1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to education; allowing school districts to 
  1.3             compel students to attend summer school; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 120.101, 
  1.5             subdivision 5. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
  1.8   120.101, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 5.  [AGES AND TERMS.] (a) Every child between seven 
  1.10  and 16 years of age shall receive instruction.  Every child 
  1.11  under the age of seven who is enrolled in a half-day 
  1.12  kindergarten, or a full-day kindergarten program on alternate 
  1.13  days, or other kindergarten programs shall receive instruction.  
  1.14  Except as provided in subdivision 5a, a parent may withdraw a 
  1.15  child under the age of seven from enrollment at any time. 
  1.16     (b) A school district by annual board action may require 
  1.17  children subject to this subdivision to receive instruction in 
  1.18  summer school.  A district that acts to require children to 
  1.19  receive instruction in summer school shall establish at the time 
  1.20  of its action the criteria for determining which children must 
  1.21  receive instruction. 
  1.22     (c) Notwithstanding section 260.015, subdivision 19, and 
  1.23  for purposes of paragraph (b) only, a "habitual truant" means a 
  1.24  child under 16 years of age who is absent from attending summer 
  1.25  school without lawful excuse for five summer school days if the 
  2.1   child is in elementary school or for one or more class periods 
  2.2   on five summer school days if the child is in middle, junior 
  2.3   high, or high school. 
  2.4      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.5      Section 1 is effective for the 1998-1999 school year and 
  2.6   thereafter.