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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota House Bill 6 Overhauls Read Act, Establishes Innovation Office, and Permits Local School Board Opt-Outs from State Mandates
Last action · March 5, 2026: Author added RepinskiSponsors: Peggy Bennett and 31 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota House File 6 modifies reading instruction mandates under the Read Act, establishes the Office of Achievement and Innovation within the Department of Education, creates a school performance reporting system, and authorizes school boards to transfer certain operating funds and opt out of compliance with specific recent state education laws and rules for school years 2025-2026 through 2028-2029.
School districts gain temporary budgetary flexibility to transfer unencumbered operating funds across accounts and acquire legal authority to bypass newly enacted state education mandates through 2029 without altering state aid obligations.
- The Read Act was previously enacted in Minnesota to align foundational literacy instruction and screening with the science of reading. context
- The Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI) at the University of Minnesota served as the primary implementation partner for the Read Act starting in 2023. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Minnesota school districts and charter schools
School districts and charter schools receive authority to transfer operating funds, opt out of specified recent state mandates, and access guidance from the new Office of Achievement and Innovation.
Department of Education
The department assumes sole ongoing administration of Read Act provisions after June 30, 2025, establishes a school performance report system by July 1, 2026, and houses the new Office of Achievement and Innovation.
Elementary education teacher license applicants
Applicants for Tier 3 and Tier 4 elementary education licenses must pass an examination or performance assessment on the science of reading starting July 1, 2025.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the House floor.
Procedural history
13 actions- Mar 5, 2026HouseAuthor added Repinski
- Mar 12, 2025HouseMotion prevailed
- Mar 12, 2025HouseMotion to lay on the table
- Mar 11, 2025HouseHouse rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Feb 24, 2025HouseAuthors added Gillman and Sexton
- Feb 20, 2025HouseAuthor added Altendorf
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- Feb 20, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading
- Feb 20, 2025HouseCommittee report, to adopt as amended
- Feb 17, 2025HouseAuthor added Gander
- Feb 17, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee report, to adopt and re-refer to Education Finance
- Feb 13, 2025HouseAuthors added McDonald, Rymer, Murphy and Koznick
- Feb 10, 2025HouseAuthors added Duran; Perryman; Engen; Zeleznikar; Knudsen; Kresha; Burkel; Dotseth; Hudson; Lawrence; Jacob; Swedzinski; Robbins; Anderson, P. E.; Johnson, W.; Harder; Allen; Backer; and Scott
- Feb 6, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Education Policy
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Decentralization and Mandate Relief
The legislation marks a notable policy shift by granting school districts explicit statutory authority to opt out of recently enacted state education mandates and shift unencumbered operating funds across accounts.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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