Minnesota legislation · 94th Legislature 2025-2026
Minnesota SF5296: School employee health insurance provision, minimum starting salary for nonlicensed school personnel extension provision, paid orientation, professional development for paraprofessional; appropriation
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing for school employee health insurance; increasing the minimum starting salary for nonlicensed school personnel; providing for paid orientation and professional development for paraprofessionals; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 43A.316, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, by adding subdivisions; 121A.642, as amended; 125A.08, subdivision 2; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 2, section 24, subdivision 24; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 121A; 123B; 124D; 126C…
From the introduced text, May 14, 2026:
A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing for school employee health insurance; increasing the minimum starting salary for nonlicensed school personnel; providing for paid orientation and professional development for paraprofessionals; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 43A.316, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, by adding subdivisions; 121A.642, as amended; 125A.08, subdivision 2; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 2, section 24, subdivision 24; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 121A; 123B; 124D; 126C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 43A.316, subdivision 11. ARTICLE 1 SCHOOL EMPLOYEES Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.642, as amended by Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 10, article 2, section 8, is amended to read: 121A.642 PARAPROFESSIONAL TRAINING. Subdivision 1. Training required. (a) For purposes of this section, "school" means a school district, charter school, intermediate school district, other cooperative unit, Perpich Center for Arts Education, or the Minnesota State Academies. (b) A school must provide a minimum of deleted text begin eightdeleted text end new text begin [ADDED: 16] new text end hours of paid orientation or professional development annually to all paraprofessionals, Title I aides, and other instructional support staff. (c) Six of the deleted text begin eightdeleted text end new text begin [ADDED: 16] new text end hours must be completed before the …