Text of MN HF 4805 (2026)
Nondiscrimination and faith-statement restrictions on eligible institutions and enrollment options removed.
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A bill for an act
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relating to education; removing nondiscrimination and faith-statement restrictions
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on eligible institutions and enrollment options; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025
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Supplement, section 124D.09, subdivision 3.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 124D.09, subdivision 3, is
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amended to read:
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Subd. 3. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings
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given to them.
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(a) "Eligible institution" means a Minnesota public postsecondary institution, a private,
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nonprofit two-year trade and technical school granting associate degrees, an opportunities
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industrialization center accredited by an accreditor recognized by the United States
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Department of Education, or a private, residential, two-year or four-year, liberal arts,
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degree-granting college or university located in Minnesota. An eligible institution must not
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require a faith statement from a secondary student seeking to enroll in a postsecondary
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course under this section during the application process or base any part of the admission
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decision on a student's race, creed, ethnicity, disability, gender, or sexual orientation or
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religious beliefs or affiliations.
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(b) "Course" means a course or program.
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(c) "Concurrent enrollment" means nonsectarian courses in which an eligible pupil under
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subdivision 5 or 5b enrolls to earn both secondary and postsecondary credits, are taught by
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a secondary teacher or a postsecondary faculty member, and are offered at a high school
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 4805
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Hudson
04/07/2026
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy
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for which the school district, charter school, or Tribal contract school is eligible to receive
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concurrent enrollment program aid under section 124D.091.
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Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; LEGAL FEES.
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$....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
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education for the payment of fees and expenses awarded to the plaintiff in Loe v. Jett, Case
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No. 23-CV-1527, if an order granting the plaintiff's motion for fees and expenses is filed
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in that case.
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The commissioner of education must pay, on behalf of all defendants, all fees and
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expenses awarded to the plaintiff. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June
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30, 2026.
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