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MN Stat § 136F.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.06 — Powers And Duties.

136F.06 POWERS AND DUTIES. Subdivision 1. General authority. The board shall possess all powers necessary to govern the state colleges and universities and all related property. Those powers shall include, but are not limited to, those enumerated in this section. The board shall prescribe conditions of admission, set tuition and fees, approve programs of study and requirements for completion of programs, approve the awarding of appropriate certificates, diplomas, and degrees, enter into contracts and other agreements, and adopt suitable policies for the institutions it governs. To the extent practicable in protecting statewide interests, the board shall provide autonomy to the campuses while holding them accountable for their decisions. Sections 14.01 to 14.47 do not apply to policies and procedures of the board. Subd. 2. Governance authority. The board shall have the authority needed to operate and govern the state colleges and universities unless otherwise directed or prohibited by law. The board is responsible for its operations and necessary decisions unless these are specifically delegated by law to a state department or agency. Subd. 3. Office location. Notwithstanding chapter 16B, the board may select the location for its central office. Subd. 4. Workforce focus. The board must identify colleges offering flexible academic programs that accommodate the needs of laid-off workers and assist its other institutions in determining whether to offer similar programs. Colleges must increase the number of certificate programs available to meet the needs of unemployed Minnesotans. Subd. 5. Streamlined Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system office. Notwithstanding any law or policy to the contrary, the board shall streamline services provided through the system's central service office to reduce expenditures, better target the use of state resources, and provide services at the most appropriate and efficient level so as not to duplicate any services provided at the institutional level. These actions must be implemented so as to achieve budgetary savings and efficiencies in delivery of services and the accomplishment of the academic mission. The board must revise any board policies in a way that is consistent with the requirements of this section. History:  1991 c 356 art 9 s 5; 1Sp1993 c 2 art 9 s 4; 1994 c 572 s 2; 1995 c 212 art 4 s 10-12,64; 1996 c 398 s 33,34; 2010 c 347 art 1 s 21; 2010 c 364 s 30; 2014 c 149 s 74
MN Stat § 136F.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.07 — Chancellor.

136F.07 CHANCELLOR. The board shall appoint a chancellor who shall serve in the unclassified service. The chancellor shall possess powers and perform duties as delegated by the board. The board shall set the salary of the chancellor according to section 15A.081, subdivision 7c. History:  1995 c 212 art 4 s 13; 2Sp1997 c 3 s 18; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 2 s 59
MN Stat § 136F.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.10 — Designation.

136F.10 DESIGNATION. The following are designated as the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities: the state community, technical, and consolidated colleges located at Alexandria, Albert Lea, Anoka, Austin, Bemidji, Bloomington, Brainerd, Brooklyn Park, Cambridge, Canby, Cloquet, Coon Rapids, Detroit Lakes, Duluth, East Grand Forks, Eden Prairie, Ely, Eveleth, Faribault, Fergus Falls, Grand Rapids, Granite Falls, Hibbing, Hutchinson, International Falls, Inver Grove Heights, Jackson, Mahtomedi, Minneapolis, Moorhead, North Mankato, Owatonna, Pine City, Pipestone, Red Wing, Rochester, Rosemount, St. Cloud, St. Paul, Staples, Thief River Falls, Virginia, Wadena, White Bear Lake, Willmar, Winona, and Worthington; and the state universities located at Bemidji, Mankato, Marshall, Moorhead, St. Cloud, Winona, and the seven-county metropolitan area. History:  1995 c 212 art 4 s 14; 2008 c 179 s 40; 2014 c 149 s 51
MN Stat § 136F.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.12 — Fond Du Lac Campus.

136F.12 FOND DU LAC CAMPUS. Subdivision 1. Unique missions. The Fond du Lac campus has a unique mission among two-year colleges to serve the lower division general education needs in Carlton and south St. Louis Counties, and the education needs of American Indians throughout the state and especially in northern Minnesota. The campus has a further unique mission to provide programs in support of its federal land grant status. Accordingly, while the college is governed by the board, its governance is accomplished in conjunction with the board of directors of Fond du Lac Tribal College. Subd. 2. Selected programs. Notwithstanding section 135A.052, subdivision 1, to better meet the education needs of Minnesota's American Indian students, and in furtherance of the unique missions provided in subdivision 1, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College may offer a baccalaureate program in elementary education, as approved by the board, and the board of directors of Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. Subd. 3. Bargaining unit assignment. Notwithstanding section 179A.10, subdivision 2, the state university instructional unit shall include faculty who teach upper division courses at the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. History:  1995 c 212 art 4 s 15; 1996 c 398 s 35; 2003 c 133 art 2 s 18; 2014 c 149 s 52
MN Stat § 136F.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.14 — Campus Merger Or Reorganization.

136F.14 CAMPUS MERGER OR REORGANIZATION. The board may merge or reorganize campuses for the purpose of increased efficiency, use of personnel, placement of programs, student access, and other needs as determined by the board. The board shall report its action to the legislature. History:  1995 c 212 art 4 s 16; 2014 c 149 s 53
MN Stat § 136F.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.16 — Campus Establishment.

136F.16 CAMPUS ESTABLISHMENT. Subdivision 1. New state colleges and universities. A new state college or university shall be established only by specific legislation. For the purposes of this subdivision, campuses or centers that are merged or reorganized under section 136F.14 are not new state colleges or universities. Subd. 2. Campus or center site. The board may determine the exact location and site for each campus or center. Subd. 3. Off-campus sites. The board shall not establish off-campus centers or other permanent sites to provide academic programs, courses, or student services without authorizing legislation. For the purposes of this subdivision, the campus of Metropolitan State University is the seven-county metropolitan area. This section does not apply to sites set up specifically for the delivery of courses and programs through telecommunications. History:  1995 c 212 art 4 s 17; 1996 c 398 s 36
MN Stat § 136F.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.18 — Campus Closing.

136F.18 CAMPUS CLOSING. The board may close a campus under its jurisdiction according to policies adopted by the board. Prior to closing a campus, the board shall hold a public hearing on the issue in the area which would be affected by the closing. At the hearing affected persons shall have an opportunity to present testimony. History:  1995 c 212 art 4 s 18; 1996 c 398 s 37; 2014 c 149 s 54
MN Stat § 136F.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.19 — Power Of You Program.

136F.19 POWER OF YOU PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Establishment. The board shall establish and operate through each campus a power of you program at Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, and St. Paul College. The program shall, to the extent of available funding, make grants to eligible students. Each campus shall develop partnerships with high schools and school districts as part of the program. The board may accept and expend private funding for the program. Subd. 2. Grants.  A campus shall establish procedures to select recipients of grants. A grant award shall be equal to the amount remaining after deducting the student's Pell grant award and state grant award from the institution's tuition and mandatory fee charges. Subd. 3. Eligible students.  A student is eligible to receive a grant under this section if the student: (1) is a graduate from a public Minneapolis or St. Paul high school; (2) is enrolled full time immediately after graduation; (3) was a participant in a power of you program as a high school student; and (4) is eligible for a Pell grant or a state grant under section 136A.121. Subd. 4. Information. The institutions implementing the power of you program shall disseminate information to all MnSCU institutions about their experience in implementing the program. History:   2008 c 363 art 4 s 8
MN Stat § 136F.202 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.202 — Student Success Basic Needs Barrier Reduction.

136F.202 STUDENT SUCCESS BASIC NEEDS BARRIER REDUCTION. Subdivision 1. Basic needs resources. (a) Each college and university shall create and maintain a web page that clearly identifies basic needs resources available at the college or university. This web page shall clearly identify at least one staff member, faculty member, or department as a point of contact to whom students may direct questions. Each college and university shall also make the information under this paragraph available on the college or university mobile application, if possible. (b) The board shall pursue the creation of a centralized basic needs online resource web page that will raise awareness of campus-based resources available at colleges and universities and local, state, and national resources that can assist in addressing basic needs insecurity. Subd. 2. Basic needs support trigger. (a) The board shall develop and implement, at each college and university, initiatives or campaigns to raise awareness among all students of potential Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility including targeted communications to students who are likely eligible. (b) The board shall develop a financial aid resource trigger that utilizes data from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), applications for state financial aid, or other applicable data to identify students who are likely eligible for assistance or programs that reduce basic needs insecurity such as SNAP. The board shall utilize this resource trigger to provide information and support to students on how to access assistance or programs that reduce basic needs insecurity. History:   1Sp2021 c 2 art 2 s 37
MN Stat § 136F.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.22 — Student Associations.

136F.22 STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS. Subdivision 1. Statewide. The board shall recognize one statewide student association for the state universities and one for the community and technical colleges. Each campus student association shall be affiliated with its statewide student association and all students enrolled on those campuses shall be members of their respective statewide association. Subd. 2. Fees. Each statewide association shall set its fees to be collected by the board and shall submit any changes in its fees to the board for review. The board may revise or reject the fee change. Fees must be collected by each state college and university and shall be credited to each association's account to be spent as determined by that association. Subd. 3. Consolidation. Changes may be made to student associations located on community college, state university, technical college, or consolidated colocated campuses with the approval of the students of each affected campus. History:  1994 c 532 art 7 s 7; 1995 c 212 art 2 s 7; art 4 s 20,21,64; 1999 c 214 art 2 s 13
MN Stat § 136F.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.23 — Student Associations; Purchasing Authority.

136F.23 STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS; PURCHASING AUTHORITY. Notwithstanding chapter 16A or 16C, the student associations recognized by the board may purchase goods or materials through state purchasing authority for the ordinary day-to-day operations of the associations. The student associations must be nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations in order to qualify for this authority. The Department of Administration may require that the purchase documents be approved by appropriate officials in the board's central office. History:  1995 c 212 art 4 s 22; 1998 c 386 art 2 s 46; 2014 c 149 s 55
MN Stat § 136F.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.24 — Legal Counseling And Service Program; Funding.

136F.24 LEGAL COUNSELING AND SERVICE PROGRAM; FUNDING. Notwithstanding section 8.06, or any other law or rule to the contrary, the official campus student association at each state college or university may fund a program to provide legal counseling and services to students of the state college or university. The money shall be from an account of the state college and university activity funds allocated to the student associations or other money assigned to them. History:   1995 c 212 art 4 s 23
MN Stat § 136F.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.25 — Absence For Chemical Abuse Treatment.

136F.25 ABSENCE FOR CHEMICAL ABUSE TREATMENT. If a student is absent from a state college or university to participate in a chemical abuse treatment program licensed by the state, the student, upon request, shall remain on the roll in the educational program of the state college or university in which the student is enrolled, according to policies adopted by the board. History:   1995 c 212 art 4 s 24
MN Stat § 136F.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.28 — Southwest Asia Veterans; Technical Colleges.

136F.28 SOUTHWEST ASIA VETERANS; TECHNICAL COLLEGES. Subdivision 1. Grants. A Southwest Asia veteran who enrolls in a technical college program, and who is a Minnesota resident whose entire education has not included completion of at least one technical college program is eligible for a state grant of $500 per year if the veteran has GI Montgomery Bill benefits, or $1,000 per year if the veteran does not have GI Montgomery Bill benefits, until the veteran has completed the lesser of (1) 115 credits in a technical college program, or (2) one technical college program. The grant is based on full-time attendance and shall be prorated if the student is attending less than full time. To be eligible for the tuition relief, a veteran must enroll in a technical college within two years of the date of discharge. All veterans enrolled under this program must maintain a minimum of six credits per quarter. Total grants may not exceed the available appropriation. Subd. 2. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms have the meanings given to them: (a) "Southwest Asia veteran" means a person who: (1) served in the active military service in any branch of the armed forces of the United States any time between August 1, 1990, and February 27, 1992; (2) became eligible for the Southwest Asia Service Medal as a result of the service; (3) was a Minnesota resident at the time of induction into the armed forces and for the one year immediately preceding induction; and (4) has been separated or discharged from active military service under conditions other than dishonorable. (b) "Technical college" means a technical college or consolidated community technical college under the governance of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. History:  1995 c 212 art 4 s 25; 1997 c 183 art 3 s 19; 2014 c 149 s 56
MN Stat § 136F.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.30 — Courses And Programs.

136F.30 COURSES AND PROGRAMS. The board shall review and approve or disapprove campus proposals for adding, deleting, or substantially changing programs of study, including graduate and undergraduate academic programs, training in professional, semiprofessional, and technical fields, and adult education. The board shall avoid duplicate program offerings. The board may initiate activities to close programs. The board shall place a high priority on ensuring the transferability of credit. History:  1995 c 212 art 4 s 26; 1996 c 398 s 38
MN Stat § 136F.301 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.301 — Maximum Credit For Graduation; Waiver Reporting.

136F.301 MAXIMUM CREDIT FOR GRADUATION; WAIVER REPORTING. The board must annually by October 1 report to the chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees with primary jurisdiction over higher education policy on the board's current policy setting the maximum number of semester credits required for a baccalaureate and an associate of arts degree at 120 and 60 semester credits or their equivalent, respectively, as required by Laws 2007, chapter 144, article 1, section 4, subdivision 3, paragraph (b). The report must specifically identify requests in the previous academic year for waivers from the policy and the requests granted. The specific identification must include, among other things, the program and the campus for which a request was made and for which a waiver was granted. History:   2008 c 298 s 19
MN Stat § 136F.302 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.302 — Regulating The Assignment Of Students To Remedial Courses.

136F.302 REGULATING THE ASSIGNMENT OF STUDENTS TO REMEDIAL COURSES. Subdivision 1. ACT or SAT college ready score; Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment career and college ready benchmarks. (a) A state college or university must not require an individual to take a remedial, noncredit course in a subject area if the individual has received a college ready ACT or SAT score or met a career and college ready Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment benchmark in that subject area. Only the ACT and SAT scores an individual received and the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment benchmarks an individual met in the previous five years are valid for purposes of this section. Each state college and university must post notice of the exemption from remedial course taking on its website explaining student course placement requirements. (b) When deciding if an individual is admitted to or if an individual may enroll in a state college or university, the state college or university must consider the individual's scores on the high school Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments, in addition to other factors determined relevant by the college or university. Subd. 1a. Minnesota comprehensive assessment career and college ready benchmarks; remedial education. (a) A state college or university must not require an individual to take a remedial, noncredit course in a subject area if the individual has received a career and college ready Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment benchmark in that subject area, consistent with benchmarks established by the commissioner of education pursuant to section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (m). (b) As part of the notification of high school students and their families under section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (m), the commissioner shall include a statement that students who receive a college ready benchmark on the high school MCA are not required to take a remedial, noncredit course at a Minnesota state college or university in the corresponding subject area. Subd. 2. Testing process for determining if remediating is necessary. A college or university testing process used to determine whether an individual is placed in a remedial, noncredit course must comply with this subdivision. Prior to taking a test, an individual must be given reasonable time and opportunity to review materials provided by the college or university covering the material to be tested which must include a sample test. An individual who is required to take a remedial, noncredit course as a result of a test given by a college or university must be given an opportunity to retake the test at the earliest time determined by the individual when testing is otherwise offered. The college or university must provide an individual with study materials for the purpose of retaking and passing the test. History:  2015 c 69 art 3 s 15; 2016 c 189 art 1 s 21; art 25 s 41,42
MN Stat § 136F.303 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education|Chapter 136F — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities|Section 136F.303 — Degree And Certificate Completion; Report.

136F.303 DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE COMPLETION; REPORT. Beginning in 2018, the board shall annually by January 15, report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over higher education finance on its activities and achievements related to the goal of improving timely completion of degrees and certificates. The report must, at a minimum, include for the previous academic year: (1) the percent of students placed in remedial education; (2) the percent of students who complete remediation within one academic year; (3) the percent of students who complete college-level gateway courses in one academic year; (4) the percent of students who complete 30 semester credits per academic year; (5) the student retention rate; (6) time to complete a degree or certificate; and (7) credits earned by those completing a degree or certificate or other program. The report must disaggregate data for each college and university by race, ethnicity, Pell Grant eligibility, and age and provide aggregate data. History:   2015 c 69 art 3 s 16