MN SF2882

Students are counted as in attendance on each day a school employee is paid to supervise or provide services to them, and individual state assessment reports must now include the number and percent of days a student was absent the previous school year

School districts must notify local welfare agencies when students are dropped from enrollment rolls after 15 consecutive unexcused absences, including the student's contact information, and must attempt to contact families to encourage reenrollment

The Department of Education becomes responsible for reenrolling children when districts report them as dropped from rolls and local welfare agencies cannot contact the family, including notifying families of county resources and educational opportunities

School principals must report to superintendents within 15 school days of each academic term a list of students who were enrolled the previous term but did not return and haven't enrolled elsewhere

The age threshold for presuming a parent (rather than the child) is responsible for truancy-related absences increases from 12 to 16 years old in child protective services proceedings