| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education; encouraging reenrollment after student withdrawal from |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 school; requiring notification and resources for the family of an unenrolled child; |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.05, subdivision 8, by adding a |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 subdivision. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.05, subdivision 8, is amended to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 8.Average daily membership.(a) Membership for pupils in grades kindergarten |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9through 12 and for prekindergarten pupils with disabilities shall mean the number of pupils |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10on the current roll of the school, counted from the date of entry until withdrawal. The date |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11of withdrawal shall mean the day the pupil permanently leaves the school or the date it is |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12officially known that the pupil has left or has been legally excused. However, a pupil, |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13regardless of age, who has been absent from school for 15 consecutive school days during |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14the regular school year or for five consecutive school days during summer school or |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15intersession classes of flexible school year programs without receiving instruction in the |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16home or hospital shall be dropped from the roll and classified as withdrawn. Nothing in this |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17section shall be construed as waiving the compulsory attendance provisions cited in section |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18120A.22. Average daily membership equals the sum for all pupils of the number of days |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19of the school year each pupil is enrolled in the district's schools divided by the number of |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20days the schools are in session or are providing e-learning days due to inclement weather. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21Days of summer school or intersession classes of flexible school year programs are only |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22included in the computation of membership for pupils with a disability not appropriately |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1.23served primarily in the regular classroom. A student must not be counted as more than 1.2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1.24pupils in average daily membership under this section and section 126C.10, subdivision 2a, |
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| 25 | 25 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 26 | 26 | | REVISOR CR/LJ 25-0254601/22/25 |
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| 27 | 27 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 28 | 28 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 29 | 29 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 30 | 30 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 31 | 31 | | H. F. No. 1053 |
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| 32 | 32 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 33 | 33 | | Authored by Bakeberg, Keeler, Nadeau, Lawrence and Engen02/17/2025 |
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| 34 | 34 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy 2.1paragraph (c). When the initial total average daily membership exceeds 1.2 for a pupil |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.2enrolled in more than one school district during the fiscal year, each district's average daily |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.3membership must be reduced proportionately. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.4 (b) A student must not be counted as more than one pupil in average daily membership |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.5except for purposes of section 126C.10, subdivision 2a. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.6 (c) A school district must notify the Department of Education of any student dropped |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.7from its roll under paragraph (a) for absences exceeding 15 consecutive school days. The |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.8notice to the department must include the student's most recent contact information on file |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.9with the school. The school must also send an email, letter, or otherwise contact the child's |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.10family to encourage the child to reenroll in the school's programming. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.05, is amended by adding a subdivision to |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.13read: |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.14 Subd. 21.Department of Education to encourage reenrollment.Notwithstanding any |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.15law to the contrary, once a school district has notified the Department of Education that a |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.16child has been removed from the attendance roll under subdivision 8, the department becomes |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.17responsible for reenrolling the child. The department must notify the family of a child who |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.18has been unenrolled from school under subdivision 8, paragraph (c), of county and |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.19community resources to support the student's reenrollment in school. The department must |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.20also notify the family of the child's right to reenroll in the child's school and of other |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.21accessible educational opportunities that may be available to the child. The department may |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.22work with county attorneys and other parties under chapter 260A to reenroll the child in |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.23school. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.24 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 59 | 59 | | REVISOR CR/LJ 25-0254601/22/25 |
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