1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the military; granting resident status for purposes of higher education 
1.3 	grants and scholarships to certain active members of the military who reside 
1.4 	in the state; requiring a report;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 
1.5 	136A.101, 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, or a spouse or dependent of that member, of the state's 
2.9 	National Guard who resides in Minnesota or an active member, or a spouse or dependent 
2.10 	of that member, of the reserve component of the United States armed forces whose duty 
2.11 	station is located in Minnesota and who resides in Minnesota.

2.12 	Sec. 2. REPORT.
 2.13 	The adjutant general of the Department of Military Affairs must report to the 
2.14 	legislature by January 15, 2016, on the effect that contractual mandatory arbitration 
2.15 	provisions have on active duty military service members, and in particular on the rights 
2.16 	that these active duty service members have under law to be protected from foreclosures 
2.17 	and repossessions.