paraprofessional's ability to assist in the instruction of reading, writing, and math. The commissioner must approve or disapprove local assessments using these criteria. The commissioner must make the criteria available to the public. Subd. 2. Training possibilities. In adopting rules under subdivision 1, the board must consider including provisions that provide training in: students' characteristics; teaching and learning environment; academic instruction skills; student behavior; and ethical practices. Subd. 3. Initial training. Within the first 60 days of supervising or working with students, a district must provide each paraprofessional with initial training in emergency procedures, confidentiality, vulnerability, reporting obligations, discipline policies, roles and responsibilities, and a building orientation. History:  2003 c 129 art 1 s 10; 1Sp2017 c 5 art 3 s 1
MN Stat § 121A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 121A — Student Rights, Responsibilities, And Behavior|Section 121A.01 — Definitions.

121A.01 DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this chapter, the words defined in section 120A.05 have the same meanings. History:  Ex1959 c 71 art 7 s 1; 1998 c 397 art 9 s 26; art 11 s 3
MN Stat § 121A.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 121A — Student Rights, Responsibilities, And Behavior|Section 121A.03 — Model Policy.

121A.03 MODEL POLICY. Subdivision 1. Model policy. The commissioner shall maintain and make available to school boards a model sexual, religious, and racial harassment and violence policy. The model policy shall address the requirements of subdivision 2, and may encourage violence prevention and character development education programs, consistent with section 120B.232, subdivision 1, to prevent and reduce policy violations. Subd. 2. Sexual, religious, and racial harassment and violence policy. A school board must adopt a written sexual, religious, and racial harassment and sexual, religious, and racial violence policy that conforms with chapter 363A. The policy shall apply to pupils, teachers, administrators, and other school personnel, include reporting procedures, and set forth disciplinary actions that will be taken for violation of the policy. Disciplinary actions must conform with collective bargaining agreements and sections 121A.41 to 121A.56. The policy must be conspicuously posted throughout each school building, given to each district employee and independent contractor at the time of entering into the person's employment contract, and included in each school's student handbook on school policies. Each school must develop a process for discussing the school's sexual, religious, and racial harassment and violence policy with students and school employees. Subd. 3. Submission to commissioner. Each school board must submit to the commissioner a copy of the sexual, religious, and racial harassment and sexual, religious, and racial violence policy the board has adopted. History:  1989 c 329 art 8 s 7,8; 1990 c 426 art 1 s 17; 1992 c 499 art 8 s 17; 1992 c 571 art 10 s 7; 1993 c 224 art 9 s 37,38; 1994 c 647 art 8 s 25; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1998 c 397 art 9 s 21,22,26; art 11 s 3; 1Sp2005 c 5 art 2 s 25
MN Stat § 121A.0311 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 121A — Student Rights, Responsibilities, And Behavior|Section 121A.0311 — Notice Of The Rights And Responsibilities Of Students And Parents Under The Safe And Supportive Minnesota Schools Act.

121A.0311 NOTICE OF THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF STUDENTS AND PARENTS UNDER THE SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE MINNESOTA SCHOOLS ACT. A district or school subject to section 121A.031 must include in the student discipline policy it distributes or otherwise transmits to students and their parents annually at the beginning of each school year notice about the rights and responsibilities of students and their parents under the Safe and Supportive Minnesota Schools Act. History:   2014 c 160 s 2
MN Stat § 121A.035 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 121A — Student Rights, Responsibilities, And Behavior|Section 121A.035 — Crisis Management Policy.

121A.035 CRISIS MANAGEMENT POLICY. Subdivision 1. Model policy. The commissioner shall maintain and make available to school boards and charter schools a model crisis management policy that includes, among other items, school lock-down and tornado drills, consistent with subdivision 2, and school fire drills under section 299F.30. Subd. 2. School district and charter school policy. A school board and a charter school must adopt a crisis management policy to address potential violent crisis situations in the district or charter school. The policy must be developed cooperatively with administrators, teachers, employees, students, parents, community members, law enforcement agencies, other emergency management officials, county attorney offices, social service agencies, emergency medical responders, and any other appropriate individuals or organizations. The policy must include at least five school lock-down drills, five school fire drills consistent with section 299F.30, and one tornado drill. History:  1999 c 241 art 9 s 6; 2006 c 263 art 2 s 6
MN Stat § 121A.037 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 121A — Student Rights, Responsibilities, And Behavior|Section 121A.037 — School Safety Drills.

121A.037 SCHOOL SAFETY DRILLS. Private schools and educational institutions not subject to section 121A.035 must have at least five school lock-down drills, five school fire drills consistent with section 299F.30, and one tornado drill. History:   2006 c 263 art 2 s 7
MN Stat § 121A.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 121A — Student Rights, Responsibilities, And Behavior|Section 121A.05 — Policy To Refer Firearms Possessor.

121A.05 POLICY TO REFER FIREARMS POSSESSOR. A school board must have a policy requiring the appropriate school official to, as soon as practicable, refer to the criminal justice or juvenile delinquency system, as appropriate, a pupil who brings a firearm to school unlawfully. History:  1995 c 226 art 3 s 12; 1998 c 397 art 9 s 24,26
MN Stat § 121A.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 121A — Student Rights, Responsibilities, And Behavior|Section 121A.06 — Reports Of Dangerous Weapon Incidents In School Zones.

121A.06 REPORTS OF DANGEROUS WEAPON INCIDENTS IN SCHOOL ZONES. Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "dangerous weapon" has the meaning given it in section 609.02, subdivision 6; (2) "school" has the meaning given it in section 120A.22, subdivision 4; and (3) "school zone" has the meaning given it in section 152.01, subdivision 14a, clauses (1) and (3). Subd. 2. Reports; content. School districts must electronically report to the commissioner of education incidents involving the use or possession of a dangerous weapon in school zones. The form must include the following information: (1) a description of each incident, including a description of the dangerous weapon involved in the incident; (2) where, at what time, and under what circumstances the incident occurred; (3) information about the offender, other than the offender's name, including the offender's age; whether the offender was a student and, if so, where the offender attended school; and whether the offender was under school expulsion or suspension at the time of the incident; (4) information about the victim other than the victim's name, if any, including the victim's age; whether the victim was a student and, if so, where the victim attended school; and if the victim was not a student, whether the victim was employed at the school; (5) the cost of the incident to the school and to the victim; and (6) the action taken by the school administration to respond to the incident. The commissioner shall provide an electronic reporting format that allows school districts to provide aggregate data. Subd. 3. Reports; filing requirements. By July 31 of each year, each public school shall report incidents involving the use or possession of a dangerous weapon in school zones to the commissioner. The reports must be submitted using the electronic reporting system developed by the commissioner under subdivision 2. The commissioner shall compile the information it receives from the schools and report it annually to the commissioner of public safety and the legislature. History:  1993 c 326 art 1 s 1; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 9 s 7,8; art 16 s 13; 1998 c 397 art 9 s 1,2,26; art 11 s 3; 1Sp2005 c 5 art 2 s 26,27
MN Stat § 121A.065 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 121A — Student Rights, Responsibilities, And Behavior|Section 121A.065 — District Surveys To Collect Student Information; Parent Notice And Opportunity For Opting Out.

121A.065 DISTRICT SURVEYS TO COLLECT STUDENT INFORMATION; PARENT NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR OPTING OUT. (a) School districts and charter schools, in consultation with parents, must develop and adopt policies on conducting student surveys and using and distributing personal information on students collected from the surveys. School districts and charter schools must: (1) directly notify parents of these policies at the beginning of each school year and after making any substantive policy changes; (2) inform parents at the beginning of the school year if the district or school has identified specific or approximate dates for administering surveys and give parents reasonable notice of planned surveys scheduled after the start of the school year; (3) give parents direct, timely notice, by United States mail, e-mail, or other direct form of communication, when their students are scheduled to participate in a student survey; and (4) give parents the opportunity to review the survey and to opt their students out of participating in the survey. (b) School districts and charter schools must not impose an academic or other penalty upon a student who opts out of participating in a survey under paragraph (a). History:   2016 c 189 art 25 s 27
MN Stat § 121A.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 121A — Student Rights, Responsibilities, And Behavior|Section 121A.10 — Moment Of Silence.

121A.10 MOMENT OF SILENCE. A moment of silence may be observed. History:  1996 c 412 art 9 s 10; 1998 c 397 art 9 s 26