1997 Minnesota Statutes

     120.72 General policy.  

    It is the policy of the state of Minnesota that public 
 school education shall be free and no pupil shall be denied an 
 education because of economic inability to furnish educational 
 books and supplies necessary to complete educational 
 requirements necessary for graduation.  Any practice leading to 
 suspension, coercion, exclusion, withholding of grades or 
 diplomas, or discriminatory action based upon nonpayment of fees 
 denies pupils their right to equal protection and entitled 
 privileges.  It is recognized that school boards do have the 
 right to accept voluntary contributions and to make certain 
 charges and to establish fees in areas considered extra 
 curricular, noncurricular or supplementary to the requirements 
 for the successful completion of a class or educational 
 program.  No public school board may require, except as 
 authorized by sections 120.73 and 120.75, the payment of fees. 

    HIST: 1974 c 561 s 2