2005 Minnesota Statutes

     120A.30 Attendance officers. 

    The board of any district may authorize the employment of 
 attendance officers, who must investigate truancy or 
 nonattendance at school, make complaints, serve notice and 
 process, and attend to the enforcement of all laws and district 
 rules regarding school attendance.  When any attendance officer 
 learns of any case of habitual truancy or continued 
 nonattendance of any child required to attend school the officer 
 must immediately notify the person having control of the child 
 to send and keep the child in school.  The attendance officer 
 must also refer a habitual truant child as defined in section 
 260C.007, subdivision 19, and the child's parent or legal 
 guardian to appropriate services and procedures under chapter 
 260A, if available within the school district.  Attendance 
 officers or other designated school officials must ensure that 
 the notice required by section 260A.03 for a child who is a 
 continuing truant is sent.  The officer must act under the 
 general supervision of the superintendent. 

    HIST: Ex1959 c 71 art 1 s 14; 1978 c 616 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1995 
 c 226 art 3 s 3; 1998 c 397 art 1 s 45,58; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2