US EditionAbsentee reporting, substitute teachers: New policies for Minnesota schools this year
- Minnesota school districts are implementing new policies on cellphone usage, requiring adoption by March 15, 2025, following a law passed in 2024.
- The 2025 legislative session introduced a reform for reporting absences amid rising chronic absenteeism, with only designated officials allowed to accept such applications.
- Teacher shortages significantly impact 89% of Minnesota school districts, leading to the permanent establishment of an emergency substitute teacher program in 2025, according to Department of Education reports.
- Monica Byron from Education Minnesota noted that new cellphone policies have positively impacted instructional time by reducing distractions in classrooms.
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Absentee reporting, substitute teachers: New policies for Minnesota schools this year
ST. PAUL — As Minnesota students head back to school, districts are working to roll out new policies passed during the 2025, 2024 and 2023 legislative sessions. The changes — addressing attendance, cellphone use and more — come amid uncertainty over federal funding and an anticipated $420 million in state education cuts for the 2028-29 school year. Cellphone policies Public school districts and charter schools across the state are implementing n…
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