SF 276

Introduction - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010)

Posted on 02/09/2010 02:12 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to higher education; expanding use of public safety officer death benefit
for higher education to include eligible institutions in other states; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 299A.45, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 299A.45, subdivision 1, is amended to
read:

Subdivision 1.

Eligibility.

A person is eligible to receive educational benefits under
this section if the person:

(1) is certified under section 299A.44 and in compliance with this section and rules
of the commissioner of public safety and the Minnesota Office of Higher Education;

(2) is enrolled in an undergraduate degree or certificate program after June 30, 1990,
at an eligible deleted text begin Minnesota deleted text end institution as provided in section 136A.101, subdivision 4;

(3) has not received a baccalaureate degree or been enrolled full time for ten
semesters or the equivalent, except that a student who withdraws from enrollment for
active military service is entitled to an additional semester or the equivalent of eligibility;
and

(4) is related in one of the following ways to a public safety officer killed in the
line of duty on or after January 1, 1973:

(i) as a dependent child less than 23 years of age;

(ii) as a surviving spouse; or

(iii) as a dependent child less than 30 years of age who has served on active military
duty 181 consecutive days or more and has been honorably discharged or released to the
dependent child's reserve or National Guard unit.

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