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Minnesota House adopts education-policy substitute; narrow votes on start-date and discipline amendments
Summary
The House passed Senate File 1740, a substitute education policy bill incorporating House language and several adopted amendments that give districts two-year start-date flexibility; contentious amendments to restore suspensions and broaden disciplinary options failed or were narrowly rejected during floor debate.
The Minnesota House on May 16 passed Senate File 1740 (substituted with House language), an education-policy package that includes temporary calendar flexibility for school districts and a series of technical and programmatic provisions. The final passage was 131 yays to 3 nays.
Members debated several high-profile amendments during third reading. A floor amendment that would allow districts temporary flexibility to start school before the day after Labor Day for the 2026–27 and 2027–28 school years, provided they do not begin before Sept. 1, was adopted 84–46. Two separate amendments that would have restored broader suspension authority for young students and clarified exclusions of nonexclusionary discipline failed on tied votes of 67–67.
The bill as passed keeps multiple committee-level changes and technical fixes. Provisions in the adopted substitute and amendments…
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