Relating to education

ARTICLE 1 - STUDENT FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS

Modifying Indian scholarship provisions relating to student eligibility, scholarship use, costs of attendance and award amounts; allowing the ACHIEVE scholarship program to request additional student documentation, modifying student eligibility requirements, application deadline and scholarship disbursement

ARTICLE 2 - PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS

Specifying nondegree program requirements; limiting use of the terms academy and institute to degree granting schools; permitting conditional approval for degrees or names for new schools; prohibiting certain school advertising or representation; clarifying school fees for programs degree and nondegree programs; requiring surety bonds from certain schools with a private career school license

ARTICLE 3 - MINNESOTA GI BILL

Modifying the cost of attendance for the GI program, the definition of veteran and an educational assistance condition; extending eligible institution to certain graduates schools; modifying the definition of veteran; requiring completion and submission of the free federal application for federal student aid (FAFSA); clarifying the part-time student load standard and specifying a minimum award per term for undergraduate and graduate students

ARTICLE 4 - EDUCATIONAL DATA

Allowing educational data sharing for improving instruction between the department of education and the office of higher education
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