Bill Text: MN SF20 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Compulsory school attendance age increase
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-10 - Referred to Education [SF20 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF20-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; increasing the compulsory attendance age;amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 120A.22, subdivision 5; 120A.24, subdivision
1.41; 260C.007, subdivision 19; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section
1.5120A.22, subdivision 8.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120A.22, subdivision 5, is amended to
1.8read:
1.9 Subd. 5. Ages and terms. (a) Every child between seven and16 18 years of age
1.10or until the child successfully completes the requirements for high school graduation,
1.11whichever comes first, must receive instruction. Every child under the age of seven who is
1.12enrolled in a half-day kindergarten, or a full-day kindergarten program on alternate days,
1.13or other kindergarten programs shall receive instruction. Except as provided in subdivision
1.146, a parent may withdraw a child under the age of seven from enrollment at any time.
1.15(b) A school district by annual board action may require children subject to this
1.16subdivision to receive instruction in summer school. A district that acts to require children
1.17to receive instruction in summer school shall establish at the time of its action the criteria
1.18for determining which children must receive instruction.
1.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2013-2014 school year and
1.20later.
1.21 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120A.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.1 Subdivision 1. Reports to superintendent. The person in charge of providing
2.2instruction to a child between the ages of seven and 16 must submit the following
2.3information to the superintendent of the district in which the child resides:
2.4(1) by October 1 of each school year, the name, birth date, and address of each
2.5child receiving instruction;
2.6(2) the name of each instructor and evidence of compliance with one of the
2.7requirements specified in section120A.22, subdivision 10 ;
2.8(3) an annual instructional calendar; and
2.9(4) for each child instructed by a parent who meets only the requirement of section
2.10120A.22, subdivision 10
, clause (6), a quarterly report card on the achievement of the
2.11child in each subject area required in section120A.22, subdivision 9 .
2.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2013-2014 school year and
2.13later.
2.14 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 260C.007, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
2.15 Subd. 19. Habitual truant. "Habitual truant" means a child under the age of16
2.1618 years who is absent from attendance at school without lawful excuse for seven school
2.17days per school year if the child is in elementary school or for one or more class periods
2.18on seven school days per school year if the child is in middle school, junior high school,
2.19or high school, or a child who is 16 or 17 years of age who is absent from attendance at
2.20school without lawful excuse for one or more class periods on seven school days and who
2.21has not lawfully withdrawn from school under section
120A.22, subdivision 8
2.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2013-2014 school year and
2.23later.
2.24 Sec. 4. REPEALER.
2.25Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120A.22, subdivision 8, is repealed effective
2.26for the 2013-2014 school year and later.
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 120A.22, subdivision 5; 120A.24, subdivision
1.41; 260C.007, subdivision 19; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section
1.5120A.22, subdivision 8.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120A.22, subdivision 5, is amended to
1.8read:
1.9 Subd. 5. Ages and terms. (a) Every child between seven and
1.10or until the child successfully completes the requirements for high school graduation,
1.11whichever comes first, must receive instruction. Every child under the age of seven who is
1.12enrolled in a half-day kindergarten, or a full-day kindergarten program on alternate days,
1.13or other kindergarten programs shall receive instruction. Except as provided in subdivision
1.146, a parent may withdraw a child under the age of seven from enrollment at any time.
1.15(b) A school district by annual board action may require children subject to this
1.16subdivision to receive instruction in summer school. A district that acts to require children
1.17to receive instruction in summer school shall establish at the time of its action the criteria
1.18for determining which children must receive instruction.
1.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2013-2014 school year and
1.20later.
1.21 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120A.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.1 Subdivision 1. Reports to superintendent. The person in charge of providing
2.2instruction to a child between the ages of seven and 16 must submit the following
2.3information to the superintendent of the district in which the child resides:
2.4(1) by October 1 of each school year, the name, birth date, and address of each
2.5child receiving instruction;
2.6(2) the name of each instructor and evidence of compliance with one of the
2.7requirements specified in section
2.8(3) an annual instructional calendar; and
2.9(4) for each child instructed by a parent who meets only the requirement of section
2.11child in each subject area required in section
2.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2013-2014 school year and
2.13later.
2.14 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 260C.007, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
2.15 Subd. 19. Habitual truant. "Habitual truant" means a child under the age of
2.1618 years who is absent from attendance at school without lawful excuse for seven school
2.17days per school year if the child is in elementary school or for one or more class periods
2.18on seven school days per school year if the child is in middle school, junior high school,
2.19or high school
2.20
2.21
2.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2013-2014 school year and
2.23later.
2.24 Sec. 4. REPEALER.
2.25Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120A.22, subdivision 8, is repealed effective
2.26for the 2013-2014 school year and later.
