1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 314 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
1.3 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 120A.22, subdivision 5, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5 Subd. 5.
Ages and terms. (a) Every child between seven and
16 18 years of age
1.6or until the child successfully completes the requirements for high school graduation,
1.7whichever comes first, must receive instruction. Every child under the age of seven who is
1.8enrolled in a half-day kindergarten, or a full-day kindergarten program on alternate days,
1.9or other kindergarten programs shall receive instruction. Except as provided in subdivision
1.106, a parent may withdraw a child under the age of seven from enrollment at any time.
1.11(b) A school district by annual board action may require children subject to this
1.12subdivision to receive instruction in summer school. A district that acts to require children
1.13to receive instruction in summer school shall establish at the time of its action the criteria
1.14for determining which children must receive instruction.
1.15EFFECTIVE DATE.The change in this section is effective for the 2012-2013
1.16school year and later.
1.17 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 120A.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.18 Subdivision 1.
Reports to superintendent. The person in charge of providing
1.19instruction to a child
between the ages of seven and 16 must submit the following
1.20information to the superintendent of the district in which the child resides:
1.21(1) by October 1 of each school year, the name, birth date, and address of each
1.22child receiving instruction;
1.23(2) the name of each instructor and evidence of compliance with one of the
1.24requirements specified in section
120A.22, subdivision 10;
1.25(3) an annual instructional calendar; and
2.1(4) for each child instructed by a parent who meets only the requirement of section
2.2120A.22, subdivision 10
, clause (6), a quarterly report card on the achievement of the
2.3child in each subject area required in section
120A.22, subdivision 9.
2.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2012-2013 school year and
2.5later.
2.6 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 260C.007, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
2.7 Subd. 19.
Habitual truant. "Habitual truant" means a child under the age of
16 18
2.8years who is absent from attendance at school without lawful excuse for seven school days
2.9per school year if the child is in elementary school or for one or more class periods on
2.10seven school days
per school year if the child is in middle school
, or junior high school
,
2.11or high school, or a child who is 16 or 17 years of age who is absent from attendance at
2.12school without lawful excuse for one or more class periods on seven school days and who
2.13has not lawfully withdrawn from school under section
120A.22, subdivision 8.
2.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2012-2013 school year and
2.15later.
2.16 Sec. 4.
REPEALER.
2.17Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 120A.22, subdivision 8, is repealed effective
2.18for the 2012-2013 school year and later."
2.19Amend the title accordingly