1997 Minnesota Statutes

     260A.02 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  The definitions in this 
 section apply to this chapter. 

    Subd. 2.    Board.  "Board" means a school attendance 
 review board created under section 260A.05. 

    Subd. 3.    Continuing truant.  "Continuing truant" 
 means a child who is subject to the compulsory instruction 
 requirements of section 120.101 and is absent from instruction 
 in a school, as defined in section 120.05, without valid excuse 
 within a single school year for: 

    (1) three days if the child is in elementary school; or 

    (2) three or more class periods on three days if the child 
 is in middle school, junior high school, or high school. 

    Nothing in this section shall prevent a school district 
 from notifying a truant child's parent or legal guardian of the 
 child's truancy or otherwise addressing a child's attendance 
 problems prior to the child becoming a continuing truant. 

    HIST: 1995 c 226 art 3 s 38; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1Sp1997 
 c 4 art 2 s 41