1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; amending dismissal limitations for kindergarten through 
1.3 	grade 3 students;amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 121A.425, 
1.4 	subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 121A.425, subdivision 1, is 
1.7 	amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Disciplinary dismissals prohibited. (a) A pupil enrolled in the following 
1.9 	is not subject to dismissals under this chapter:
1.10 	(1) a preschool or prekindergarten program, including an a child participating in early 
1.11 	childhood family education, school readiness, school readiness plus, voluntary 
1.12 	prekindergarten, Head Start, or other school-based preschool or prekindergarten program; 
1.13 	or may not be subject to dismissals under this chapter.
1.14 	(2) kindergarten through grade 3.
1.15 	(b) This provision subdivision does not apply to a dismissal from school for less than 
1.16 	one school day, except as provided under chapter 125A and federal law for a student receiving 
1.17 	special education services.
1.18 	(c) Notwithstanding this subdivision, expulsions and exclusions may be used only after 
1.19 	resources outlined in subdivision 2 have been exhausted, and only in circumstances where 
1.20 	there is an ongoing serious safety threat to the child or others.