Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section:
(a) "child" means a person under 18 years old; and
(b) "missing child" means a child who has run away or is otherwise missing from the home or the care, custody, and control of the child's parents, guardian, legal custodian, or other person having responsibility for the child.
Subd. 2. Authority. Each district may develop a fingerprinting program for pupils and children who reside in the district. The principal or chief administrative officer of a nonpublic school may develop a fingerprinting program for pupils of the school. If developed, the program must be developed in conjunction with law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction within the district or the place where the nonpublic school is located. The law enforcement agencies must cooperate fully with the district or the nonpublic school in the development of its fingerprinting program.
Subd. 3. Limitations and procedures. If developed, the fingerprinting program may be developed only for the purpose of assisting in the location and identification of missing children, and must be operated according to the following procedures:
(a) No child may be required to participate in the program.
(b) Before a child may participate in the program, the child's parents, guardian, legal custodian, or other person responsible for the child must authorize the child's participation by signing a form developed by the district or the principal or chief administrative officer of the nonpublic school.
(c) Fingerprinting of children must be done by law enforcement personnel on fingerprint cards provided to the district or nonpublic school by the commissioner of public safety or on fingerprint cards acquired elsewhere.
(d) The school must give the fingerprint card to the child's parents, guardian, legal custodian, or other person responsible for the child. No copy of the fingerprint card may be retained by the law enforcement agency, school, or district.
(e) The child's name, sex, hair and eye color, height, weight, and date and place of birth must be written on the fingerprint card.
Districts and nonpublic schools that develop fingerprinting programs under this section shall offer them on a periodic basis, and shall notify parents, guardians, legal custodians, and residents of the district or communities served by the school of the program and its purpose. Notification may be made by means of memoranda, letters, newspaper articles, or other reasonable means.
Subd. 4. Evidentiary use of fingerprints. Fingerprints of a child obtained pursuant to this section are inadmissible as evidence against the child in any criminal or juvenile court proceeding.
Subd. 5. Other fingerprinting programs unaffected. This section does not apply to fingerprinting programs for children that are provided by private organizations other than nonpublic schools, or governmental entities other than districts.
1Sp1985 c 12 art 7 s 16; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 397 art 6 s 108-110,124
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12
Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties
Section 123B.01 — Definitions.
Section 123B.02 — General Powers Of Independent School Districts.
Section 123B.025 — School Sponsorship And Advertising Revenue.
Section 123B.03 — Background Check.
Section 123B.04 — Site Decision Making; Individualized Learning Agreement; Other Agreements.
Section 123B.045 — District-created Site-governed Schools.
Section 123B.06 — Evaluation Of Pupil Growth And Progress; Permanent Records.
Section 123B.07 — Missing Children; Voluntary Fingerprinting.
Section 123B.08 — Flag School Records Of Missing Children.
Section 123B.09 — Boards Of Independent School Districts.
Section 123B.10 — Publication Of Financial Information.
Section 123B.11 — Imprest Cash Funds.
Section 123B.12 — Insufficient Funds To Pay Orders.
Section 123B.13 — Land In Settlement Of Claim Against Surety.
Section 123B.14 — Officers Of Independent School Districts.
Section 123B.143 — Superintendent.
Section 123B.147 — Principals.
Section 123B.19 — Failure Of Auditor To Report.
Section 123B.195 — Board Members' Right To Employment.
Section 123B.20 — Dealing In School Supplies.
Section 123B.21 — Duty Of Officers To Report Violations Of Law.
Section 123B.22 — Combination To Control Prices.
Section 123B.23 — Liability Insurance; Officers And Employees.
Section 123B.24 — Legal Actions By Districts.
Section 123B.25 — Legal Actions Against Districts And Teachers.
Section 123B.28 — Records As Evidence.
Section 123B.29 — Sale At Auction.
Section 123B.30 — Improper Classification Of Pupils.
Section 123B.31 — Limitation Of Sections.
Section 123B.34 — Minnesota Public School Fee Law, Citation.
Section 123B.35 — General Policy.
Section 123B.36 — Authorized Fees.
Section 123B.37 — Prohibited Fees.
Section 123B.39 — Postsecondary Instructional Programs.
Section 123B.40 — Declaration Of Policy.
Section 123B.41 — Definitions.
Section 123B.43 — Use Of Individualized Instructional Materials.
Section 123B.44 — Provision Of Pupil Support Services.
Section 123B.445 — Nonpublic Education Council.
Section 123B.45 — Payments For Contractual Obligations.
Section 123B.46 — Administrative Costs.
Section 123B.47 — Notice To Districts; Proration.
Section 123B.48 — Limit On District Obligations.
Section 123B.49 — Extracurricular Activities; Insurance.
Section 123B.492 — Supervised Competitive High School Diving.
Section 123B.50 — Special School Districts, Laws Applicable.
Section 123B.51 — Schoolhouses And Sites; Uses For School And Nonschool Purposes; Closings.
Section 123B.53 — Debt Service Equalization Program.
Section 123B.535 — Natural Disaster Debt Service Equalization.
Section 123B.54 — Debt Service Appropriation.
Section 123B.55 — Debt Service Levy.
Section 123B.56 — Health, Safety, And Environmental Management.
Section 123B.57 — Health And Safety Projects.
Section 123B.571 — Radon Testing.
Section 123B.572 — Solar Panel Fire Safety.
Section 123B.58 — Disability Access And Fire Safety Improvements To School Buildings.
Section 123B.595 — Long-term Facilities Maintenance Revenue.
Section 123B.60 — Building Bonds For Calamities.
Section 123B.61 — Purchase Of Certain Equipment.
Section 123B.62 — Bonds For Certain Capital Facilities.
Section 123B.63 — Capital Project Referendum.
Section 123B.65 — Energy-efficiency Projects.
Section 123B.651 — Energy Use Reduction And Reporting For Public Schools.
Section 123B.67 — School Building Accessibility Capital Improvement Grant Act.
Section 123B.68 — Approval; Application Forms.
Section 123B.69 — Grant Application Process.
Section 123B.70 — School District Construction.
Section 123B.71 — Review And Comment For School District Construction.
Section 123B.72 — School Facility Commissioning.
Section 123B.74 — Eminent Domain.
Section 123B.744 — Agricultural Education.
Section 123B.747 — National Forest Land Funds, Handling And Disposition.
Section 123B.75 — Revenue; Reporting.
Section 123B.76 — Expenditures; Reporting.
Section 123B.77 — Accounting, Budgeting, And Reporting Requirement.
Section 123B.79 — Permanent Fund Transfers.
Section 123B.80 — Exceptions For Permanent Fund Transfers.
Section 123B.81 — Statutory Operating Debt.
Section 123B.82 — Reorganization Operating Debt.
Section 123B.83 — Expenditure Limitations.
Section 123B.85 — Definitions.
Section 123B.86 — Equal Treatment.
Section 123B.87 — Funds And Aids.
Section 123B.88 — Independent School Districts; Transportation.
Section 123B.885 — Diesel School Buses; Operation Of Engine; Parking.
Section 123B.90 — School Bus Safety Training.
Section 123B.91 — School District Bus Safety Responsibilities.
Section 123B.92 — Transportation Aid Entitlement.
Section 123B.93 — Advertising On School Buses.
Section 123B.94 — Common School Districts; Meetings, Elections.
Section 123B.95 — Boards Of Common School Districts.
Section 123B.97 — Schoolhouses And Sites; Common School Districts.