1997 Minnesota Statutes

   120.05 Public schools. 

    Subdivision 1. Repealed, 1989 c 329 art 9 s 34 

    Subd. 2.    Definitions.  (1) Elementary school means 
 any school with building, equipment, courses of study, class 
 schedules, enrollment of pupils ordinarily in prekindergarten 
 through grade 6 or any portion thereof and staff meeting the 
 standards established by the state board of education. 

    The state board of education shall not close a school or 
 deny any state aids to a district for its elementary schools 
 because of enrollment limitations classified in accordance with 
 the provisions of clause (1). 

    (2) Middle school means any school other than a secondary 
 school giving an approved course of study in a minimum of three 
 consecutive grades above 4th but below 10th with building, 
 equipment, courses of study, class schedules, enrollment, and 
 staff meeting the standards established by the state board of 
 education. 

    (3) Secondary school means any school with building, 
 equipment, courses of study, class schedules, enrollment of 
 pupils ordinarily in grades 7 through 12 or any portion thereof, 
 and staff meeting the standards established by the state board 
 of education. 

    (4) A vocational center school is one serving a group of 
 secondary schools with approved areas of secondary vocational 
 training and offering vocational secondary and adult programs 
 necessary to meet local needs and meeting standards established 
 by the state board of education. 

    HIST: Ex1959 c 71 art 1 s 5; 1961 c 562 s 7; 1971 c 25 s 31; 
 1971 c 118 s 1; 1978 c 616 s 1; 1984 c 463 art 5 s 1; 1987 c 258 
 s 1; 1997 c 162 art 1 s 2