1.1Senator Farnsworth moved to amend
S.F. No. 1740 as follows (...):
1.2Page 4, after line 17, insert:
1.3 "Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.021, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.4 Subd. 4.
Revisions and reviews required. (a) The commissioner of education must
1.5revise the state's academic standards and graduation requirements and implement a
ten-year
1.6cycle to review and, consistent with the review, revise state academic standards and
related
1.7benchmarks, consistent with this subdivision. During each ten-year review and revision
1.8cycle, the commissioner also must examine the alignment of each required academic
standard
1.9and related benchmark with the knowledge and skills students need for career and college
1.10readiness and advanced work in the particular subject area. The commissioner must
include
1.11the contributions of Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities, including urban
1.12Indigenous communities, as related to the academic standards during the review and
revision
1.13of the required academic standards. The commissioner must embed Indigenous education
1.14for all students consistent with recommendations from Tribal Nations and urban Indigenous
1.15communities in Minnesota regarding the contributions of American Indian Tribes and
1.16communities in Minnesota into the state's academic standards during the review and
revision
1.17of the required academic standards. The recommendations to embed Indigenous education
1.18for all students includes but is not limited to American Indian experiences in Minnesota,
1.19including Tribal histories, Indigenous languages, sovereignty issues, cultures, treaty
rights,
1.20governments, socioeconomic experiences, contemporary issues, and current events.
1.21 (b) The commissioner must ensure that the statewide mathematics assessments
1.22administered to students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 are aligned with the state academic
1.23standards in mathematics, consistent with section
120B.302, subdivision 3, paragraph (a).
1.24The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
1.25benchmarks in mathematics beginning in the 2021-2022 school year and every ten years
1.26thereafter.
In the 2031-2032 review and revision of the academic standards and related
1.27benchmarks in mathematics, algebra II must not be required.
1.28(c) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
1.29benchmarks in arts beginning in the 2017-2018 school year and every ten years thereafter.
1.30(d) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
1.31benchmarks in science beginning in the 2018-2019 school year and every ten years thereafter.
2.1(e) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
2.2benchmarks in language arts beginning in the 2019-2020 school year and every ten years
2.3thereafter.
2.4(f) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
2.5benchmarks in social studies beginning in the 2020-2021 school year and every ten
years
2.6thereafter.
2.7(g) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
2.8benchmarks in physical education beginning in the 2026-2027 school year and every
ten
2.9years thereafter.
2.10(h) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
2.11benchmarks in health education beginning in the 2034-2035 school year and every ten
years
2.12thereafter.
2.13(i) School districts and charter schools must revise and align local academic standards
2.14and high school graduation requirements in world languages and career and technical
2.15education to require students to complete the revised standards beginning in a school
year
2.16determined by the school district or charter school. School districts and charter
schools must
2.17formally establish a periodic review cycle for the academic standards and related
benchmarks
2.18in world languages and career and technical education.
2.19(j) The commissioner of education must embed technology and information literacy
2.20standards consistent with recommendations from school media specialists into the state's
2.21academic standards and graduation requirements.
2.22(k) The commissioner of education must embed ethnic studies as related to the academic
2.23standards during the review and revision of the required academic standards."
2.24Page 4, line 25, after "mathematics" insert "
, except that credit for algebra II or higher
2.25is not required"
2.26Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.27Amend the title accordingly
2.28The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.