1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; granting resident status for purposes of higher 
1.3 	education grants and scholarships to members of the state's National Guard 
1.4 	who reside in the state;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 136A.101, 
1.5 	subdivision 8.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 136A.101, subdivision 8, is amended to 
1.8 	read:
1.9 		Subd. 8.Resident student. "Resident student" means a student who meets one of 
1.10 	the following conditions:
1.11 	(1) a student who has resided in Minnesota for purposes other than postsecondary 
1.12 	education for at least 12 months without being enrolled at a postsecondary educational 
1.13 	institution for more than five credits in any term;
1.14 	(2) a dependent student whose parent or legal guardian resides in Minnesota at the 
1.15 	time the student applies;
1.16 	(3) a student who graduated from a Minnesota high school, if the student was a 
1.17 	resident of Minnesota during the student's period of attendance at the Minnesota high school 
1.18 	and the student is physically attending a Minnesota postsecondary educational institution;
1.19 	(4) a student who, after residing in the state for a minimum of one year, earned a 
1.20 	high school equivalency certificate in Minnesota;
1.21 	(5) a member, spouse, or dependent of a member of the armed forces of the United 
1.22 	States stationed in Minnesota on active federal military service as defined in section 
1.23 	190.05, subdivision 5c;
1.24 	(6) a spouse or dependent of a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, if the veteran 
1.25 	is a Minnesota resident;
2.1 	(7) a person or spouse of a person who relocated to Minnesota from an area that 
2.2 	is declared a presidential disaster area within the preceding 12 months if the disaster 
2.3 	interrupted the person's postsecondary education;
2.4 	(8) a person defined as a refugee under United States Code, title 8, section 
2.5 	1101(a)(42), who, upon arrival in the United States, moved to Minnesota and has 
2.6 	continued to reside in Minnesota; or
2.7 	(9) a student eligible for resident tuition under section 135A.043.; or
2.8 	(10) an active member of the state's National Guard who resides in Minnesota.