Subd. 3. Notice to parents.–The superintendent must notify the parent, in writing, if a child is alleged to be receiving instruction in violation of sections 120A.22 and 120A.24. The written notification must include a list of the specific alleged violations.
Minnesota School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Parental Notification
Minnesota School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Parental Notification
Category: Monitoring and Accountability
Subcategory: Parental Notification
State: Minnesota
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LAWS
120A.26. Enforcement and prosecution.
121A.031. School student bullying policy.
Subd. 4. Local policy components.
(a) Each district and school policy implemented under this section must, at a minimum:
(4) indicate how a school will respond to an identified incident of prohibited conduct, including immediately intervening to protect the target of the prohibited conduct; at the school administrator's discretion and consistent with state and federal data practices law governing access to data, including section 13.02, subdivision 8, a presumption that a district or school official will notify the parent of the reported target of the prohibited conduct and the parent of the actor engaged in the prohibited conduct; providing other remedial responses to the prohibited conduct; and ensuring that remedial responses are tailored to the particular incident and nature of the conduct and the student's developmental age and behavioral history.
121A.45. Grounds for dismissal.
Subd. 3. Parent notification and meeting.–If a pupil's total days of removal from school exceeds ten cumulative days in a school year, the school district shall make reasonable attempts to convene a meeting with the pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian before subsequently removing the pupil from school and, with the permission of the parent or guardian, arrange for a mental health screening for the pupil. The district is not required to pay for the mental health screening. The purpose of this meeting is to attempt to determine the pupil's need for assessment or other services or whether the parent or guardian should have the pupil assessed or diagnosed to determine whether the pupil needs treatment for a mental health disorder.
121A.46. Suspension procedures.
Subd. 3. Written notice of grounds for suspension.–A written notice containing the grounds for suspension, a brief statement of the facts, a description of the testimony, a readmission plan, and a copy of sections 121A.40 to 121A.56, shall be personally served upon the pupil at or before the time the suspension is to take effect, and upon the pupil's parent or guardian by mail within 48 hours of the conference. The district shall make reasonable efforts to notify the parents of the suspension by telephone as soon as possible following suspension. In the event a pupil is suspended without an informal administrative conference on the grounds that the pupil will create an immediate and substantial danger to surrounding persons or property, the written notice shall be served upon the pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian within 48 hours of the suspension. Service by mail is complete upon mailing.
121A.47. Exclusion and expulsion procedures.
Subd. 2. Written notice.–Written notice of intent to take action shall:
(a) be served upon the pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian personally or by mail.
121A.54. Notice of right to be reinstated.
Whenever a pupil fails to return to school within ten school days of the termination of dismissal, a school administrator shall inform the pupil and the pupil's parents by mail of the pupil's right to attend and to be reinstated in the public school.
121A.575. Alternatives to pupil suspension.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and in accordance with sections 121A.40 to 121A.56, after a school administration notifies a pupil of the grounds for suspension, the school administration may, instead of imposing the suspension, do one or more of the following:
(1) strongly encourage a parent or guardian of the pupil to attend school with the pupil for one day;
(2) assign the pupil to attend school on Saturday as supervised by the principal or the principal's designee; and
(3) petition the juvenile court that the student is in need of services under chapter 260C.
121A.61. Discipline and removal of students from class.
Subd. 2. Grounds for removal from class.–The policy must establish the various grounds for which a student may be removed from a class in the district for a period of time under the procedures specified in the policy. The policy must include a procedure for notifying and meeting with a student's parent or guardian to discuss the problem that is causing the student to be removed from class after the student has been removed from class more than ten times in one school year. The grounds in the policy must include at least the following provisions as well as other grounds determined appropriate by the board:
(a) willful conduct that significantly disrupts the rights of others to an education, including conduct that interferes with a teacher's ability to teach or communicate effectively with students in a class or with the ability of other students to learn;
(b) willful conduct that endangers surrounding persons, including school district employees, the student or other students, or the property of the school; and
(c) willful violation of any rule of conduct specified in the discipline policy adopted by the board. [...]
Subd. 3. Policy components.- The policy must include at least the following components:
(h) the procedures for notifying a student and the student's parents or guardian of violations of the rules of conduct and of resulting disciplinary actions;
(i) any procedures determined appropriate for encouraging early involvement of parents or guardians in attempts to improve a student's behavior.
121A.67. Removal by peace officer.
Subdivision 1. Rules.–The commissioner, after consultation with interested parent organizations and advocacy groups, the Minnesota Administrators for Special Education, the Minnesota Association of School Administrators, Education Minnesota, the Minnesota School Boards Association, the Minnesota Police Officers Association, a representative of a bargaining unit that represents paraprofessionals, the Elementary School Principals Association, and the Secondary School Principals Association, must amend rules governing the use of aversive and deprivation procedures by school district employees or persons under contract with a school district. The rules must:
(3) require educational personnel to notify a parent or guardian of a pupil with an individual education plan on the same day aversive or deprivation procedures are used in an emergency or in writing within two school days if district personnel are unable to provide same-day notice.
125A.0942. Standards for restrictive procedures.
Subd. 2. Restrictive procedures.
(b) A school shall make reasonable efforts to notify the parent on the same day a restrictive procedure is used on the child, or if the school is unable to provide same-day notice, notice is sent within two days by written or electronic means or as otherwise indicated by the child's parent under paragraph (f).
124D.8957. Prekindergarten through grade 12 parental rights code elsewhere.
Subd. 4. Antibullying.–Parental rights related to school district antibullying policies, including the right to be involved in developing the policies, the right to be notified of incidents of prohibited conduct, and the right to be informed of data practices laws, are governed by section 121A.031.
Subd. 5. Student discipline policies.–The parental right to notice in student discipline policies of rights under the Safe and Supportive Minnesota Schools Act is governed by section 121A.0311. [...]
Subd. 7. Chemical abuse.–The parental right to be informed of a reported case of chemical abuse by a minor student is governed by section 121A.26. [...]
Subd. 9. Student dismissal.–The parental right to notice and a meeting regarding the removal of a student for more than ten days is governed by section 121A.45.
Subd. 10. Exclusion and expulsion.–The parental right to be included in exclusion or expulsion hearing procedures, including access to records, ability to testify and present evidence, and inclusion in the student's readmission plan, is governed by section 121A.47.
Subd. 11. Exclusion and expulsion appeal.–The parental right to notice of the right to appeal an exclusion or expulsion decision is governed by section 121A.49.
Subd. 12. Reinstatement after termination of dismissal.–The parental right to notice of a student's right to be reinstated after the termination of dismissal is governed by section 121A.54.
260A.02. Definitions.
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.
260A.03. Notice to parent or guardian when child is a continuing truant.
Upon a child's initial classification as a continuing truant, the school attendance officer or other designated school official shall notify the child's parent or legal guardian, by first-class mail or other reasonable means, of the following:
(1) that the child is truant;
(2) that the parent or guardian should notify the school if there is a valid excuse for the child's absences;
(3) that the parent or guardian is obligated to compel the attendance of the child at school pursuant to section 120A.22 and parents or guardians who fail to meet this obligation may be subject to prosecution under section 120A.34;
(4) that this notification serves as the notification required by section 120A.34;
(5) that alternative educational programs and services may be available in the child's enrolling or resident district;
(6) that the parent or guardian has the right to meet with appropriate school personnel to discuss solutions to the child's truancy;
(7) that if the child continues to be truant, the parent and child may be subject to juvenile court proceedings under chapter 260C;
(8) that if the child is subject to juvenile court proceedings, the child may be subject to suspension, restriction, or delay of the child's driving privilege pursuant to section 260C.201; and
(9) that it is recommended that the parent or guardian accompany the child to school and attend classes with the child for one day.
260A.04. Community-based truancy projects and service centers.
Subd. 3. Truancy service centers.
(a) Truancy service centers may be established as facilities to receive truant students from peace officers and probation officers and provide other appropriate services. A truancy service center may:
(3) contact the parents or legal guardian of the truant student and release the truant student to the custody of the parents, guardian, or other suitable person. [...]
(c) Truancy service centers may expand their service capability in order to receive curfew violators and take appropriate action, such as coordination of intervention efforts, contacting parents, and developing strategies to ensure that parents assume responsibility for their children's curfew violations.
260A.06. Referral of truant students to school attendance review board.
Subdivision 1. Referral; notice.–An attendance officer or other school official may refer a student who is a continuing truant to the school attendance review board. The person making the referral shall provide a written notice by first class mail or other reasonable means to the student and the student's parent or legal guardian. The notice must:
(1) include the name and address of the board to which the student has been referred and the reason for the referral; and
(2) indicate that the student, the parent or legal guardian, and the referring person will meet with the board to determine a proper disposition of the referral, unless the board refers the student directly to the county attorney or for other appropriate legal action.
Subd. 2. Meeting; community services.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the school attendance review board shall schedule the meeting described in subdivision 1 and provide notice of the meeting by first class mail or other reasonable means to the student, parent or guardian, and referring person. If the board determines that available community services may resolve the attendance problems of the truant student, the board shall refer the student or the student's parent or guardian to participate in the community services. The board may develop an agreement with the student and parent or guardian that specifies the actions to be taken. The board shall inform the student and parent or guardian that failure to comply with any agreement or to participate in appropriate community services will result in a referral to the county attorney under subdivision 3. The board may require the student or parent or guardian to provide evidence of participation in available community services or compliance with any agreement.
(b) A school attendance review board may refer a student directly to the county attorney or for other appropriate legal action under subdivision 3 if it has established procedures and criteria for these referrals.
260A.07. County attorney truancy medication program.
Subdivision 1. Establishment; referrals.–A county attorney may establish a truancy mediation program for the purpose of resolving truancy problems without court action. If a student is in a school district or charter school that has established a school attendance review board, the student may be referred to the county attorney under section 260A.06, subdivision 3. If the student's school district or charter school has not established a board, the student may be referred to the county attorney by the school district or charter school if the student continues to be truant after the parent or guardian has been sent or conveyed the notice under section 260A.03.
Subd. 2. Meeting; notice.–The county attorney may request the parent or legal guardian and the child referred under subdivision 1 to attend a meeting to discuss the possible legal consequences of the minor's truancy. The notice of the meeting must be served personally or by certified mail at least five days before the meeting on each person required to attend the meeting. The notice must include:
(1) the name and address of the person to whom the notice is directed;
(2) the date, time, and place of the meeting;
(3) the name of the minor classified as a truant;
(4) the basis for the referral to the county attorney;
(5) a warning that a criminal complaint may be filed against the parents or guardians pursuant to section 120A.34 for failure to compel the attendance of the minor at school or that action may be taken in juvenile court; and
(6) a statement that the meeting is voluntary.
REGULATIONS
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