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Senate committee advances bill to broaden what counts as instructional hours for secondary students
Summary
Senate File 2250 would let Minnesota school districts count supervised internships, apprenticeships and project-based learning as instructional hours for secondary courses. Students, school leaders and education advocates testified in support and the committee sent the bill to Education Finance.
Senate File 2250, carried by Senator Maquaid, seeks to define and modernize the statutory meaning of "hours of instruction" in secondary schools so that districts may count supervised internships, apprenticeships, project-based learning and other verified educational experiences toward academic credit.
Young people who testified described how nontraditional learning experiences helped them stay engaged and earn credits. "This bill would allow schools to count real world learning like…
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