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Minnesota Statutes Public Welfare and Related Activities (Ch. 245-267) § 260A.02. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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

Subd. 2. Board. “Board” means a school attendance review board created undersection 260A.05.

Subd. 3. Continuing truant. “Continuing truant” means a child who is subject to the compulsory instruction requirements ofsection 120A.22and is absent from instruction in a school, as defined insection 120A.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 or charter school 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.

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