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MN Stat § 136A.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.15 — Definitions.

136A.15 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For purposes of sections 136A.15 to 136A.1702, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2.  MS 2018 [Repealed, 2019 c 64 art 2 s 45] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2014 c 149 s 75] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2014 c 149 s 75] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 2014 c 149 s 75] Subd. 6. Eligible institution. "Eligible institution" means an institution that meets the eligibility requirements under section 136A.155. Subd. 7.  MS 2018 [Repealed, 2019 c 64 art 2 s 45] Subd. 8. Eligible student. "Eligible student" means a student who is officially registered or accepted for enrollment at an eligible institution in Minnesota or a Minnesota resident who is officially registered as a student or accepted for enrollment at an eligible institution in another state. Non-Minnesota residents are eligible students if they are enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a minimum of one course of at least 30 days in length during the academic year that requires physical attendance at an eligible institution located in Minnesota. Non-Minnesota resident students enrolled exclusively during the academic year in correspondence courses or courses offered over the Internet are not eligible students. Non-Minnesota resident students not physically attending classes in Minnesota due to enrollment in a study abroad program for 12 months or less are eligible students. Non-Minnesota residents enrolled in study abroad programs exceeding 12 months are not eligible students. An eligible student, for section 136A.1701, means a student who gives informed consent authorizing the disclosure of data specified in section 136A.162, paragraph (c), to a consumer credit reporting agency. Subd. 9. Minnesota resident. "Minnesota resident" means a student who meets one of the following conditions: (1) a student who has resided in Minnesota for purposes other than postsecondary education for at least 12 months without being enrolled at a postsecondary educational institution for more than five credits in any term; (2) a dependent student whose parent or legal guardian resides in Minnesota at the time the student applies; (3) a student who graduated from a Minnesota high school, if the student was a resident of Minnesota during the student's period of attendance at the Minnesota high school and the student is physically attending a Minnesota postsecondary educational institution; or (4) a student who, after residing in the state for a minimum of one year, earned a high school equivalency certificate in Minnesota. History:  1967 c 615 s 1; 1967 c 894 s 2; 1973 c 605 s 3,4; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1981 c 300 s 2; 1983 c 258 s 46; 1Sp1985 c 11 s 47; 1989 c 293 s 33-35; 1990 c 591 art 6 s 5; 1994 c 532 art 2 s 10; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 32,33,59; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 60; 2006 c 282 art 8 s 4; 2007 c 144 art 2 s 25,26; 2010 c 364 s 12; 2013 c 99 art 2 s 29; 2014 c 149 s 23; 2019 c 64 art 2 s 10
MN Stat § 136A.155 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.155 — Additional Institution Eligibility Requirements.

136A.155 ADDITIONAL INSTITUTION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. A postsecondary institution is an eligible institution for purposes of sections 136A.15 to 136A.1702, if the institution: (1) meets the eligibility requirements under section 136A.103; or (2) is operated publicly or privately in another state, is approved by the United States Secretary of Education, and, as determined by the office, maintains academic standards substantially equal to those of comparable institutions operated in this state. History:   2010 c 364 s 13
MN Stat § 136A.162 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.162 — Classification Of Data.

136A.162 CLASSIFICATION OF DATA. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), data on applicants for financial assistance collected and used by the office for student financial aid programs administered by that office are private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12. (b) Data on applicants may be disclosed to the commissioner of human services to the extent necessary to determine eligibility under section 136A.121, subdivision 2, clause (5). (c) The following data collected in the Minnesota supplemental loan program under sections 136A.1701 and 136A.1704 may be disclosed to a consumer credit reporting agency only if the borrower and the cosigner give informed consent, according to section 13.05, subdivision 4, at the time of application for a loan: (1) the lender-assigned borrower identification number; (2) the name and address of borrower; (3) the name and address of cosigner; (4) the date the account is opened; (5) the outstanding account balance; (6) the dollar amount past due; (7) the number of payments past due; (8) the number of late payments in previous 12 months; (9) the type of account; (10) the responsibility for the account; and (11) the status or remarks code. History:  1977 c 384 s 8; 1979 c 238 s 5; 1981 c 311 s 39; 1982 c 545 s 24; 1Sp1985 c 11 s 48; 1989 c 293 s 42; 1991 c 292 art 5 s 3; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 60; 2006 c 253 s 6; 2014 c 149 s 26; 2019 c 64 art 2 s 16
MN Stat § 136A.1702 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.1702 — Legislative Oversight.

136A.1702 LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT. The office shall notify the chairs of the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over higher education finance of any proposed material change to any of its student loan programs, including loan refinancing under section 136A.1704, prior to making the change. History:  1983 c 258 s 50; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59; 2007 c 144 art 2 s 29; 2014 c 312 art 1 s 8
MN Stat § 136A.1704 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.1704 — Student Loan Refinancing.

136A.1704 STUDENT LOAN REFINANCING. The office may refinance student and parent loans as provided by this section and on other terms and conditions the office prescribes. The office may establish credit requirements for borrowers and determine what types of student and parent loans will be eligible for refinancing. The refinanced loan need not have been made through a loan program administered by the office. Loans shall be made with available funds in the loan capital fund under section 136A.1785. The maximum amount of outstanding loans refinanced under this section may not exceed $300,000,000. The maximum loan under this section may not exceed $200,000. History:  2014 c 312 art 1 s 9; 1Sp2021 c 2 art 2 s 14
MN Stat § 136A.171 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.171 — Revenue Bonds; Issuance; Proceeds.

136A.171 REVENUE BONDS; ISSUANCE; PROCEEDS. The office may issue revenue bonds to obtain funds for loans made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The aggregate amount of revenue bonds, issued directly by the office, outstanding at any one time, not including refunded bonds or otherwise defeased or discharged bonds, shall not exceed $850,000,000. Proceeds from the issuance of bonds may be held and invested by the office pending disbursement in the form of loans. All interest and profits from the investments shall inure to the benefit of the office and shall be available to the office for the same purposes as the proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds including, but not limited to, costs incurred in administering loans under this chapter and loan reserve funds. History:  1973 c 605 s 12; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1975 c 390 s 6; 1977 c 384 s 15; 1979 c 238 s 6; 1980 c 537 s 1; 1981 c 300 s 9; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59; 1997 c 183 art 3 s 16; 2003 c 133 art 3 s 3; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 60; 2014 c 149 s 28
MN Stat § 136A.172 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.172 — Negotiable Notes; Issuance; Conditions.

136A.172 NEGOTIABLE NOTES; ISSUANCE; CONDITIONS. The office may from time to time issue negotiable notes for the purpose of sections 136A.15 to 136A.178 and may from time to time renew any notes by the issuance of new notes, whether the notes to be renewed have or have not matured. The office may issue notes partly to renew notes or to discharge other obligations then outstanding and partly for any other purpose. The notes may be authorized, sold, executed, and delivered in the same manner as bonds. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing notes of the office or any issue thereof may contain any provisions which the office is authorized to include in any resolution or resolutions authorizing revenue bonds of the office or any issue thereof, and the office may include in any notes any terms, covenants, or conditions which it is authorized to include in any bonds. All such notes shall be payable solely from the revenue of the office, subject only to any contractual rights of the holders of any of its notes or other obligations then outstanding. History:  1973 c 605 s 13; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1978 c 706 s 53; 1989 c 293 s 47; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 73
MN Stat § 136A.174 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.174 — Security For Bonds.

136A.174 SECURITY FOR BONDS. In the discretion of the office any revenue bonds issued under the provisions of sections 136A.15 to 136A.178 may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the office and a corporate trustee or trustees, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within the state. Such trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of such revenue bonds may pledge or assign the revenues to be received or proceeds of any contract or contracts pledged or any portion thereof. Such trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of such revenue bonds may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of laws, including particularly such provisions as have hereinabove been specifically authorized to be included in any resolution or resolutions of the office authorizing revenue bonds thereof. Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the state which may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues or other moneys may furnish such indemnifying bonds or pledges such securities as may be required by the office. Any such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee or trustees and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders. In addition to the foregoing, any such trust agreement or resolution may contain such other provisions as the office may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. History:  1973 c 605 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1978 c 706 s 55; 1989 c 293 s 49; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 73
MN Stat § 136A.175 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.175 — Refunding Revenue Bonds; Proceeds; Investments.

136A.175 REFUNDING REVENUE BONDS; PROCEEDS; INVESTMENTS. Subdivision 1. Authorization. The office is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of revenue bonds of the office for the purpose of refunding any revenue bonds of the office then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or any subsequent date of redemption, purchase or maturity of such revenue bonds. Subd. 2. Proceeds. The proceeds of any such revenue bonds issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding revenue bonds may, in the discretion of the office, be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption of such outstanding revenue bonds either on their earliest or any subsequent redemption date or upon the purchase or at the maturity thereof and may, pending such application be placed in escrow to such purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption on such date as may be determined by the office. Subd. 3. Investment. Any such escrowed proceeds, pending such use, may be invested and reinvested in direct obligations of the United States of America, or in certificates of deposit or time deposits secured by direct obligations of the United States of America, maturing at such time or times as shall be appropriate to assure the prompt payment, as to principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, of the outstanding revenue bonds to be so refunded. The interest, income and profits, if any, earned or realized on any such investment may also be applied to the payment of the outstanding revenue bonds to be so refunded. After the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied and carried out, any balance of such proceeds and interest, income and profits, if any, earned or realized on the investments thereof may be returned to the office for use by it in any lawful manner. Subd. 4. Relation to other laws. All such revenue bonds shall be subject to the provisions of sections 136A.15 to 136A.178 in the same manner and to the same extent as other revenue bonds issued pursuant to sections 136A.15 to 136A.178. History:  1973 c 605 s 16; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1978 c 706 s 56; 1989 c 293 s 50; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 73
MN Stat § 136A.176 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.176 — Bonds Not State Obligations.

136A.176 BONDS NOT STATE OBLIGATIONS. Bonds issued under authority of sections 136A.15 to 136A.178 do not, and shall state that they do not, represent or constitute a debt or pledge of the faith and credit of the state, grant to the owners or holders thereof any right to have the state levy any taxes or appropriate any funds for the payment of the principal thereof or interest thereon. Such bonds are payable and shall state that they are payable solely from the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys as are pledged for their payment in accordance with the bond proceedings. The legislature intends not to appropriate money from the general fund to pay for these bonds. History:  1973 c 605 s 17; 1978 c 706 s 57; 1989 c 293 s 51; 1990 c 610 art 2 s 4; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 73
MN Stat § 136A.177 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.177 — Rights Of Bondholders.

136A.177 RIGHTS OF BONDHOLDERS. Any holder of revenue bonds issued under the provisions of sections 136A.15 to 136A.178 or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee or trustees under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by any resolution authorizing the issuance of, or any such trust agreement securing, such bonds, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the state or granted hereunder or under such resolution or trust agreement, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by sections 136A.15 to 136A.178 or by such resolution or trust agreement to be performed by the office or by any officer, employee or agent thereof, including the fixing, charging and collecting of the rates, rents, fees and charges herein authorized and required by the provisions of such resolution or trust agreement to be fixed, established and collected. History:  1973 c 605 s 18; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1978 c 706 s 58; 1989 c 293 s 52; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 73
MN Stat § 136A.178 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.178 — Legal Investments; Authorized Securities.

136A.178 LEGAL INVESTMENTS; AUTHORIZED SECURITIES. Bonds issued by authority under the provisions of sections 136A.15 to 136A.178 are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them; it being the purpose of this section to authorize the investment in such bonds of all sinking, insurance, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, whether owned or controlled by private or public persons or officers; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section may be construed as relieving any person, firm, or corporation from any duty of exercising due care in selecting securities for purchase or investment; and provided further, that in no event shall assets of pension funds of public employees of the state of Minnesota or any of its agencies, board or subdivisions, whether publicly or privately administered, be invested in bonds issued under the provisions of sections 136A.15 to 136A.178. Such bonds are hereby constituted "authorized securities" within the meaning and for the purposes of section 50.14. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state now or may hereafter be authorized by law. History:  1973 c 605 s 19; 1978 c 706 s 59; 1989 c 293 s 53; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 73
MN Stat § 136A.1785 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.1785 — Loan Capital Fund.

136A.1785 LOAN CAPITAL FUND. The office may deposit and hold assets derived from the operation of its student loan programs and refinanced education loans authorized by this chapter in a fund known as the loan capital fund. Assets in the loan capital fund are available to the office solely for carrying out the purposes and terms of sections 136A.15 to 136A.1704, including, but not limited to, making student loans authorized by this chapter, refinancing education loans authorized by this chapter, paying administrative expenses associated with the operation of its student loan programs, repurchasing defaulted student loans, and paying expenses in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds authorized under this chapter. Assets in the loan capital fund may be invested as provided in sections 11A.24 and 136A.16, subdivision 8. All interest and earnings from the investment of the loan capital fund inure to the benefit of the fund and are deposited into the fund. History:  2005 c 107 art 2 s 28; 2014 c 312 art 1 s 10
MN Stat § 136A.1787 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.1787 — Self Loan Revenue Bonds Annual Certificate Of Need.

136A.1787 SELF LOAN REVENUE BONDS ANNUAL CERTIFICATE OF NEED. (a) In order to ensure the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds and notes of the office and the continued maintenance of the loan capital fund under section 136A.1785, the office shall annually determine and certify to the governor, on or before December 1, the amount, if any: (1) needed to restore the loan capital fund to the minimum amount required by a resolution or indenture relating to any bonds or notes of the office, not exceeding the maximum amount of principal and interest to become due and payable in any subsequent year on all bonds or notes which are then outstanding; (2) determined by the office to be needed in the current or immediately following fiscal year, with other funds pledged and estimated to be received during that year, for the payment of the principal and interest due and payable in that year on all outstanding bonds and notes; and (3) needed to restore any debt service reserve fund securing any outstanding bonds or notes of the office to the amount required in a resolution or indenture relating to such outstanding bonds or notes. (b) If the office determines the need under paragraph (a), clause (2), to be for the immediately following fiscal year, the governor shall include and submit the amounts certified by the office in accordance with this section to the legislature in the governor's budget for the immediately following fiscal year. If the office determines the need under paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), or (3), to be for the current fiscal year, the governor shall include and submit the amounts certified in a governor's supplemental budget if the regular budget for that year has previously been enacted. History:  2009 c 95 art 2 s 22; 1Sp2011 c 5 art 2 s 3
MN Stat § 136A.1793 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136A — Higher Education|Section 136A.1793 — Promotion Of Teacher Loan Forgiveness Programs.

136A.1793 PROMOTION OF TEACHER LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS. The commissioner shall provide information to public and private teacher education programs concerning public and private student loan programs that provide for full or partial repayment forgiveness. Teacher education programs must provide the information furnished by the commissioner to their teacher education students. History:   2016 c 189 art 1 s 17