1997 Minnesota Statutes

     127.20 Violations; penalties. 

    Any person who fails or refuses to provide for instruction 
 of a child of whom the person has legal custody, and who is 
 required by section 120.101, subdivision 5, to receive 
 instruction, when notified so to do by a truant officer or other 
 official, or any person who induces or attempts to induce any 
 such child unlawfully to be absent from school, or who knowingly 
 harbors or employs, while school is in session, any child 
 unlawfully absent from school, shall be guilty of a 
 misdemeanor.  Any fines collected shall be paid into the county 
 treasury for the benefit of the school district in which the 
 offense is committed. 

    HIST: Ex1959 c 71 art 8 s 20; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 178 s 8; 1989 
 c 296 s 3; 1993 c 224 art 14 s 14; 1995 c 226 art 3 s 8