HF 111

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 01/17/2013 01:28pm

A bill for an act
relating to education; modifying enrollment priorities under the Postsecondary
Enrollment Options Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.09,
subdivision 9.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

Enrollment priority.

new text begin (a) new text end A postsecondary institution shall give priority
to its postsecondary students when enrolling 10th, 11th, and 12th grade pupils in its
courses. A postsecondary institution may provide information about its programs to a
secondary school or to a pupil or parent and it may advertise or otherwise recruit or solicit
a secondary pupil to enroll in its programs on educational and programmatic grounds only.
An institution must not enroll secondary pupils, for postsecondary enrollment options
purposes, in remedial, developmental, or other courses that are not college level. Once a
pupil has been enrolled in a postsecondary course under this section, the pupil shall not
be displaced by another student.

new text begin (b) If a postsecondary institution enrolls a secondary school pupil in a course under
this section, the postsecondary institution may not deny access to that same course to an
otherwise enrolled and qualified postsecondary student who qualifies as a veteran under
section 197.447, and who can demonstrate to the postsecondary institution's satisfaction
that the institution's established enrollment timelines were not practicable for that student.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013.
new text end