1997 Minnesota Statutes

     120.075 Attendance; previous enrollment; families. 

    Subdivision 1.  Any pupil who, pursuant to the provisions 
 of Minnesota Statutes 1976, section 120.065, or Minnesota 
 Statutes, 1977 Supplement, section 123.39, subdivision 5a, was 
 enrolled on either January 1, 1978, or April 5, 1978, in a 
 school district of which the pupil was not a resident may 
 continue in enrollment in that district. 

    Subd. 1a.  Any pupil who, pursuant to section 123.39, 
 subdivision 5, has continuously been enrolled since January 1, 
 1977, in a school district of which the pupil was not a resident 
 may continue in enrollment in that district. 

    Subd. 2.  Any child who was under school age on either 
 January 1, 1978, or April 5, 1978, but who otherwise would have 
 qualified pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1976, 
 section 120.065, or Minnesota Statutes, 1977 Supplement, section 
 123.39, subdivision 5a, for enrollment in a school district of 
 which the child was not a resident may enroll in that district. 

    Subd. 3.  Any pupil enrolled on either January 1, 1978, or 
 April 5, 1978, in a nonpublic school, as defined in section 
 123.932, subdivision 3, located in a district of which the pupil 
 was not a resident who would otherwise have qualified for 
 enrollment in that district as a resident pursuant to 
 subdivision 1 may attend the public schools of that district. 

    Subd. 3a.  Any child who was born on or before January 1, 
 1978 but who was adopted after January 1, 1978 and whose 
 adoptive parent on January 1, 1978 owned property residence upon 
 which would have qualified the child for enrollment pursuant to 
 Minnesota Statutes 1976, section 120.065, in a school district 
 of which the child was not a resident may enroll in that 
 district.  Any child who was born on or before January 1, 1978 
 but who was adopted after January 1, 1978 and whose adoptive 
 parent on January 1, 1978 owned or was a tenant upon property so 
 as to qualify a child for enrollment pursuant to Minnesota 
 Statutes, 1977 Supplement, section 123.39, subdivision 5a, in a 
 school district of which the child was not a resident may enroll 
 in that district.  

    Subd. 4.  Subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3 and 3a shall also apply 
 to any brother or sister of a qualified pupil who is related to 
 that pupil by blood, adoption or marriage and to any foster 
 child of that pupil's parents.  The enrollment of any pupil 
 pursuant to subdivision 1, 2, 3 or 3a and of a brother or sister 
 of that pupil or of a foster child of that pupil's parents 
 pursuant to this subdivision shall remain subject to the 
 provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1976, section 120.065 and 
 Minnesota Statutes, 1977 Supplement, section 123.39, subdivision 
 5a, as they read on January 1, 1978. 

    Subd. 5.  General education aid and transportation aid 
 attributable to pupils covered by programs under this section 
 must be paid according to sections 124A.036, subdivision 5, and 
 124.225, subdivision 8l. 

    HIST: 1978 c 764 s 2; 1979 c 334 art 6 s 2; 1980 c 375 s 1; 
 1980 c 609 art 6 s 1-3; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 718 art 7 s 9-11; 
 1989 c 222 s 3; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 44