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HF 513

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2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Ned Carroll and 6 co-sponsors

Allows grade 6 and 8 students who meet local academic standards to join extracurricular sports with older students.

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Bill Summary · HF 513

Summary — HF 513 (as amended by H‑1054)

Status: Introduced Feb 20, 2025; passed the Minnesota House Mar 11, 2025 (yeas 89, nays 2). Referred to Education (first reading Mar 12, 2025). Companion bill: SF 61.

Note: the bill text and Amendment H‑1054 focus the measure on student participation in extracurricular interscholastic athletics by students in grades six and eight. (Some initial metadata in the file references unrelated subjects; this summary reflects the operative text of HF 513/H‑1054.)

Purpose

To expand eligibility for participation in school-sponsored extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions so that certain younger students may participate with older grade cohorts, subject to local academic eligibility standards.

Key provisions

  • Adds a new section 280.13D to state law requiring school districts and the authorities in charge of nonpublic schools to allow:
    • Students enrolled in grade eight who meet academic standards established by the school to participate in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions that are provided to students enrolled in grades 9–12.
  • Adds language (through amendment H‑1054) requiring school districts and nonpublic school authorities to allow:
    • Students enrolled in grade six who meet locally established academic standards to participate in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions that the school offers to students enrolled in grade seven.
  • Amends Code sections 256E.7 and 256F.4 to make certain programs (including charter and innovation zone schools as referenced in the bill explanation) subject to and in compliance with section 280.13D, thereby extending the participation requirement to those schools/programs.
  • Academic eligibility is determined by standards established by the individual school district or nonpublic school (the statute does not prescribe statewide academic thresholds).

Who is affected

  • Students: Eligible grade six and grade eight students who meet local academic standards and who seek to participate in older-grade interscholastic athletics.
  • Schools: Public school districts, nonpublic schools, and—per bill explanation—charter schools and innovation zone schools will need to permit such participation and ensure compliance.
  • Athletic programs and teams: May see changes in roster composition, tryout/eligibility processes, scheduling, and safety/competitive balance considerations.
  • Local school boards and nonpublic school authorities: Required to adopt or apply academic standards and permit qualifying younger students to participate in the specified older-grade competitions.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Amendment H‑1054 (which broadened the title and added grade‑six language) was filed Mar 10, 2025 and noted in the bill history; it was also withdrawn Mar 11, 2025. The House subsequently passed HF 513 on Mar 11, 2025.
  • The bill was referred to the Education committee following first reading; further action in the Senate or final enactment status is not recorded here.

Potential impacts and considerations

  • Expands athletic opportunities for younger students who meet academic criteria.
  • May raise questions about competitive fairness, physical safety, team classification, roster size, liability, coaching, and scheduling that local districts and athletic associations will need to address.
  • The law delegates academic eligibility determinations to local schools rather than setting statewide academic standards.
  • No appropriations or direct funding changes are included in the text; operational impacts (transportation, supervision, insurance) would be handled at the local level.

For related action, see companion bill SF 61.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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