1997 Minnesota Statutes

     126.264 Rights of parents. 

    Subdivision 1.  No later than ten days after the enrollment 
 of any pupil in an instructional program for limited English 
 proficient students, the school district in which the pupil 
 resides shall notify the parent or guardian by mail.  This 
 notice shall:  

    (a) Be in writing in English and in the primary language of 
 the pupil's parents; 

    (b) Inform the parents that their child has been enrolled 
 in an instructional program for limited English proficient 
 students; 

    (c) Contain a simple, nontechnical description of the 
 purposes, method and content of the program; 

    (d) Inform the parents that they have the right to visit 
 the educational program for limited English proficient students 
 in which their child is enrolled; 

    (e) Inform the parents of the time and manner in which to 
 request and receive a conference for the purpose of explaining 
 the nature and purpose of the program; and 

    (f) Inform the parents of their rights to withdraw their 
 child from an educational program for limited English proficient 
 students and the time and manner in which to do so.  

    The department of children, families, and learning shall, 
 at the request of the school district, prepare the notice in the 
 primary language of the parent or guardian.  

    Subd. 2.  Any parent whose child is enrolled in an 
 educational program for limited English proficient students 
 shall have the right, either at the time of the original 
 notification of enrollment or at the close of any semester 
 thereafter, to withdraw the child from the program by providing 
 written notice of this intent to the principal of the school in 
 which the child is enrolled or to the superintendent of the 
 school district in which the child resides.  Nothing herein 
 shall preclude a parent from reenrolling a child of limited 
 English proficiency in an educational program for limited 
 English proficient students. 

    Subd. 3.    Parental involvement.  A district which 
 receives moneys pursuant to section 124.273 shall encourage 
 involvement of parents of pupils enrolled in the educational 
 program for limited English proficient students in this 
 program.  The district shall solicit the views of parents about 
 the program and its effects upon their children. 

    HIST: 1980 c 609 art 3 s 17; 1982 c 548 art 3 s 23; 1986 c 444; 
 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13