MN HF62

Creates new section 120A.37 in Minnesota Statutes to consolidate cross-references to student attendance laws scattered throughout various chapters

Compiles references covering compulsory instruction age requirements, district residency rules, nonpublic school reporting, transportation requirements, and services for students with disabilities

Clarifies truancy definitions: elementary students are "continuing truants" after 3 days absent without valid excuse; middle/junior high/high school students after 3 or more class periods absent

Students absent for 15 consecutive school days are dropped from enrollment rolls and classified as withdrawn

Cross-references are explicitly non-substantive and cannot be used to construe or limit the meaning of the underlying statutes