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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota House Bill 62 Codifies Student Attendance and Truancy Cross-References
Last action · April 10, 2025: Laid on tableSponsors: Heather Keeler and 8 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota House File 62 organizes existing statutes governing student attendance, enrollment, transportation, absences, and truancy into a single new section of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120A, without creating new substantive legal effects.
School districts, parents, and students gain a consolidated roadmap of existing legal requirements regarding , allowable absences, bus transportation rules, and truancy penalties.
- Minnesota House File 62 was introduced during the 94th legislative session to organize education statutes. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Minnesota school districts
School districts must reference the newly organized statutory citations for student attendance, transportation, and truancy reporting.
Students
Students are subject to referenced attendance, truancy thresholds, and school withdrawal rules after 15 consecutive unexcused absences.
Parents and guardians
Parents receive notifications regarding student truancy and maintain the right to apply for excused absences for religious or cultural instruction.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does this bill change existing student attendance or truancy laws?
What constitutes a continuing truant under the referenced statutes?
How many consecutive absences result in a student being dropped from the school roll?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Tabled in the Senate.
Procedural history
14 actions- Apr 10, 2025SenateLaid on table
- Apr 10, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading
- Apr 10, 2025SenateTaken from table
- Apr 9, 2025SenateLaid on table
- Apr 9, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduction and first reading
- Apr 9, 2025SenateReceived from House
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- Apr 7, 2025HouseFloorBill was passed pg. 1495 vote: 133-0
- Apr 7, 2025HouseFloorThird reading
- Apr 3, 2025HouseHouse rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 7, 2025
- Apr 1, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading
- Apr 1, 2025HouseCommittee report, to adopt as amended
- Mar 27, 2025HouseAuthor added Clardy
- Feb 13, 2025HouseAuthors added Youakim, Pursell and Bennett
- Feb 10, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Education Policy
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Discoveries
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Codification of Scattered Attendance Statutes
The legislature is consolidating references to attendance, transportation, and truancy laws into a single chapter location for administrative clarity.
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Sources
www.revisor.mn.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 25)
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment2Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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