{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-260a.02","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 260A.02","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"Subdivision 1. Scope.\nThe definitions in this section apply to this chapter.\nSubd. 2. Board.\n\"Board\" means a school attendance review board created under section 260A.05.\nSubd. 3. Continuing truant.\n\"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:\n(1) three days if the child is in elementary school; or\n(2) three or more class periods on three days if the child is in middle school, junior high school, or high school.\nNothing 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.","path":["PUBLIC WELFARE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","CHAPTER 260A. TRUANCY"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/260A.02","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:39Z","sha256":"5b1b99e2d381557e099a47dd9a9c6dd95650fc89dce6762ff1b66d23a71b05b9","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-260a.01","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-260a.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}