1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing for compulsory
1.3 	instruction of children between five and 16 years of
1.4 	age; making special provisions for children under age
1.5 	7; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 120A.22,
1.6 	subdivisions 5, 6.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 120A.22,
1.9 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subd. 5.Ages and terms.  (a) Every child between
1.11 	seven five and 16 years of age must receive instruction. Every
1.12 	child under the age of seven who is enrolled in a half-day
1.13 	kindergarten, or a full-day kindergarten program on alternate
1.14 	days, or other kindergarten programs shall receive instruction.
1.15 	Except as provided in subdivision 6, a parent may withdraw a
1.16 	child under the age of seven from enrollment at any time.
1.17 	(b) A school district by annual board action may require
1.18 	children subject to this subdivision between seven and 16 years
1.19 	of age to receive instruction in summer school.  A district that
1.20 	acts to require children to receive instruction in summer school
1.21 	shall establish at the time of its action the criteria for
1.22 	determining which children must receive instruction.

1.23 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 120A.22,
1.24 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.25 		Subd. 6.Children under seven.  (a) Once a pupil under
1.26 	the age of seven is enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade
2.1 	in a public school, the pupil is subject to the compulsory
2.2 	attendance provisions of this chapter and section 120A.34,
2.3 	unless the board of the district in which the pupil is enrolled
2.4 	has a policy that exempts children under seven from this
2.5 	subdivision.
2.6 	(b) In a district in which children under seven are subject
2.7 	to compulsory attendance under this subdivision, paragraphs (c)
2.8 	to (e) apply.
2.9 	(c) A parent or guardian may withdraw the a pupil under the
2.10 	age of seven from enrollment in the school for good cause by
2.11 	notifying the district.  Good cause includes, but is not limited
2.12 	to, enrollment of the pupil in another school, as defined in
2.13 	subdivision 4, or the immaturity of the child.
2.14 	(d) (b) When the a pupil under the age of seven enrolls,
2.15 	the enrolling official must provide the parent or guardian who
2.16 	enrolls the pupil with a written explanation of the provisions
2.17 	of this subdivision.
2.18 	(e) (c) A pupil under the age of seven who is withdrawn
2.19 	from enrollment in the public school under paragraph (c) (a) is
2.20 	no longer subject to the compulsory attendance provisions of
2.21 	this chapter.
2.22 	(f) In a district that had adopted a policy to exempt
2.23 	children under seven from this subdivision, the district's chief
2.24 	attendance officer must keep the truancy enforcement authorities
2.25 	supplied with a copy of the board's current policy certified by
2.26 	the clerk of the board.
2.27 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective beginning with
2.28 	the 2006-2007 school year.