Minnesota Statutes 260A.02 – Definitions
Subdivision 1.Scope.
The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.
Subd. 2.Board.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 260A.02
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 260A.02
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
“Board” means a school attendance review board created under section 260A.05.
Subd. 3.Continuing truant.
“Continuing truant” means a child who is subject to the compulsory instruction requirements of section 120A.22 and is absent from instruction in a school, as defined in section 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.