1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 5237, the second engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 23, line 32, delete the new language and strike the old language
1.3Page 23, strike line 33
1.4Page 24, after line 31, insert:

1.5    "Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.024, subdivision 2, is amended
1.6to read:
1.7    Subd. 2. Credit equivalencies. (a) A one-half credit of economics taught in a school's
1.8agricultural, food, and natural resources education or business education program or
1.9department may fulfill a one-half credit in social studies under subdivision 1, clause (5), if
1.10the credit is sufficient to satisfy all of the academic standards in economics.
1.11    (b) An agriculture science or career and technical education credit may fulfill the elective
1.12science credit required under subdivision 1, clause (4), if the credit meets the state physical
1.13science, life science, earth and space science, chemistry, or physics academic standards or
1.14a combination of these academic standards as approved by the district. An agriculture or
1.15career and technical education credit may fulfill the credit in chemistry or physics required
1.16under subdivision 1, clause (4), if the credit meets the state chemistry or physics academic
1.17standards as approved by the district. A student must satisfy either all of the chemistry
1.18academic standards or all of the physics academic standards prior to graduation. An
1.19agriculture science or career and technical education credit may not fulfill the required
1.20biology credit under subdivision 1, clause (4).
1.21    (c) A career and technical education credit may fulfill a mathematics or arts credit
1.22requirement under subdivision 1, clause (2) or (6).
2.1(d) An agricultural, food, and natural resources education teacher is not required to meet
2.2the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 3505.1150, subpart 2, item B, to meet the credit
2.3equivalency requirements of paragraph (b) above.
2.4(e) A computer science credit may fulfill a mathematics credit requirement under
2.5subdivision 1, clause (2), if the credit meets state academic standards in mathematics.
2.6(f) A Project Lead the Way credit may fulfill a science or mathematics credit requirement
2.7under subdivision 1, clause (2) or (4), if the credit meets the state academic standards in
2.8science or mathematics.
2.9(g) An ethnic studies course may fulfill a social studies, language arts, arts, math, or
2.10science credit if the course meets the applicable state academic standards. An ethnic studies
2.11course may fulfill an elective credit if the course meets applicable local standards or other
2.12requirements."
2.13Page 25, after line 30 insert:

2.14    "Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.11, subdivision 1, is amended
2.15to read:
2.16    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section and section 120B.10, the
2.17following terms have the meanings given them.
2.18(a) "Instruction" means methods of providing learning experiences that enable a student
2.19to meet state and district academic standards and graduation requirements including applied
2.20and experiential learning.
2.21(b) "Curriculum" means district or school adopted programs and written plans for
2.22providing students with learning experiences that lead to expected knowledge and skills
2.23and career and college readiness.
2.24(c) "World's best workforce" means striving to: meet school readiness goals; close the
2.25academic achievement gap among all racial and ethnic groups of students and between
2.26students living in poverty and students not living in poverty; have all students attain career
2.27and college readiness before graduating from high school; and have all students graduate
2.28from high school.
2.29(d) "Experiential learning" means learning for students that includes career exploration
2.30through a specific class or course or through work-based experiences such as job shadowing,
2.31mentoring, entrepreneurship, service learning, volunteering, internships, other cooperative
2.32work experience, youth apprenticeship, or employment.
3.1(e) "Ethnic studies" as defined in section 120B.25 has the same meaning for purposes
3.2of this section. Ethnic studies curriculum may be integrated in existing curricular
3.3opportunities or provided through additional curricular offerings.
3.4(f) (e) "Antiracist" means actively working to identify and eliminate racism in all forms
3.5in order to change policies, behaviors, and beliefs that perpetuate racist ideas and actions.
3.6(g) (f) "Culturally sustaining" means integrating content and practices that infuse the
3.7culture and language of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities who have
3.8been and continue to be harmed and erased through the education system.
3.9(h) (g) "Institutional racism" means structures, policies, and practices within and across
3.10institutions that produce outcomes that disadvantage those who are Black, Indigenous, and
3.11People of Color."
3.12Page 27, after line 15, insert:

3.13    "Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.861, subdivision 2, is
3.14amended to read:
3.15    Subd. 2. Plan implementation; components. (a) The school board of each eligible
3.16district must formally develop and implement a long-term plan under this section. The plan
3.17must be incorporated into the district's comprehensive strategic plan under section 120B.11.
3.18(b) The plan must contain goals for:
3.19(1) reducing the disparities in academic achievement and in equitable access to effective
3.20and more diverse teachers among all students and specific categories of students under
3.21section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), excluding the student categories of gender,
3.22disability, and English learners; and
3.23(2) increasing racial and economic diversity and integration in schools and districts.
3.24(c) The plan must include strategies to validate, affirm, embrace, and integrate cultural
3.25and community strengths of all students, families, and employees in the district's curriculum
3.26as well as learning and work environments. The plan must address issues of institutional
3.27racism as defined in section 120B.11, subdivision 1, in schools that create opportunity and
3.28achievement gaps for students, families, and staff who are of color or who are American
3.29Indian. Examples of institutional racism experienced by students who are of color or who
3.30are American Indian include policies and practices that intentionally or unintentionally
3.31result in disparate discipline referrals and suspension, inequitable access to advanced
3.32coursework, overrepresentation in lower-level coursework, inequitable participation in
4.1cocurricular activities, inequitable parent involvement, and lack of equitable access to
4.2racially and ethnically diverse teachers who reflect the racial or ethnic diversity of students
4.3because it has not been a priority to hire or retain such teachers.
4.4(d) School districts must use local data, to the extent practicable, to develop plan
4.5components and strategies. Plans may include:
4.6(1) innovative and integrated prekindergarten through grade 12 learning environments
4.7that offer students school enrollment choices;
4.8(2) family engagement initiatives that involve families in their students' academic life
4.9and success and improve relations between home and school;
4.10(3) opportunities for students, families, staff, and community members who are of color
4.11or American Indian to share their experiences in the school setting with school staff and
4.12administration and to inform the development of specific proposals for making school
4.13environments more validating, affirming, embracing, and integrating of their cultural and
4.14community strengths;
4.15(4) professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators focused on
4.16improving the academic achievement of all students, including knowledge, skills, and
4.17dispositions needed to be antiracist and culturally sustaining as defined in section 120B.11,
4.18subdivision 1, for serving students who are from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds;
4.19(5) recruitment and retention of teachers, administrators, cultural and family liaisons,
4.20paraprofessionals, and other staff from racial, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds represented
4.21in the student population to strengthen relationships with all students, families, and other
4.22members of the community;
4.23(6) collection, examination, and evaluation of academic and discipline data for
4.24institutional racism as defined in section 120B.11, subdivision 1, in structures, policies, and
4.25practices that result in the education disparities, in order to propose antiracist changes as
4.26defined in section 120B.11, subdivision 1, that increase access, meaningful participation,
4.27representation, and positive outcomes for students of color and American Indian students;
4.28(7) increased programmatic opportunities and effective and more diverse instructors
4.29focused on rigor and college and career readiness for students who are impacted by racial,
4.30gender, linguistic, and economic disparities, including students enrolled in area learning
4.31centers or alternative learning programs under section 123A.05, state-approved alternative
4.32programs under section 126C.05, subdivision 15, and contract alternative programs under
4.33section 124D.69, among other underserved students; or
5.1(8) instruction in ethnic studies, as defined in section 120B.25, to provide all students
5.2with opportunities to learn about their own and others' cultures and historical experiences;
5.3or
5.4(9) (8) examination and revision of district curricula in all subjects to be inclusive of
5.5diverse racial and ethnic groups while meeting state academic standards and being culturally
5.6sustaining as defined in section 120B.11, subdivision 1, ensuring content being studied
5.7about any group is accurate and based in knowledge from that group.
5.8(e) Among other requirements, an eligible district must implement effective,
5.9research-based interventions that include multiple measures of assessment and engagement
5.10in order to eliminate academic disparities for students impacted by racial, gender, linguistic,
5.11and economic inequities as aligned with section 120B.11.
5.12(f) Eligible districts must create efficiencies and eliminate duplicative programs and
5.13services under this section, which may include forming collaborations or a single,
5.14seven-county metropolitan areawide partnership of eligible districts for this purpose."
5.15Page 28, after line 7, insert:

5.16    "Sec. .... Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
5.17    Subd. 13. Ethnic studies community consultation. To consult with community members
5.18throughout Minnesota on the development of ethnic studies curricula, resources, and
5.19implementation support:

5.20 5.21		$	150,000 118,000	.....	2024
5.22 5.23		$	150,000 0	.....	2025

5.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
5.25Page 28, line 11, strike "700,000" and insert "10,000"
5.26Page 28, line 12, strike "700,000" and insert "0"
5.27Page 30, after line 3, insert:

5.28    "Sec. 20. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 12, section 17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.29    Subd. 2. Department. (a) For the Department of Education:

6.1 6.2		$	47,005,000 46,855,000	.....	2024
6.3 6.4		$	39,922,000 39,772,000	.....	2025

6.5Of these amounts:
6.6(1) $405,000 each year is for the Board of School Administrators;
6.7(2) $1,000,000 each year is for regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes,
6.8section 120B.115;
6.9(3) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic
6.10Proficiency and Success Act (LEAPS) under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;
6.11(4) $480,000 each year is for the Department of Education's mainframe update;
6.12(5) $7,500,000 in fiscal year 2024 only is for legal fees and costs associated with
6.13litigation;
6.14(6) $595,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $2,609,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for modernizing
6.15district data submissions. The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $2,359,000;
6.16(7) $573,000 each year is for engagement and rulemaking related to Specific Learning
6.17Disability;
6.18(8) $150,000 each year is for an ethnic studies specialist in the academic standards
6.19division to provide support to the ethnic studies working group and to school districts seeking
6.20to establish or strengthen ethnic studies courses;
6.21(9) (8) $150,000 each year is for the comprehensive school mental health services lead
6.22under Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.215;
6.23(10) (9) $150,000 each year is for a school health services specialist under Minnesota
6.24Statutes, section 121A.20;
6.25(11) (10) $2,000,000 each year is for the Office of the Inspector General established
6.26under Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.21;
6.27(12) (11) $800,000 each year is for audit and internal control resources;
6.28(13) (12) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 only is for information technology infrastructure
6.29and portfolio resources;
6.30(14) (13) $2,000,000 each year is for staffing the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
6.31Center at the Department of Education; and
7.1(15) (14) $275,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $175,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for
7.2administrative expenses for unemployment aid.
7.3(b) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's
7.4Washington, D.C., office.
7.5(c) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document
7.6and its supplements are approved and appropriated and must be spent as indicated.
7.7(d) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $39,667,000 $39,517,000.
7.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
7.9Page 30, after line 29, insert:

7.10    "Sec. 22. REPEALER.
7.11Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 120B.25; and 120B.251, are repealed.
7.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
7.13Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
7.14Amend the title accordingly