Last Updated: August 18, 2011
House File 1381 and Senate File 1167: Education Policy Bill
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These companion bills are omnibus education bills, but they are less controversial than SF 1030/HF 934. House File 1381 contains the same homeschool mandate reduction language of SF 69/HF 355, which would substantially reduce reporting requirements for homeschool families and thus extend homeschool freedom in Minnesota. If passed, the bill would make the following changes:
- Limit annual notification reporting to one-time reporting when a family starts homeschooling, or when they move; subsequent renewals would be a simple letter of “intent to continue” with any updated information.
- Give students the option to take a nationally recognized college entrance exam in lieu of a standardized achievement test;
- Eliminate the requirement that parents obtain additional evaluation of a student's abilities should the student scores below the 30th percentile;
- Eliminates annual visit by superintendent;
- Eliminate the requirement that parents submit an annual instructional calendar;
- Eliminate the requirement that parents without certain qualifications submit quarterly reports;
- Require parents to simply maintain (vs. make available) documentation that the student is being taught the required subjects;
- Allow a parent to certify that a student is presently engaged in home education for the purposes of taking home-classroom driver training;
- Allow the person in charge of providing instruction in a homeschool to issue an employment certificate;
- Limit immunization reporting requirements to only the first year of homeschooling and the 7th grade year;
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These companion bills are omnibus education bills, but they are less controversial than SF 1030/HF 934. House File 1381 still contains the same homeschool mandate reduction language of SF 69/HF 355, which would substantially reduce reporting requirements for homeschool families and thus extend homeschool freedom in Minnesota. If passed, the bill would make the following changes:
- Limit annual notification reporting to one-time reporting when a family starts homeschooling, or when they move; subsequent renewals would be a simple letter of “intent to continue” with any updated information.
- Give students the option to take a nationally recognized college entrance exam in lieu of a standardized achievement test;
- Eliminate the requirement that parents obtain additional evaluation of a student's abilities should the student scores below the 30th percentile;
- Eliminates annual visit by superintendent;
- Eliminate the requirement that parents submit an annual instructional calendar;
- Eliminate the requirement that parents without certain qualifications submit quarterly reports;
- Require parents to simply maintain (vs. make available) documentation that the student is being taught the required subjects;
- Allow a parent to certify that a student is presently engaged in home education for the purposes of taking home-classroom driver training;
- Allow the person in charge of providing instruction in a homeschool to issue an employment certificate;
- Limit immunization reporting requirements to only the first year of homeschooling and the 7th grade year;
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4/05/2011 (House) Introduced, first reading, and referred to Education Reform Committee
5/02/2011 (House) Education Reform Committee recommended passing and referred the bill to the Education Finance Committee
5/04/2011 (House) Education Finance Committee recommended passing and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
5/05/2011 (House) The Committee on Ways and Means recommended passing
5/05/2011 (House) Second reading
5/09/2011 (House) Third reading as amended
5/09/2011 (House) Motion to refer to Higher Education Policy and Finance Committee did not prevail
5/09/2011 (House) Passed as amended
5/10/2011 (Senate) Received from House
5/10/2011 (Senate) Introduced, first reading
5/10/2011 (Senate) Referred to Rules and Administration Committee
5/11/2011 (Senate) Rule and Administration Committee Report: amend by substituting the text of SF 1167
5/11/2011 (Senate) Second reading
5/21/2011 (Senate) Third reading
5/22/2011 (House) House did not concur; conference committee requested
5/22/2011 (Senate) Senate Conferees: Senators Erickson, Deopke, Downey, Myhra, and Mariani
5/22/2011 (House) House Conferees: Representatives Olson, Nelson, DeKruif, Bonoff, and Daley
5/23/2011 (House) Bill was passed as amended by Conference Committee
5/23/2011 (Senate) Bill was passed as amended by Conference Committee
5/31/2011 Governor vetoed the bill
7/20/2011 The homeschool mandate reduction language passed in House Bill 26
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4/14/2011 (Senate) Introduced, first reading, and referred to Education Committee
4/28/2011 (Senate) Education Committee recommended passing
4/28/2011 (Senate) Second reading
See: House File 1381 (It is now in the Senate)
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 Other Resources
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House Bill Text
House Bill History
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Senate Bill Text
Senate Bill History
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