Minn. Stat. § 260A.02: DEFINITIONS.

Subdivision 1. Scope.

The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.

Subd. 2. Board.

"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.