1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; clarifying parental review of curriculum;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.20.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.20, is amended to read:
1.6 	120B.20 PARENTAL CURRICULUM REVIEW.
1.7 	(a) Each school district shall have a procedure for a parent, guardian, or an adult 
1.8 	student, 18 years of age or older, to review the content of the instructional materials in 
1.9 	a classroom, school library, or media center to be provided to a minor child or to an 
1.10 	adult student and, if the parent, guardian, or adult student objects to the content, to make 
1.11 	reasonable arrangements with school personnel for alternative instruction. Alternative 
1.12 	instruction may be provided by the parent, guardian, or adult student if the alternative 
1.13 	instruction, if any, offered by the school board does not meet the concerns of the parent, 
1.14 	guardian, or adult student. The school board is not required to pay for the costs of 
1.15 	alternative instruction provided by a parent, guardian, or adult student. School personnel 
1.16 	may not impose an academic or other penalty upon a student merely for arranging 
1.17 	alternative instruction under this section. School personnel may evaluate and assess the 
1.18 	quality of the student's work.
1.19 	(b) When a parent, guardian, or an adult student reviewing the content of 
1.20 	instructional materials under paragraph (a) objects to the content and informs the district 
1.21 	that the person considers the content sexually explicit or obscene and therefore harmful 
1.22 	to minors, the school district, by electronic or other means, must immediately notify the 
1.23 	parents and guardians of all students in the course, grade, program, or other school activity 
1.24 	who are being provided the content that a parent, guardian, or an adult student reviewed 
2.1 	the content and considers it sexually explicit or obscene and therefore harmful to minors. 
2.2 	The name of and other personally identifiable data on the parent, guardian, or adult student 
2.3 	who reviewed the content and considers it sexually explicit or obscene and therefore 
2.4 	harmful to minors is private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12.
2.5 	(c) Each district annually must inform parents, guardians, and adult students of their 
2.6 	right to review the content of instructional materials, make reasonable arrangements for 
2.7 	alternative instruction, and receive notice, consistent with paragraph (b), when a parent, 
2.8 	guardian, or an adult student objects to the content because the person considers the 
2.9 	content sexually explicit or obscene and therefore harmful to minors.

2.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.