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120A.05 Definitions.

Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of this chapter the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

Subd. 2. Auditor. "Auditor" means county auditor.

Subd. 3. Board. "Board" means a school board.

Subd. 4. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of children, families, and learning.

Subd. 5. Common district. "Common district" means any school district validly created and existing as a common school district or joint common school district as of July 1, 1957, or pursuant to the terms of the Education Code.

Subd. 6. County board. "County board" means a board of county commissioners.

Subd. 7. Department. "Department" means the department of children, families, and learning.

Subd. 8. District. "District" means a school district.

Subd. 9. Elementary school. "Elementary school" means any school with building, equipment, courses of study, class schedules, enrollment of pupils ordinarily in prekindergarten through grade 6 or any portion thereof, and staff meeting the standards established by the commissioner.

The commissioner of children, families, and learning shall not close a school or deny any state aids to a district for its elementary schools because of enrollment limitations classified in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision.

Subd. 10. Independent district. "Independent district" means any school district validly created and existing as an independent, consolidated, joint independent, county or a ten or more township district as of July 1, 1957, or pursuant to the Education Code.

Subd. 11. Middle school. "Middle school" means any school other than a secondary school giving an approved course of study in a minimum of three consecutive grades above 4th but below 10th with building, equipment, courses of study, class schedules, enrollment, and staff meeting the standards established by the commissioner of children, families, and learning.

Subd. 12. School district tax. "School district tax" means the tax levied and collected to provide the amount of money voted or levied by the district or the board for school purposes.

Subd. 13. Secondary school. "Secondary school" means any school with building, equipment, courses of study, class schedules, enrollment of pupils ordinarily in grades 7 through 12 or any portion thereof, and staff meeting the standards established by the commissioner of children, families, and learning.

Subd. 14. Special district. "Special district" means a district established by a charter granted by the legislature or by a home rule charter including any district designated a special independent school district by the legislature.

Subd. 15. Obsolete

Subd. 16. Superintendent. "Superintendent" means superintendent of the school district involved.

Subd. 17. Vocational center school. "Vocational center school" means any school serving a group of secondary schools with approved areas of secondary vocational training and offering vocational secondary and adult programs necessary to meet local needs and meeting standards established by the commissioner of children, families, and learning.

HIST: Ex1959 c 71 art 1 s 2,5; 1961 c 562 s 7; 1971 c 25 s 31; 1971 c 118 s 1; 1978 c 616 s 1; 1984 c 463 art 5 s 1; 1987 c 258 s 1; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1997 c 162 art 1 s 2; 1998 c 397 art 1 s 1-6,58; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 5 s 55

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