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Is my child required to attend school? Minnesota’ s Compulsory Education Law( 120A. 22) Under the Compulsory Education Law, students between the ages of 7 and 16 are required to receive instruction each year. Children under age 7 who are enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade are also subject to the law.
Subdivision 1: Parental responsibility. The parent of a child is primarily responsible for assuring that the child acquires knowledge and skills that are essential for effective citizenship.
Subdivision 5: Ages and terms.( a) Every child between 7 and 16 years of age must receive instruction. Except as provided in subdivision 6, a parent may withdraw a child under the age of 7 from enrollment at any time.
Subdivision 6: Children under 7.( a) Once a pupil under the age of 7 is enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade in a public school, the pupil is subject to the compulsory attendance provisions of this chapter and section 120A. 34, unless the board of the district in which the pupil is enrolled has a policy that exempts children under 7 from this subdivision.
( b) In a district in which children under 7 are subject to compulsory attendance under this subdivision, paragraphs( c) to( e) apply.
( c) A parent or guardian may withdraw the pupil from enrollment in the school for good cause by notifying the district. Good cause includes, but is not limited to, enrollment of the pupil in another school, as defined in subdivision 4, or the immaturity of the child.
( d) When the pupil enrolls, the enrolling official must provide the parent or guardian who enrolls the pupil with a written explanation of the provisions of this subdivision.
( e) A pupil under the age of 7 who is withdrawn from enrollment in the public school under paragraph( c) is no longer subject to the compulsory attendance provisions of this chapter.
( f) In a district that had adopted a policy to exempt children under 7 from this subdivision, the district’ s chief attendance officer must keep the truancy enforcement authorities supplied with a copy of the board’ s current policy certified by the clerk of the board.
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