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MN Stat § 135A.157 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.157 — Notice To Students Regarding Possible Impact Of Criminal Records.

135A.157 NOTICE TO STUDENTS REGARDING POSSIBLE IMPACT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS. (a) A public or private postsecondary educational institution located in this state shall give notice under this section to each person accepted for admission to be a student at the institution. This notice shall be given at or before the time of acceptance for admission to the institution and at or before the time students select a major. (b) A notice provided under this section must inform students that arrests, charges, or convictions of criminal offenses may limit employment possibilities in specific careers and occupations and may limit their ability to obtain federal, state, and other financial aid, and must encourage students to investigate these possibilities. The notice must not discourage students from applying for federal, state, or other financial aid. (c) A postsecondary educational institution is not liable for failing to provide the notice required by this section. History:   2009 c 95 art 2 s 2
MN Stat § 135A.158 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.158 — Information Provided To Student Parents And Pregnant Students.

135A.158 INFORMATION PROVIDED TO STUDENT PARENTS AND PREGNANT STUDENTS. A public or regionally accredited private postsecondary educational institution must provide information according to this section to students who are parents of one or more children age 12 or younger, and to students who notify the institution that they are pregnant. The information must include a fact sheet on the legal rights of student parents and pregnant students and a list of resources to support student parents and pregnant students. The list of resources may include resources for prenatal care, child care, transportation, and housing. This information must be available in languages that reflect the primary languages of the institution's student body. The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota is requested to comply with this section. History:   2017 c 89 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 135A.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.16 — Policy For Students With Disabilities.

135A.16 POLICY FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. Subdivision 1. Development. Each public postsecondary governing board shall have a policy to provide for the needs of enrolled or admitted students on its campuses who have disabilities under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law 93-112. Governing boards of private postsecondary institutions are requested to develop similar policies. Subd. 2. Content. Each policy shall include a list of services each campus must make available to any student who, through a recent assessment, can document a disability. The following three services must be included in the policy: (1) support, counseling, and information that may include support groups, individual counseling, career counseling and assessment, and referral services; (2) academic assistance services that may include early registration services, early syllabus availability, course selection and program advising, coursework and testing assistance and modification, and tutoring; and (3) advocacy services that may include a designated ombudsman serving as the primary contact and coordinator for students needing services, assistance in working individually with faculty and administrators, intervention procedures, and grievance procedures. Subd. 3. Availability. The policy and related information must be readily available to enrolled students and applicants for admission. At a minimum, information on services, including a contact person and location, must be included in the campus catalog and in the schedule of course offerings each term. History:   1991 c 173 s 1
MN Stat § 135A.165 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.165 — Deaf Students; Tuition Assistance.

135A.165 DEAF STUDENTS; TUITION ASSISTANCE. (a) For the purpose of this section, a "deaf person" means an individual with a hearing loss of such severity that the individual must depend primarily on visual communication, such as writing, lip reading, manual communication, and gestures. (b) A deaf person, who is a resident student as defined in section 136A.101, subdivision 8, is entitled to tuition assistance for the tuition and fees remaining after deducting any federal or state grants or other public or private grants made to the person for the purpose of paying the tuition and fees at a Minnesota state college or university or the University of Minnesota. A deaf person must receive either a federal Pell grant or a state grant under section 136A.121 for a term to receive tuition assistance for that term. History:   2005 c 107 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 135A.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.17 — Provisions To Facilitate Voting.

135A.17 PROVISIONS TO FACILITATE VOTING. Subdivision 1. Identification cards. All postsecondary institutions that enroll students accepting state or federal financial aid may provide every full-time student a student identification card that contains the enrolling student's photograph and name. Subd. 2. Residential housing list. All postsecondary institutions that enroll students accepting state or federal financial aid may prepare a current list of students enrolled in the institution and residing in the institution's housing or within ten miles of the institution's campus. The list shall include each student's current address. The list shall be certified and sent to the appropriate county auditor or auditors for use in election day registration as provided under section 201.061, subdivision 3. A residential housing list provided under this subdivision may not be used or disseminated by a county auditor or the secretary of state for any other purpose. History:  1991 c 227 s 2; 2008 c 244 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 135A.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.18 — Authorization For Agreements.

135A.18 AUTHORIZATION FOR AGREEMENTS. The governing board of a public postsecondary system may enter into an agreement with a school board to provide a nonsectarian course taught by secondary teachers or postsecondary faculty members to an eligible pupil, as defined in section 124D.09, subdivision 5, and offered at a secondary school or another location. History:  1992 c 499 art 9 s 14; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3
MN Stat § 135A.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.19 — Financial Emergency.

135A.19 FINANCIAL EMERGENCY. The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota may immediately lay off employees, without notice, if the respective board has declared a financial emergency. All other contractual provisions relating to layoffs continue to apply. A financial emergency may be declared if, at any time: (1) the projected revenue for the system from tuition and the general fund for the current or next fiscal year is less than 93 percent of the anticipated expenditures in the board approved budget, and (2) if tuition would need to be increased more than three times the annual inflation rate to solve the shortfall. For employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities covered under a collective bargaining agreement, this section applies to all collective bargaining agreements effective after July 1, 1995, and shall be effective for each collective bargaining agreement covering those employees the day after it has been ratified by the Legislative Commission on Employee Relations. For represented employees of the University of Minnesota, this section applies the day following signing of the next agreement. For employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, this section is effective July 1, 1995. The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota shall balance layoffs of faculty, other employees, and administrators. The boards should strive to provide uninterrupted service and instruction to students. History:   1995 c 212 art 2 s 5
MN Stat § 135A.191 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.191 — Research Dogs And Cats.

135A.191 RESEARCH DOGS AND CATS. (a) A higher education research facility that receives public money or a facility that provides research in collaboration with a higher education facility that confines dogs or cats for science, education, or research purposes and plans on euthanizing a dog or cat for other than science, education, or research purposes must first offer the dog or cat to an animal rescue organization. A facility that is required to offer dogs or cats to an animal rescue organization under this section may enter into an agreement with the animal rescue organization to protect the facility. A facility that provides a dog or cat to a rescue organization under this section is immune from any civil liability that otherwise might result from its actions, provided that the facility is acting in good faith. (b) For the purposes of this section, "animal rescue organization" means any nonprofit organization incorporated for the purpose of rescuing animals in need and finding permanent, adoptive homes for the animals. History:  2014 c 312 art 13 s 47; 2015 c 69 art 3 s 19
MN Stat § 135A.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.21 — Members Of Commission.

135A.21 MEMBERS OF COMMISSION. Minnesota members of the Midwestern Higher Education Commission must be appointed as provided in this section. One legislative member must be a member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house for a two-year term; one legislative member must be a member of the senate appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Rules and Administration Committee for a two-year term. Two at-large members, at least one of whom must be selected from the field of higher education, must be appointed by the governor. One at-large member must be appointed to a two-year term; one at-large member, and any regularly appointed successor to either at-large position, must be appointed to a four-year term. Vacancies must be filled by the appointing authority for the remainder of the unexpired term. History:   1990 c 518 s 2
MN Stat § 135A.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.22 — Effect On Reciprocity.

135A.22 EFFECT ON RECIPROCITY. The enactment of the Midwestern Higher Education Compact has no effect on tuition reciprocity agreements under section 136A.08 that exist at the time of enactment. History:   1990 c 518 s 3
MN Stat § 135A.51 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.51 — Definitions.

135A.51 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of this section and section 135A.52, the following words have the meanings ascribed to them. Subd. 2. Senior citizen. "Senior citizen" means a person who has reached 62 years of age before the beginning of any term, semester or quarter, in which a course of study is pursued, or a person receiving a railroad retirement annuity who has reached 60 years of age before the beginning of the term. Subd. 3. Course. "Course" means any course of study offered by a state supported institution of higher education in the regular curriculum of a department, school or subdivision of the institution, or a special course given for any purpose, including, but not limited to, adult education. Subd. 4. Legal resident. "Legal resident" means a person who fulfills the residency criteria now or hereafter applicable to students of a state supported institution of higher education. Subd. 5. Institution of higher education. "Institution of higher education" means a state university, community college, technical college, or the University of Minnesota. History:  1975 c 219 s 1; 1975 c 321 s 2; 1987 c 258 s 12; 1989 c 246 s 2; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59; 2007 c 144 art 2 s 11; 2010 c 364 s 3; 1Sp2011 c 5 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 135A.52 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.52 — Program And Qualifications.

135A.52 PROGRAM AND QUALIFICATIONS. Subdivision 1. Fees and tuition. Except for an administration fee established by the governing board at a level to recover costs, to be collected only when a course is taken for credit, a senior citizen who is a legal resident of Minnesota is entitled without payment of tuition or activity fees to attend courses offered for credit, audit any courses offered for credit, or enroll in any noncredit courses in any state supported institution of higher education in Minnesota when space is available after all tuition-paying students have been accommodated. A senior citizen enrolled under this section must pay any materials, personal property, or service charges for the course. In addition, a senior citizen who is enrolled in a course for credit must pay an administrative fee in an amount established by the governing board of the institution to recover costs. There shall be no administrative fee charges to a senior citizen auditing a course. For the purposes of this section and section 135A.51, the term "noncredit courses" shall not include those courses designed and offered specifically and exclusively for senior citizens. The provisions of this section and section 135A.51 do not apply to noncredit courses designed and offered by the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities specifically and exclusively for senior citizens. Senior citizens enrolled under the provisions of this section and section 135A.51 shall not be included by such institutions in their computation of full-time equivalent students when requesting staff or appropriations. Subd. 2. Term; income of senior citizens. (a) Except under paragraph (b), there shall be no limit to the number of terms, quarters or semesters a senior citizen may attend courses, nor income limitation imposed in determining eligibility. (b) A senior citizen enrolled in a closed enrollment contract training program is not eligible for benefits under subdivision 1. Subd. 3. Catalogue statement. Each state supported institution of higher education shall prominently include in its catalogue a statement of benefits provided for senior citizens. Subd. 4. Determination of qualifications. The institution shall determine whether a person qualifies for, and require execution of appropriate forms to request, the senior citizen benefits. Subd. 5. Placement. The institution shall refer interested senior citizens to social service, community, and educational agencies for employment or volunteer work. Subd. 6. Farm business management. Minnesota State Colleges and Universities campuses that offer farm business management may specify space availability in the delivery of farm business management courses. History:  1975 c 219 s 2-6; 1981 c 194 s 3; 1982 c 548 art 4 s 12; 1984 c 654 art 4 s 24; 1987 c 258 s 12; 1989 c 246 s 2; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 42,59; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 8,9; 2007 c 144 art 2 s 12,13; 1Sp2015 c 4 art 2 s 78
MN Stat § 136A.002 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.002 — Definitions.

136A.002 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Office. "Office" means the Office of Higher Education. Subd. 3. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the office. Subd. 4. Province and provincial. "Province" and "provincial" mean the Canadian province of Manitoba. Subd. 5. Term. "Term" means a quarter or semester, or the equivalent. History:  2007 c 144 art 2 s 14; 2014 c 149 s 3,74
MN Stat § 136A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.01 — Office Of Higher Education.

136A.01 OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. Subdivision 1. Creation. The Office of Higher Education, which may also be known as the Minnesota Office of Higher Education, is created with a commissioner appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and serving at the pleasure of the governor. Subd. 2. Responsibilities. (a) The office is responsible for: (1) necessary state level administration of financial aid programs, including accounting, auditing, and disbursing state and federal financial aid funds, and reporting on financial aid programs to the governor and the legislature; (2) approval, registration, licensing, and financial aid eligibility of private collegiate and career schools, under sections 136A.61 to 136A.71 and 136A.82 to 136A.834; (3) determining whether to enter into an interstate reciprocity agreement regarding postsecondary distance education; (4) negotiating and administering reciprocity agreements; (5) publishing and distributing financial aid information and materials, and other information and materials under section 136A.87, to students and parents; (6) collecting and maintaining student enrollment and financial aid data and reporting data on students and postsecondary institutions to develop and implement a process to measure and report on the effectiveness of postsecondary institutions; (7) administering the federal programs that affect students and institutions on a statewide basis; and (8) prescribing policies, procedures, and rules under chapter 14 necessary to administer the programs under its supervision. (b) The office may match individual student data from the student record enrollment database with individual student financial aid data collected and maintained by the office in order to audit or evaluate federal or state supported education programs as permitted by United States Code, title 20, section 1232g(b)(3), and Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 99.35. The office shall not release data that personally identifies parents or students other than to employees and contractors of the office. Subd. 3. Incentive programs. The commissioner is authorized to utilize incentive gifts including, but not limited to, gift cards in order to promote to the public the various programs administered by the office. The annual total expenditures for such incentive programs shall not exceed $10,000. History:  1965 c 809 s 32 subd 1; 1967 c 615 s 1; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 9; 2003 c 133 art 2 s 3; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 10,60; 2009 c 95 art 2 s 6; 2010 c 364 s 4; 2013 c 99 art 2 s 29; 2014 c 149 s 4,74; 2014 c 312 art 1 s 7; 2015 c 69 art 2 s 4,46; 2020 c 109 art 1 s 3
MN Stat § 136A.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.03 — Executive Officers; Employees.

136A.03 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS; EMPLOYEES. The office shall be under the administrative control of the commissioner. The commissioner shall serve in the unclassified service of the state civil service. The commissioner, or the commissioner's designated representative, on behalf of the office is authorized to sign contracts and execute all instruments necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of sections 136A.01 to 136A.178 for the office. The salary of the commissioner shall be established according to section 15A.0815. The commissioner may appoint other professional employees who shall serve in the unclassified service of the state civil service. All other employees shall be in the classified civil service. An employee appointed by the commissioner to serve in the unclassified service as provided in this section must be a person who has studied higher education or a related field at the graduate level or has similar experience and who is qualified for a career in financial aid and other aspects of higher education and for activities in keeping with the planning and administrative responsibilities of the office and who is appointed to assume responsibility for administration of educational programs or research in matters of higher education. History:  1965 c 809 s 32 subd 6; 1967 c 615 s 1; 1967 c 895 s 3; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1983 c 299 s 21; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 11; 1997 c 183 art 3 s 11; 2Sp1997 c 3 s 18; 2003 c 133 art 2 s 5; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 60; 2013 c 99 art 2 s 29; 2014 c 149 s 5
MN Stat § 136A.031 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.031 — Student Advisory Council.

136A.031 STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2005 c 107 art 2 s 61] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2013 c 99 art 2 s 30] Subd. 3. Student Advisory Council. (a) A Student Advisory Council (SAC) to the office is established. The members of SAC shall include: the chair of the University of Minnesota student senate; the state chair of the Minnesota State University Student Association; the president of the Minnesota State College Student Association and an officer of the Minnesota State College Student Association, one in a community college course of study and one in a technical college course of study; a student who is enrolled in a private nonprofit postsecondary institution, to be elected by students enrolled in Minnesota Private College Council institutions; a student who is enrolled in a private career school, to be elected by students enrolled in Minnesota private career schools; and a student who is enrolled in a Minnesota tribal college to be elected by students enrolled in Minnesota tribal colleges. If students from the private career schools or tribal colleges do not elect a representative, the commissioner must appoint a student representative. If students from the Minnesota Private College Council institutions do not elect a representative, the Minnesota Private College Council must appoint the private nonprofit representative. A member may be represented by a student designee who attends an institution from the same system that the absent member represents. The SAC shall select one of its members to serve as chair. (b) The office shall inform the SAC of all matters related to student issues under consideration. The SAC shall report to the office quarterly and at other times that the SAC considers desirable. The SAC shall determine its meeting times, but it shall also meet with the office within 30 days after the commissioner's request for a meeting. (c) The SAC shall: (1) bring to the attention of the office any matter that the SAC believes needs the attention of the office; (2) make recommendations to the office as it finds appropriate; and (3) approve student appointments by the office for each advisory group as provided in subdivision 4. Subd. 4. Student representation. The commissioner shall invite the council to nominate a student or students to serve on task forces created by the office, when appropriate. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 2014 c 286 art 8 s 40] History:  1995 c 212 art 3 s 12; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1999 c 214 art 2 s 4; 1Sp2001 c 1 art 2 s 7; 2003 c 130 s 12; 2003 c 133 art 2 s 6,7; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 11-14,60; 2007 c 144 art 2 s 15; 2013 c 99 art 2 s 29; 2014 c 286 art 3 s 2; 2015 c 69 art 2 s 5; 2020 c 109 art 1 s 4