Minnesota Session Laws - 1991, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1991 

                        CHAPTER 187-H.F.No. 499 
           An act relating to education; requiring school 
          districts to flag the school records of missing 
          pupils; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
          Statutes, chapter 123. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
     Section 1.  [123.751] [FLAG SCHOOL RECORDS OF MISSING 
CHILDREN.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [FLAG RECORD UPON CERTAIN NOTIFICATION.] A 
school district shall flag the record of a pupil who is 
currently or was previously enrolled in the district if a law 
enforcement agency notifies the district of the pupil's 
disappearance.  The flag must be made so that, if a copy of or 
information regarding the pupil's record is requested, the 
district is aware that the record is that of a missing pupil. 
    Subd. 2.  [DISTRICT NOTIFICATION WHEN RECORDS ARE 
REQUESTED.] When the district provides a copy of the pupil's 
record or other information concerning the pupil whose record is 
flagged, the district shall notify the law enforcement agency 
that notified the district of the pupil's disappearance of every 
inquiry concerning the record.  The district shall also provide 
a copy to the law enforcement agency of a written request for 
information concerning the record. 
    Subd. 3.  [RECORDS UPON SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFER.] When a 
pupil transfers from one district to another, the receiving 
district shall attempt to obtain, within 30 days of the pupil's 
enrollment, the pupil's record from the district from which the 
pupil has transferred.  If the pupil's parent, custodian, or 
guardian provides a copy of the pupil's record from the district 
from which the pupil has transferred, the receiving district 
shall request, within 30 days of the pupil's enrollment, written 
verification of the pupil's record by contacting the district 
named on the transferring pupil's record.  Information received 
by a school district indicating that the transferring pupil is a 
missing child must be reported by the district to the department 
of public safety. 
    Subd. 4.  [DATA DISCLOSURE.] Data in this section may be 
disclosed according to section 13.32, subdivision 3, clause (d). 
    Presented to the governor May 23, 1991 
    Signed by the governor May 27, 1991, 10:08 p.m.