1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; increasing the age of compulsory attendance from 16 
1.3 	to 18;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 120A.22, subdivision 5; 
1.4 	260C.007, subdivision 19; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120A.22, 
1.5 	subdivision 8.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120A.22, subdivision 5, is amended to 
1.8 	read:
1.9 		Subd. 5.Ages and terms. (a) Every child between the age or enrolled in first grade 
1.10 	of seven and 16 18 years of age must receive instruction. Every child under the age of 
1.11 	seven who is enrolled in a half-day kindergarten, or a full-day kindergarten program 
1.12 	on alternate days, or other kindergarten programs shall receive instruction. Except as 
1.13 	provided in subdivision 6, a parent may withdraw a child under the age of seven from 
1.14 	enrollment at any time.
1.15 	(b) A school district by annual board action may require children subject to this 
1.16 	subdivision to receive instruction in summer school. A district that acts to require children 
1.17 	to receive instruction in summer school shall establish at the time of its action the criteria 
1.18 	for determining which children must receive instruction.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
1.20 	and applies to the 2008-2009 school year and later.

1.21 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 260C.007, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
1.22 		Subd. 19.Habitual truant. "Habitual truant" means a child under the age of 16
1.23 	18 years who is absent from attendance at school without lawful excuse for seven school 
2.1 	days per school year if the child is in elementary school or for one or more class periods 
2.2 	on seven school days per school year if the child is in middle school, junior high school, 
2.3 	or high school, or a child who is 16 or 17 years of age who is absent from attendance at 
2.4 	school without lawful excuse for one or more class periods on seven school days and who 
2.5 	has not lawfully withdrawn from school under section 120A.22, subdivision 8. 

2.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
2.7 	and applies to the 2008-2009 school year and later.

2.8 	Sec. 3. REPEALER.
 2.9 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120A.22, subdivision 8, is repealed.

2.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2008-2009 school year and 
2.11 	later.