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MN Stat § 135A.041 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.041 — Fee Statement.

135A.041 FEE STATEMENT. Beginning in the 1993-1994 academic year, fee statements at all public postsecondary campuses shall indicate the state-paid portion of the cost of an average student's education in that system by including the following statement: "Tuition pays for approximately ... % of the cost of a student at a public college. The State of Minnesota pays approximately $....... of the average cost for full-time students." History:   1Sp1993 c 2 art 3 s 15
MN Stat § 135A.042 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.042 — Fee Waiver.

135A.042 FEE WAIVER. The president of a state university, community college, or technical college may waive the fee assessed to a student applying for admission, if the president determines that the fee would impose an economic hardship on the student or the student's family. History:   1995 c 212 art 2 s 2
MN Stat § 135A.043 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.043 — Resident Tuition.

135A.043 RESIDENT TUITION. (a) A student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning of United States Code, title 8, section 1101, subsection (a), paragraph (15), shall qualify for a resident tuition rate or its equivalent at state universities and colleges if the student meets all of the following requirements: (1) high school attendance within the state for three or more years; (2) graduation from a state high school or attainment within the state of the equivalent of high school graduation; and (3) in the case of a student without lawful immigration status: (i) documentation that the student has complied with selective service registration requirements; and (ii) if a federal process exists for the student to obtain lawful immigration status, the student must present the higher education institution with documentation from federal immigration authorities that the student has filed an application to obtain lawful immigration status. (b) This section is in addition to any other statute, rule, or higher education institution regulation or policy providing eligibility for a resident tuition rate or its equivalent to a student. (c) The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota is requested to adopt a policy implementing this section. History:   2013 c 99 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 135A.0431 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.0431 — Military Veterans; Resident Tuition.

135A.0431 MILITARY VETERANS; RESIDENT TUITION. (a) A person who is honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States is entitled to the resident tuition rate at Minnesota public postsecondary institutions. (b) This section is in addition to any other statute, rule, or higher education institution regulation or policy providing eligibility for a resident tuition rate or its equivalent to a student. History:   2014 c 312 art 1 s 6
MN Stat § 135A.0434 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.0434 — Mandatory Student Activity Fees Referendum.

135A.0434 MANDATORY STUDENT ACTIVITY FEES REFERENDUM. Subdivision 1. Referendum. The governing body of a public postsecondary institution must not increase mandatory student activity fees by greater than two percent relative to the previous academic year unless the increase is approved by a majority of students voting in a campus referendum. This section does not apply to fees paid by students that are directly related to academic, administrative, health services, or debt obligations, including bonds issued under sections 136F.90 to 136F.98. The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota is requested to adopt a policy implementing this section. Subd. 2. Penalty. If the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota increases mandatory student activity fees by more than two percent without approval by a vote of the student body as described in subdivision 1, the commissioner of management and budget shall deduct from the university's appropriation base an amount equal to one percent of the university's appropriation base in the first year of the next biennium. History:   2017 c 89 art 2 s 3
MN Stat § 135A.044 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.044 — Private Scholarship Aid.

135A.044 PRIVATE SCHOLARSHIP AID. A public postsecondary institution may use private sources of funding to provide aid to a student eligible for resident tuition under section 135A.043. This section is in addition to any other authority of an institution to provide financial aid. History:   2013 c 99 art 4 s 2
MN Stat § 135A.046 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.046 — Asset Preservation And Replacement.

135A.046 ASSET PRESERVATION AND REPLACEMENT. Subdivision 1. Purpose. The legislature recognizes that postsecondary governing boards operate campus physical plants that in number, size, and programmatic use differ significantly from the physical plants operated by state departments and agencies. However, the legislature recognizes the need for standards to aid in categorizing and funding capital projects. The purpose of this section is to provide standards for those higher education projects that are intended to preserve and replace existing campus facilities. Subd. 2. Standards. Capital budget expenditures for Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) projects must be for one or more of the following: code compliance including health and safety, Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, hazardous material abatement, access improvement, or air quality improvement; building energy efficiency improvements using current best practices; or building or infrastructure repairs necessary to preserve the interior and exterior of existing buildings; or renewal to support the existing programmatic mission of the campuses. Up to ten percent of an appropriation awarded under this section may be used for design costs for projects eligible to be funded from this account in anticipation of future funding from the account. Subd. 3. Reporting priorities. Each postsecondary governing board shall establish priorities within its Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement projects. By January 15 of each year, it shall submit to the commissioner of management and budget and to the chairs of the higher education finance divisions, the senate Finance Committee, and the house of representatives Capital Investment Committee a list of the projects that have been paid for with money from a higher education asset preservation and replacement appropriation during the preceding calendar year as well as a list of those priority projects for which Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement appropriations will be sought in that year's legislative session. History:  1994 c 643 s 65; 1996 c 463 s 41; 2002 c 393 s 53; 2009 c 93 art 1 s 27; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 135A.051 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.051 — Program Requirements.

135A.051 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. Subdivision 1. Extended time. A student shall be entitled to complete a program according to the requirements in effect at the time the student began the program for 12 months beyond the time usually required to complete a program. Subd. 2. Program terminated. The provisions of this section do not apply to a program or course which is discontinued by an institution. Subd. 3. Applicability. The provisions of this section apply to a student enrolled in a public postsecondary institution in Minnesota. History:  1983 c 166 s 2; 1987 c 258 s 12; 1989 c 246 s 2; 2014 c 149 s 1
MN Stat § 135A.052 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.052 — Postsecondary Missions.

135A.052 POSTSECONDARY MISSIONS. Subdivision 1. Statement of missions. (a) The legislature recognizes each type of public postsecondary institution to have a distinctive mission within the overall provision of public higher education in the state and a responsibility to cooperate with each other. These missions are as follows: (1) the technical colleges shall offer vocational training and education to prepare students for skilled occupations that do not require a baccalaureate degree; (2) the community colleges shall offer lower division instruction in academic programs, occupational programs in which all credits earned will be accepted for transfer to a baccalaureate degree in the same field of study, and remedial studies, for students transferring to baccalaureate institutions and for those seeking associate degrees; (3) consolidated community technical colleges shall offer the same types of instruction, programs, certificates, diplomas, and degrees as the technical colleges and community colleges offer; (4) the state universities shall offer undergraduate and graduate instruction through the master's degree, including specialist certificates, in the liberal arts and sciences and professional education, and may offer applied doctoral degrees in education, business, psychology, physical therapy, audiology, and nursing; and (5) the University of Minnesota shall offer undergraduate, graduate, and professional instruction through the doctoral degree, and shall be the primary state supported academic agency for research and extension services. (b) It is part of the mission of each system that within the system's resources the system's governing board and chancellor or president shall endeavor to: (1) prevent the waste or unnecessary spending of public money; (2) use innovative fiscal and human resource practices to manage the state's resources and operate the system as efficiently as possible; (3) coordinate the system's activities wherever appropriate with the activities of the other system and governmental agencies; (4) use technology where appropriate to increase system productivity, improve customer service, increase public access to information about the system, and increase public participation in the business of the system; (5) utilize constructive and cooperative labor-management practices to the extent otherwise required by chapters 43A and 179A; and (6) recommend to the legislature appropriate changes in law necessary to carry out the mission of the system. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1995 c 212 art 3 s 60] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1995 c 212 art 3 s 60] History:  1991 c 356 art 2 s 1; 1995 c 248 art 11 s 10; 1997 c 183 art 3 s 10; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 3
MN Stat § 135A.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.08 — Credit Transfer.

135A.08 CREDIT TRANSFER. Subdivision 1. Course equivalency. The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota and the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall develop and maintain course equivalency guides for use between institutions that have a high frequency of transfer. The course equivalency guides must include information on the course equivalency and awarding of credit for learning acquired as a result of the successful completion of formal military courses and occupational training. Course equivalency guides are not required for vocational technical programs that have not been divided into identifiable courses. The governing boards of private institutions that grant associate and baccalaureate degrees and that have a high frequency of transfer students are requested to participate in developing these guides. Subd. 2. Common numbering. The regents of the University of Minnesota and the trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall develop and maintain a common numbering convention to distinguish remedial, lower division, upper division, and graduate level coursework. The governing boards of private institutions that grant associate and baccalaureate degrees are requested to cooperate in the development of this numbering convention. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1995 c 212 art 3 s 60] History:  1Sp1985 c 11 s 19; 1990 c 375 s 3; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 3,4; 2009 c 95 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 135A.101 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.101 — Postsecondary Enrollment Options.

135A.101 POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT OPTIONS. Subdivision 1. Requirements for participation. To participate in the postsecondary enrollment options program, a college or university must abide by the provisions in this section. The institution may provide information about its programs to a secondary school or to a pupil or parent and may recruit or solicit participation on educational and programmatic grounds. Subd. 2. Prohibition. An institution shall not enroll secondary pupils, for postsecondary enrollment options purposes, in developmental courses or other courses that are not college level. For the purposes of this section, a "developmental course" means a postsecondary course taken to prepare a student for college-level work and for which the postsecondary institution does not grant credit or which cannot be used to meet degree, diploma, or certificate requirements. Subd. 3. Minnesota transfer curriculum. Notwithstanding section 135A.08 or other law to the contrary, all MnSCU institutions must give full credit to a secondary pupil who completes for postsecondary credit a postsecondary course or program that is part or all of a goal area or a transfer curriculum at a MnSCU institution when the pupil enrolls in a MnSCU institution after leaving secondary school. Once one MnSCU institution certifies as completed a secondary student's postsecondary course or program that is part or all of a goal area or a transfer curriculum, every MnSCU institution must consider the student's course or program for that goal area or the transfer curriculum as completed. History:  1995 c 212 art 2 s 3; 2012 c 239 art 1 s 29; 1Sp2015 c 3 art 2 s 61
MN Stat § 135A.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.12 — Unique Needs And Abilities Of American Indian People.

135A.12 UNIQUE NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF AMERICAN INDIAN PEOPLE. Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies to each public postsecondary governing board and each public postsecondary institution. Subd. 2. Programs and services. The board of each institution, at the request of ten or more full-time American Indian students, shall establish an advisory committee, in consultation with tribal designated representatives. The advisory committee shall recommend instructional programs and student services to meet the unique needs of American Indian people. Subd. 3. American Indian languages. A student who is proficient in an American Indian language shall have the opportunity to be assessed, placed, or to receive credit for skills in that language in the same manner that a student is assessed, placed, or receives credit for skills in languages other than the English language. Subd. 4. Qualifications for American Indian studies and services. American Indian individuals who understand and have demonstrated knowledge of American Indian language, history, or culture may be considered to be competent to provide instruction in American Indian language, history, or culture programs. Qualifications to provide noninstructional services at postsecondary institutions for American Indian people must take into consideration knowledge of and understanding of American Indian language, history, or culture. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1995 c 212 art 3 s 60] History:  1988 c 703 art 1 s 11; 1989 c 246 s 2; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 6
MN Stat § 135A.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.13 — Student Services Prices.

135A.13 STUDENT SERVICES PRICES. The governing board of each public postsecondary system is requested to establish prices for goods and services sold through student services that approximate as nearly as possible the cost of providing quality goods and services. History:   1988 c 703 art 1 s 12
MN Stat § 135A.131 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.131 — Local Assessment.

135A.131 LOCAL ASSESSMENT. Each public postsecondary governing board may pay when due any assessment by a local unit of government that is less than five percent of the board's appropriation for repair and replacement. History:   1991 c 356 art 3 s 6
MN Stat § 135A.135 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.135 — Personal Financial Management.

135A.135 PERSONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. During initial student registration, each technical college, community college, or state university shall, and the University of Minnesota is requested to, provide each student information on personal financial management. Students should understand and be able to manage personal finances including, but not limited to, the responsible use of consumer credit. This requirement may be waived for a student who enrolls in a college course providing similar instruction. History:   2007 c 144 art 2 s 8
MN Stat § 135A.136 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.136 — Student Health Care.

135A.136 STUDENT HEALTH CARE. A Minnesota public postsecondary institution must grant a waiver from its required student health insurance plan coverage if the student requests the waiver and the student has health plan coverage from another source, including employer group coverage, private insurance, association group coverage, health sharing organizations, and MinnesotaCare. An institution must notify students of the right to request the waiver. History:   2012 c 270 s 1
MN Stat § 135A.145 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.145 — Sale Of Student Information; Marketing Credit Cards To Students.

135A.145 SALE OF STUDENT INFORMATION; MARKETING CREDIT CARDS TO STUDENTS. Subdivision 1. Prohibited practices. No public or private postsecondary educational institution, including its agents, employees, student or alumni organizations, or affiliates, may: (1) sell, give, or otherwise transfer to any card issuer the name, address, telephone number, or other contact information of an undergraduate student at the postsecondary educational institution without the student's consent; or (2) enter into any agreement to market credit cards to undergraduate students at a postsecondary educational institution. For purposes of this section, the terms "credit," "credit card," and "card issuer" have the meanings given them in the Truth in Lending Act, United States Code, title 15, section 1602. Subd. 2. Violations. The attorney general may seek the penalties and remedies available under section 8.31 against any person who violates this section. History:   2007 c 144 art 2 s 9
MN Stat § 135A.1459 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.1459 — Policies On Hiring Practices.

135A.1459 POLICIES ON HIRING PRACTICES. The commissioner of administration, the Board of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the Regents of the University of Minnesota, and statutory and home rule charter cities may adopt policies that address the goal of improving employment for local residents or former criminal offenders. History:   2009 c 59 art 5 s 24
MN Stat § 135A.153 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.153 — Higher Education Center On Violence And Abuse.

135A.153 HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER ON VIOLENCE AND ABUSE. Subdivision 1. Creation and designation. The Higher Education Center on Violence and Abuse is created. The Higher Education Center on Violence and Abuse shall be located at and managed by a public or private postsecondary institution in Minnesota. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1995 c 212 art 3 s 60] Subd. 3. Duties. The Higher Education Center on Violence and Abuse shall: (1) serve as a clearinghouse of information on curriculum models and other resources for professional education and for education of faculty, students, and staff about violence and harassment required under Laws 1992, chapter 571, article 16, section 1; (2) sponsor conferences and research to assist higher education institutions in developing curricula about violence and abuse; (3) fund pilot projects to stimulate multidisciplinary curricula about violence and abuse; and (4) coordinate policies to ensure that professions and occupations with responsibilities toward victims and offenders have the knowledge and skills needed to prevent and respond appropriately to the problems of violence and abuse. Subd. 4. Professional education and licensure. The center shall convene task forces for professions that work with victims and perpetrators of violence. Task forces must be formed for the following professions: teachers, school administrators, guidance counselors, law enforcement officers, lawyers, physicians, nurses, psychologists, and social workers. Each task force must include representatives of the licensing agency, higher education systems offering programs in the profession, appropriate professional associations, students or recent graduates, representatives of communities served by the profession, and employers or experienced professionals. The center must establish guidelines for the work of the task forces. Each task force must review current programs, licensing regulations and examinations, and accreditation standards to identify specific needs and plans for ensuring that professionals are adequately prepared and updated on violence and abuse issues. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 2007 c 13 art 2 s 9] History:  1993 c 326 art 12 s 15; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 8,53,54,59
MN Stat § 135A.155 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 135A — Postsecondary Education|Section 135A.155 — Hazing Policy.

135A.155 HAZING POLICY. The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall, and the University of Minnesota is requested to, adopt a clear, understandable written policy on student conduct, including hazing. The policy must include procedures for reporting incidents of inappropriate hazing and for disciplinary actions against individual violators and organizations. The policy shall be made available to students by appropriate means as determined by each institution, which may include publication in a student handbook or other institutional publication, or posting by electronic display on the Internet, and shall be posted at appropriate locations on campus. A private postsecondary institution that is an eligible institution as defined in section 136A.155, must adopt a policy that meets the requirements of this section. History:  1Sp1997 c 4 art 7 s 41; 1999 c 214 art 2 s 3; 2010 c 364 s 2