1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; modifying certain postsecondary credit provisions; 
1.3 	appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 120B.125; 
1.4 	120B.131; 123A.22, subdivision 4; 123B.31; 124D.09; 124D.091, subdivision 3; 
1.5 	136D.73, subdivision 4c; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.14.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.125, is amended to read:
1.8 	120B.125 PLANNING FOR STUDENTS' SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION 
1.9 	TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT; PERSONAL 
1.10 	LEARNING PLANS.
1.11 	(a) Consistent with sections 120B.128, 120B.13, 120B.131, 120B.132, 120B.14,
1.12 	120B.15, 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), 125A.08, and other related sections, 
1.13 	school districts, beginning in the 2013-2014 school year, must assist all students by no 
1.14 	later than grade 9 to explore their educational, college, and career interests, aptitudes, and 
1.15 	aspirations and develop a plan for a smooth and successful transition to postsecondary 
1.16 	education or employment. All students' plans must:
1.17 	(1) provide a comprehensive plan to prepare for and complete a career and college 
1.18 	ready curriculum by meeting state and local academic standards and developing career and 
1.19 	employment-related skills such as team work, collaboration, creativity, communication, 
1.20 	critical thinking, and good work habits;
1.21 	(2) emphasize academic rigor and high expectations;
1.22 	(3) help students identify interests, aptitudes, aspirations, and personal learning 
1.23 	styles that may affect their career and college ready goals and postsecondary education 
1.24 	and employment choices;
2.1 	(4) set appropriate career and college ready goals with timelines that identify 
2.2 	effective means for achieving those goals;
2.3 	(5) help students access education and career options;
2.4 	(6) integrate strong academic content into career-focused courses and applied and 
2.5 	experiential learning opportunities and integrate relevant career-focused courses and 
2.6 	applied and experiential learning opportunities into strong academic content;
2.7 	(7) help identify and access appropriate counseling and other supports and assistance 
2.8 	that enable students to complete required coursework, prepare for postsecondary education 
2.9 	and careers, and obtain information about postsecondary education costs and eligibility 
2.10 	for financial aid and scholarship;
2.11 	(8) help identify collaborative partnerships among prekindergarten through grade 
2.12 	12 schools, postsecondary institutions, economic development agencies, and local and 
2.13 	regional employers that support students' transition to postsecondary education and 
2.14 	employment and provide students with applied and experiential learning opportunities; and
2.15 	(9) be reviewed and revised at least annually by the student, the student's parent or 
2.16 	guardian, and the school or district to ensure that the student's course-taking schedule keeps 
2.17 	the student making adequate progress to meet state and local academic standards and high 
2.18 	school graduation requirements and with a reasonable chance to succeed with employment 
2.19 	or postsecondary education without the need to first complete remedial course work.
2.20 	(b) A school district may develop grade-level curricula or provide instruction that 
2.21 	introduces students to various careers, but must not require any curriculum, instruction, 
2.22 	or employment-related activity that obligates an elementary or secondary student to 
2.23 	involuntarily select or pursue a career, career interest, employment goals, or related job 
2.24 	training.
2.25 	(c) Educators must possess the knowledge and skills to effectively teach all English 
2.26 	learners in their classrooms. School districts must provide appropriate curriculum, 
2.27 	targeted materials, professional development opportunities for educators, and sufficient 
2.28 	resources to enable English learners to become career and college ready.
2.29 	(d) When assisting students in developing a plan for a smooth and successful 
2.30 	transition to postsecondary education and employment, districts must recognize the unique 
2.31 	possibilities of each student and ensure that the contents of each student's plan reflect the 
2.32 	student's unique talents, skills, and abilities as the student grows, develops, and learns.

2.33 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.131, is amended to read:
2.34 	120B.131 COLLEGE-LEVEL EXAMINATION PROGRAM (CLEP).
3.1 		Subdivision 1.Program structure. The college-level examination program (CLEP) 
3.2 	offered by the College Board provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate 
3.3 	college-level achievement and receive college credit or advanced standing through a 
3.4 	program of by taking examinations in undergraduate college courses. Schools School 
3.5 	districts  must provide information about CLEP and the opportunity to receive college 
3.6 	credit from a Minnesota postsecondary institution to eligible students who successfully 
3.7 	completing complete a college-level course under this section.
3.8 		Subd. 2.Reimbursement for examination fees. The state may reimburse 
3.9 	college-level examination program (CLEP) fees for a Minnesota public or nonpublic high 
3.10 	school student an eligible student or alternative pupil who has successfully completed one 
3.11 	or more college-level courses while in high school grades 9 through 12 in the subject matter 
3.12 	of each examination in the following subjects: composition and literature, mathematics and 
3.13 	science, social sciences and history, foreign languages, and business and humanities. The 
3.14 	state may reimburse each student described in this subdivision for up to six examination 
3.15 	fees. The commissioner shall establish application procedures and a process and schedule 
3.16 	for to facilitate applying for examination fee reimbursements. The commissioner must 
3.17 	give priority to reimburse the CLEP examination fees of students of low-income families.
3.18 	The commissioner shall reimburse the CLEP examination fees of eligible students 
3.19 	expeditiously not to exceed 60 days of receipt of requested reimbursement.
3.20 		Subd. 3.College credit. The colleges and universities of the Minnesota State 
3.21 	Colleges and Universities system must award, and the University of Minnesota and 
3.22 	private postsecondary institutions are encouraged to award, college credit to high school 
3.23 	students eligible students or alternative pupils who receive a satisfactory score on a CLEP 
3.24 	examination under this section. The commissioner, in consultation with the Minnesota 
3.25 	State Colleges and Universities, shall set a minimum passing score for at or above which
3.26 	college credits may be earned.

3.27 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123A.22, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
3.28 		Subd. 4.Center board powers and duties. (a) The center board shall have the 
3.29 	general charge of the business of the center and the ownership of facilities. Where 
3.30 	applicable, sections 123B.51 and 123B.52, subdivision 4, shall apply. The center board 
3.31 	may not issue bonds in its behalf. Each participating district may issue its bonds for the 
3.32 	purpose of acquisition and betterment of center facilities in the amount certified by the 
3.33 	center board to such participating district in accordance with chapter 475.
3.34 	(b) The center board (1) may furnish vocational offerings to any eligible person 
3.35 	residing in any participating district; (2) may provide special education for the disabled 
4.1 	and disadvantaged; and (3) may provide any other educational programs or services 
4.2 	defined in section 123A.21, subdivisions 7 and 8, agreed upon by the participating 
4.3 	members. Academic offerings shall be provided only under the direction of properly 
4.4 	licensed academic supervisory personnel.
4.5 	(c) In accordance with subdivision 5, paragraph (b), the center board shall certify to 
4.6 	each participating district the amount of funds assessed to the district as its proportionate 
4.7 	share required for the conduct of the educational programs, payment of indebtedness, 
4.8 	and all other proper expenses of the center.
4.9 	(d) The center board must employ and contract with necessary qualified teachers and 
4.10 	administrators and may discharge the same for cause pursuant to section 122A.40. The 
4.11 	authority for selection and employment of a director shall be vested in the center board. 
4.12 	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 122A.40, subdivision 10 or 11, no individual 
4.13 	shall have a right to employment as a director based on seniority or order of employment 
4.14 	by the center. The center board may employ and discharge other necessary employees and 
4.15 	may contract for other services deemed necessary.
4.16 	(e) The center board may provide an educational program for secondary and adult 
4.17 	vocational phases of instruction. The high school phase of its educational program must 
4.18 	be offered as a component of the comprehensive curriculum offered by each of the 
4.19 	participating school districts. Graduation must be from the student's resident high school 
4.20 	district. Insofar as applicable, sections 120A.22, subdivision 1a, 120B.14,120B.35, 
4.21 	121A.21, 122A.44, 122A.69, 123A.22, 123A.24, 123B.02, subdivisions 1 to 15 and 17 to 
4.22 	20, 123B.49, 123B.51, 123B.52, 123B.88, 124D.02, 124D.09, and 124D.51, shall apply.
4.23 	(f) The center board may prescribe rates of tuition for attendance in its programs by 
4.24 	adults and nonmember district secondary students.

4.25 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.31, is amended to read:
4.26 	123B.31 LIMITATION OF SECTIONS.
4.27 	Material contained in sections 120A.22, subdivision 1a, 120B.14,120B.35, 
4.28 	121A.21, 122A.44, 122A.69, 123A.22, 123A.24, 123B.02, subdivisions 1 to 15 and 17 
4.29 	to 20, 123B.09, 123B.11, 123B.14, 123B.143, 123B.147, 123B.23, 123B.49, 123B.51, 
4.30 	123B.52, 123B.88, 124D.02, 124D.09, and 124D.51, unless expressly stated otherwise, 
4.31 	relates only to independent school districts.

4.32 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.09, is amended to read:
4.33 	124D.09 POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT OPTIONS ACT.
5.1 		Subdivision 1.Citation. This section may be cited the "Postsecondary Enrollment 
5.2 	Options Act."
5.3 		Subd. 2.Purpose. The purpose of this section is to promote rigorous academic 
5.4 	pursuits and to provide a wider variety of options to high school pupils by encouraging and 
5.5 	enabling secondary pupils eligible students to enroll full time or part time in nonsectarian
5.6 	courses or programs in at eligible postsecondary institutions, as defined in subdivision 3.
5.7 		Subd. 3.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
5.8 	meanings given to them.
5.9 	(b) "Alternative pupil" means a 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade student not enrolled in 
5.10 	a public school district, and includes students attending nonpublic schools and students 
5.11 	who are home schooled. An alternative pupil is considered a pupil for purposes of this 
5.12 	section only.
5.13 	(c) "Course" means a nonsectarian course or program offered at an eligible institution 
5.14 	for academic credit that results in postsecondary credit and may include high school credit. 
5.15 	An eligible student must not audit a course. Except as provided in subdivision 5b, a course 
5.16 	under this section does not include a remedial or developmental course.
5.17 	(a) (d) "Eligible institution" means a Minnesota public postsecondary institution, 
5.18 	a private, nonprofit two-year trade and technical school granting associate degrees, 
5.19 	an opportunities industrialization center accredited by the North Central Association 
5.20 	of Colleges and Schools, or a private, residential, two-year or four-year, liberal arts, 
5.21 	degree-granting college or university located in Minnesota.
5.22 	(b) "Course" means a course or program.
5.23 	(e) "Eligible student" means a 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade student enrolled in a 
5.24 	school district, or enrolled in an American Indian controlled tribal contract or grant school 
5.25 	eligible for aid under section 124D.83. Foreign exchange students or students who have 
5.26 	graduated from high school with a high school diploma are not eligible students.
5.27 		Subd. 4.Alternative pupil. "Alternative pupil" means an 11th or 12th grade student 
5.28 	not enrolled in a public school district, and includes students attending nonpublic schools 
5.29 	and students who are home schooled. An alternative pupil is considered a pupil for 
5.30 	purposes of this section only. An alternative pupil must register with the commissioner 
5.31 	of education before participating in the postsecondary enrollment options program. The 
5.32 	commissioner shall prescribe the form and manner of the registration, in consultation with 
5.33 	the Nonpublic Education Council under section 123B.445, and may request any necessary 
5.34 	information from the alternative pupil.
5.35 		Subd. 5.Authorization; notification. Notwithstanding any other law to the 
5.36 	contrary, an 11th or 12th grade pupil enrolled in a school or an American Indian-controlled 
6.1 	tribal contract or grant school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign 
6.2 	exchange pupil enrolled in a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply to an 
6.3 	eligible institution, as defined in subdivision 3, to enroll in nonsectarian courses offered by 
6.4 	that postsecondary institution. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a 9th or 10th 
6.5 	grade pupil enrolled in a district or an American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant 
6.6 	school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign exchange pupil enrolled in 
6.7 	a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply to enroll in nonsectarian courses 
6.8 	offered under subdivision 10, if after all 11th and 12th grade students have applied for a 
6.9 	course, additional students are necessary to offer the course. If an institution accepts a 
6.10 	secondary pupil for enrollment under this section, the institution shall send written notice 
6.11 	to the pupil, the pupil's school or school district, and the commissioner within ten days of 
6.12 	acceptance. The notice must indicate the course and hours of enrollment of that pupil. If 
6.13 	the pupil enrolls in a course for postsecondary credit, the institution must notify the pupil 
6.14 	about payment in the customary manner used by the institution.
6.15 		Subd. 5a.Authorization; career or technical education course. A 10th, 11th, 
6.16 	or 12th grade pupil enrolled in a district or an American Indian-controlled tribal contract 
6.17 	or grant school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign exchange pupil 
6.18 	enrolled in a district under a cultural exchange program, An eligible student may enroll in 
6.19 	a career or technical education course offered by a Minnesota state college or university. 
6.20 	A 10th grade pupil applying for enrollment in a career or technical education course 
6.21 	under this subdivision must have an eligible institution if the eligible student has received 
6.22 	a passing score on the 8th grade Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment in reading as a 
6.23 	condition of enrollment. A secondary pupil may enroll in the pupil's first postsecondary 
6.24 	options enrollment course under this subdivision. A student who is refused enrollment by 
6.25 	a Minnesota state college or university under this subdivision may apply to an eligible 
6.26 	institution offering a career or technical education course. The postsecondary In making 
6.27 	enrollment decisions, the eligible institution must give priority to its students according 
6.28 	to postsecondary students in accordance with subdivision 9. If a secondary student 
6.29 	receives a grade of "C" or better in the career or technical education course taken under 
6.30 	this subdivision, the postsecondary institution must allow the student to take additional 
6.31 	postsecondary courses for secondary credit at that institution, not to exceed the limits 
6.32 	in subdivision 8. A "career or technical course" is a course that is part of a career and 
6.33 	technical education program that provides individuals with coherent, rigorous content 
6.34 	aligned with academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed 
6.35 	to prepare for further education and careers in current and emerging professions and 
7.1 	provide technical skill proficiency, an industry recognized credential, and a certificate, a 
7.2 	diploma, or an associate degree.
7.3 		Subd. 5b.Authorization; graduation incentives program. If an eligible 
7.4 	student in the 10th, 11th, or 12th grade is also eligible to participate in the graduation 
7.5 	incentives program under section 124D.68, the eligible student may enroll in remedial, 
7.6 	developmental, or other courses that are not college level as part of a program designed to 
7.7 	allow the student to earn dual high school and college credit.
7.8 		Subd. 6.Counseling. The school or eligible student's school district must provide 
7.9 	counseling services to pupils and their the eligible student and the student's parents or 
7.10 	guardian before the pupils enroll in courses under this section to ensure that the pupils and 
7.11 	their parents or guardian are fully aware of the risks and possible consequences of enrolling 
7.12 	in postsecondary courses eligible student enrolls in a course. The school or school district 
7.13 	must provide information on the program counseling shall address matters including who 
7.14 	may enroll, what eligible institutions and courses are eligible for participation available, 
7.15 	the decision-making process for granting academic credits, financial arrangements for 
7.16 	tuition, books and materials, eligibility criteria for transportation aid, available support 
7.17 	services, the need to arrange an appropriate schedule, the consequences of failing or not 
7.18 	completing a course in which the pupil enrolls, and the effect of enrolling in this program
7.19 	on the pupil's eligible student's ability to complete the required high school graduation 
7.20 	requirements, and the academic and social responsibilities that must be assumed by the 
7.21 	pupils and their parents or guardian. The person providing counseling shall encourage 
7.22 	pupils and their parents or guardian to also use school district shall also advise the eligible 
7.23 	student and the student's parents or guardian to seek available counseling services at the 
7.24 	postsecondary institutions eligible institution before the quarter or semester of enrollment 
7.25 	to ensure that anticipated plans are appropriate enrolling in a course.
7.26 		Subd. 6a.Acknowledgement form. Prior to enrolling in a course, the pupil and 
7.27 	the pupil's eligible student and the student's parents or guardian must sign a acknowledge 
7.28 	in writing on a form that must be provided by the school or school district and may be 
7.29 	obtained from a postsecondary institution stating that they have received the information 
7.30 	specified in this subdivision 6 and that they understand the responsibilities that must be 
7.31 	assumed in enrolling in this program upon the eligible student's enrollment in a course. 
7.32 	The department must, upon request, provide technical assistance to a school or school 
7.33 	district in developing appropriate forms and counseling guidelines.
7.34 		Subd. 7.Dissemination of information; notification of intent to enroll. By March 
7.35 	1 of each year, a school district must provide up-to-date information on the district's Web 
7.36 	site and in materials that are distributed to parents and students about the program, including 
8.1 	information about enrollment requirements and the ability to earn postsecondary credit to 
8.2 	all pupils in grades 8, 9, 10, and through 11 about the requirements to enroll in courses. 
8.3 		Subd. 7a.Notice of intent to enroll. To assist the district in planning, a pupil An 
8.4 	eligible student who intends to enroll at an eligible institution shall inform the eligible 
8.5 	student's school district by May 30 of each year of the pupil's eligible student's  intent to 
8.6 	enroll in postsecondary courses during the following school year. A pupil is bound by 
8.7 	notifying or not notifying the district by May 30. one or more courses in the fall semester, 
8.8 	and by October 1 of each year if the eligible student intends to enroll in one or more 
8.9 	courses in the spring semester. The notice shall include the titles of the courses in which 
8.10 	the eligible student intends to enroll and the number of credits for each course.
8.11 		Subd. 8.Limit on participation. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 9 An eligible 
8.12 	student  may not enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for 
8.13 	more than the equivalent of four academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 10 An 
8.14 	eligible student in the 10th grade may not enroll in courses for secondary credit for more 
8.15 	than the equivalent of three academic years. An eligible student in the 11th grade may 
8.16 	not enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than 
8.17 	the equivalent of three two academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 11 may not 
8.18 	enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than the 
8.19 	equivalent of two academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 12 An eligible student 
8.20 	in the 12th grade may not enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary 
8.21 	credit for more than the equivalent of one academic year. If a pupil in grade 9, 10, 11, or 
8.22 	12 first enrolls in a postsecondary course for secondary credit during the school year, the 
8.23 	time of participation shall be reduced proportionately. If a pupil is in a learning year or 
8.24 	other year-round program an eligible student is enrolled in a flexible learning year program 
8.25 	under section 124D.12 and begins each grade in the summer session, summer sessions in 
8.26 	which an eligible student is enrolled in one or more courses shall not be counted against the 
8.27 	time of participation. A pupil who has graduated from high school cannot participate in a 
8.28 	program under this section. A pupil who has completed course requirements for graduation 
8.29 	but who has not received a diploma may participate in the program under this section.
8.30 		Subd. 9.Enrollment priority. (a) A postsecondary An eligible institution may 
8.31 	admit an eligible student if it has space available. The eligible institution shall give priority 
8.32 	to its postsecondary students when enrolling 10th, 11th, and 12th grade pupils in its 
8.33 	courses before admitting eligible students and alternative pupils, including postsecondary 
8.34 	students who are veterans under section 197.447 and seek enrollment outside the eligible 
8.35 	institution's established enrollment timelines. A postsecondary An eligible institution may 
8.36 	provide factual advertising and information about its programs courses to a secondary 
9.1 	school or to a pupil or parent and it may advertise or otherwise recruit or solicit a 
9.2 	secondary pupil to enroll in its programs on educational and programmatic grounds 
9.3 	only except, notwithstanding other law to the contrary, and for the 2014-2015 through 
9.4 	2019-2020 school years only, an eligible postsecondary institution may advertise or 
9.5 	otherwise recruit or solicit a secondary pupil residing in a school district with 700 students 
9.6 	or more in grades 10, 11, and 12, to enroll in its programs on educational, programmatic, 
9.7 	or financial grounds students in grades 8 through 11. A postsecondary institution may 
9.8 	factually advertise and inform nonpublic and homeschool students. The commissioner 
9.9 	shall work with the Nonpublic Education Council under section 123B.445 on informing 
9.10 	nonpublic and home school students in grades 8 through 11. An institution must not 
9.11 	enroll secondary pupils, for postsecondary enrollment options purposes, in remedial, 
9.12 	developmental, or other courses that are not college level except when a student eligible to 
9.13 	participate in the graduation incentives program under section 124D.68 enrolls full time 
9.14 	in a middle or early college program specifically designed to allow the student to earn 
9.15 	dual high school and college credit. In this case, the student shall receive developmental 
9.16 	college credit and not college credit for completing remedial or developmental courses. 
9.17 	Once a pupil has been enrolled in any postsecondary course under this section, the pupil 
9.18 	shall not be displaced by another student.
9.19 	(b) If a postsecondary institution enrolls a secondary school pupil in a course 
9.20 	under this section, the postsecondary institution also must enroll in the same course an 
9.21 	otherwise enrolled and qualified postsecondary student who qualifies as a veteran under 
9.22 	section 197.447, and demonstrates to the postsecondary institution's satisfaction that the 
9.23 	institution's established enrollment timelines were not practicable for that student.
9.24 		Subd. 10.Courses according to agreements between school districts and higher 
9.25 	education institutions. (a) An eligible pupil, according to subdivision 5, student may 
9.26 	enroll in a nonsectarian course taught by a secondary teacher or a postsecondary faculty 
9.27 	member and offered at a secondary school, or another location, according to an a written
9.28 	agreement between a public school board school district and the governing body of an 
9.29 	eligible public postsecondary system or an eligible private postsecondary institution, 
9.30 	as defined in subdivision 3. All provisions of this section shall apply to a pupil, public 
9.31 	school board, district, and the governing body of a postsecondary institution, except as 
9.32 	otherwise provided institution.
9.33 	(b) The written agreement between a school district and the governing body of an 
9.34 	eligible institution shall set forth the courses in which the eligible student will enroll, the 
9.35 	cost of the courses, payment, and other customary terms. The eligible institution shall 
9.36 	not charge fees for a course or courses that exceed the eligible institution's actual costs 
10.1 	that are directly attributable to providing the course or courses. Courses taken under this 
10.2 	subdivision are not eligible for payment by the department under subdivision 13.
10.3 	(c) For the purpose of computing state aids for a school district, an eligible student 
10.4 	enrolled according to this subdivision shall be counted in the average daily membership of 
10.5 	the school district as though the eligible student were enrolled full time in the school district.
10.6 		Subd. 11.Participation in high school activities. Enrolling in a course under 
10.7 	this section shall not, by itself, prohibit a pupil an eligible student from participating in 
10.8 	extracurricular activities sponsored by the pupil's high school eligible student's school 
10.9 	district or school.
10.10 		Subd. 12.Credits.  A pupil must not audit a course under this section. A school 
10.11 	district shall grant academic credit to a pupil an eligible student enrolled in a course for 
10.12 	secondary credit if the pupil eligible student successfully completes the course. Seven 
10.13 	quarter or four One semester college creditscourse, at a minimum of four credits, earned at 
10.14 	an eligible institution shall equal at least one full year of high school credit. Fewer college
10.15 	credits may be prorated. A district must also grant academic credit to a pupil enrolled 
10.16 	in a course for postsecondary credit if secondary credit is requested by a pupil. If no 
10.17 	comparable course is offered by the district, the district must, as soon as possible, notify the 
10.18 	commissioner, who shall determine the number of credits that shall be granted to a pupil 
10.19 	who successfully completes a course. If a comparable course is offered by the district, the 
10.20 	school board shall grant a comparable number of credits to the pupil. If there is In the event 
10.21 	of a dispute between the school district and the pupil eligible student regarding the number 
10.22 	of credits granted for a particular course, the pupil eligible student may appeal the board's
10.23 	school district's decision to the commissioner. The commissioner's decision regarding the 
10.24 	number of credits to be granted the eligible student shall be final and not subject to appeal.
10.25 	The secondary credits granted to a pupil an eligible student must be counted toward 
10.26 	the graduation requirements and subject area requirements of the school district. Evidence 
10.27 	of successful completion of each course and secondary credits granted must be included 
10.28 	in the pupil's eligible student's secondary school record. A pupil An eligible student
10.29 	shall provide the school district with a copy of the pupil's eligible student's grade in 
10.30 	each course taken for secondary credit under this section. Upon the request of a pupil, 
10.31 	the pupil's secondary school record an eligible student, and eligible student's transcript
10.32 	must also include evidence of successful completion and credits granted for a course 
10.33 	taken for postsecondary credit. In either case, the record must indicate that the credits 
10.34 	were earned at a postsecondary institution.
10.35 	If a pupil enrolls in a postsecondary institution after leaving secondary school, the 
10.36 	postsecondary institution must award postsecondary credit for any course successfully 
11.1 	completed for secondary credit at that institution. Other postsecondary institutions may 
11.2 	award, after a pupil leaves secondary school, postsecondary credit for any courses 
11.3 	successfully completed under this section. An institution may not charge a pupil for 
11.4 	the award of credit.
11.5 	The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the Board 
11.6 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota must, and private nonprofit and proprietary 
11.7 	postsecondary institutions should, award postsecondary credit for any successfully 
11.8 	completed courses in a program certified by the National Alliance of Concurrent 
11.9 	Enrollment Partnerships offered according to an agreement under subdivision 10.
11.10 		Subd. 13.Financial arrangements. For a pupil enrolled in a course under this 
11.11 	section,(a) The department must make payments according to this subdivision to the 
11.12 	eligible student's school district for courses that were taken for secondary credit.
11.13 	(b) The department must not make payments to a school district or postsecondary
11.14 	an eligible institution for a course taken by an eligible student for postsecondary credit 
11.15 	only. The department must not make payments to a postsecondary an eligible institution 
11.16 	for a course from which a an eligible student officially withdraws during the first 14 
11.17 	days of the quarter or semester or who has been absent from the postsecondary eligible
11.18 	institution for the first 15 consecutive school days of the quarter or semester and is not 
11.19 	receiving instruction in the home or hospital.
11.20 	A postsecondary (c) The department shall pay an eligible institution shall receive 
11.21 	the following:
11.22 	(1) for an institution granting quarter credit, the reimbursement per credit hour shall 
11.23 	be an amount equal to 88 percent of the product of the formula allowance minus $425, 
11.24 	multiplied by 1.2, and divided by 45; or
11.25 	(2) for an institution granting semester credit, the reimbursement per credit hour 
11.26 	shall be an amount equal to 88 four percent of the product of the general revenue formula 
11.27 	allowance minus $425, multiplied by 1.2, and divided by 30 per semester credit.
11.28 	(d) The department must pay to each postsecondary eligible institution 100 percent 
11.29 	of the amount in clause (1) or (2) paragraph (c) within 30 days of receiving an eligible 
11.30 	student's initial enrollment information each quarter or semester. If changes in enrollment 
11.31 	occur during a quarter or semester, the change shall be reported by the postsecondary
11.32 	eligible institution at the time the enrollment information for the succeeding quarter or 
11.33 	semester is submitted. At any time the department notifies a postsecondary an eligible
11.34 	institution that an overpayment has been made, the eligible institution shall promptly 
11.35 	remit the amount due to the department.
12.1 		Subd. 14.Grants and financial aid prohibited. A pupil An eligible student
12.2 	enrolled in a postsecondary course for secondary credit is not eligible for any state student 
12.3 	financial aid under chapter 136A.
12.4 		Subd. 16.Financial arrangements for courses provided according to 
12.5 	agreements. (a) The agreement between a board and the governing body of a public 
12.6 	postsecondary system or private postsecondary institution shall set forth the payment 
12.7 	amounts and arrangements, if any, from the board to the postsecondary institution. No 
12.8 	payments shall be made by the department according to subdivision 13. For the purpose 
12.9 	of computing state aids for a district, a pupil enrolled according to subdivision 10 shall be 
12.10 	counted in the average daily membership of the district as though the pupil were enrolled 
12.11 	in a secondary course that is not offered in connection with an agreement. Nothing in 
12.12 	this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit a public postsecondary system or private 
12.13 	postsecondary institution from receiving additional state funding that may be available 
12.14 	under any other law.
12.15 	(b) If a course is provided under subdivision 10, offered at a secondary school, and 
12.16 	taught by a secondary teacher, the postsecondary system or institution must not require a 
12.17 	payment from the school board that exceeds the cost to the postsecondary institution that 
12.18 	is directly attributable to providing that course.
12.19 		Subd. 17.Alternative pupils financial arrangements. For an alternative pupil 
12.20 	enrolled in a course or program under this section, the Department of Education shall 
12.21 	make payments to the eligible institution according to subdivision 13. The department 
12.22 	shall not make any payments to a school district for alternative pupils.
12.23 		Subd. 18.Tuition at nonpublic secondary institution. A nonpublic secondary 
12.24 	institution must proportionately adjust its tuition to accurately reflect the time an 
12.25 	alternative pupil spends in a postsecondary enrollment course or program.
12.26 		Subd. 19.Fees; for services and student-owned textbooks;, equipment, and 
12.27 	materials. A postsecondary An eligible institution that receives reimbursement for a pupil
12.28 	an eligible student under subdivision 13 may not charge that pupil the eligible student
12.29 	for fees, textbooks, materials, support the provision of any of the services as defined in
12.30 	described in the eligible institution's policy established pursuant to section 135A.16, 
12.31 	or other necessary costs of the course or program in which the pupil eligible student is 
12.32 	enrolled if the charge would be prohibited under section 123B.37, except for equipment 
12.33 	purchased by the pupil eligible student that becomes the property of the pupil eligible 
12.34 	student. An eligible institution may require the pupil eligible student to pay for fees, 
12.35 	textbooks, and materials for a course taken for postsecondary credit.
13.1 		Subd. 20.Institution-owned textbooks; and materials. All textbooks and 
13.2 	equipment provided to a pupil an eligible student, and paid for under subdivision 13, are 
13.3 	the property of the pupil's postsecondary eligible institution. Each pupil eligible student is 
13.4 	required to return all textbooks and equipment to the postsecondary eligible institution 
13.5 	after the eligible student's participation in the course has ended.
13.6 		Subd. 21.Special education support services. The postsecondary eligible
13.7 	institution must inform the pupil eligible student and parents or guardian of the support
13.8 	services available at that institution in accordance with the eligible institution's policy 
13.9 	under section 135A.16. If the eligible student has an individualized education program 
13.10 	that provides general education support and accommodations includes accommodations 
13.11 	and supplementary aides and services, including paraprofessional services, to allow the 
13.12 	student to participate in the general education setting in the student's school district, the 
13.13 	postsecondary eligible institution must provide the support services as accommodations 
13.14 	and supplementary aides and services, including paraprofessional services, described in 
13.15 	the eligible student's IEP and the postsecondary individualized education program while 
13.16 	the eligible student is enrolled in a course. Neither the eligible institution nor a school 
13.17 	district shall be obligated to provide special education, as defined in federal law, or 
13.18 	transportation as a related service, in connection with an eligible student's participation in 
13.19 	a course. The eligible institution and the eligible student's school district shall negotiate an 
13.20 	agreement on the reasonable rate to be charged to the school district for the provision of 
13.21 	any accommodations and supplementary aides and services, including paraprofessional 
13.22 	services, described in the eligible student's individualized education program. Nothing 
13.23 	in this section shall prevent The eligible student from enrolling shall be permitted to 
13.24 	enroll in a course while the agreement between the eligible student's school district and 
13.25 	the eligible institution is being developed finalized. If the parties cannot agree on the 
13.26 	services reasonable rate to be charged, on application of either party, the commissioner 
13.27 	shall resolve the dispute in the same manner the commissioner fixes tuition rates under 
13.28 	section 125A.11. The commissioner's decision is binding on both parties.
13.29 		Subd. 22.Transportation. (a) The parent or guardian of an eligible student is 
13.30 	responsible for transporting the eligible student to and from the eligible institution.
13.31 	A parent or guardian of a pupil an eligible student enrolled in a course for secondary 
13.32 	credit who is unable to pay the costs of transportation may apply to the pupil's district of 
13.33 	residence eligible student's school district for mileage reimbursement for transporting the 
13.34 	pupil eligible student between the secondary school in which the pupil eligible student is 
13.35 	enrolled or the pupil's eligible student's home and the postsecondary eligible institution that 
13.36 	the pupil eligible student attends. The state shall provide state aid to a district in an amount 
14.1 	sufficient to reimburse the parent or guardian for the necessary transportation costs when 
14.2 	the family's or guardian's income is at or below the poverty level, as determined by the 
14.3 	federal government. The amount of the mileage reimbursement shall be the pupil's actual 
14.4 	cost of transportation or 15 cents per mile traveled, whichever is less. Reimbursement 
14.5 	may not be paid for more than 250 miles per week. However, if the nearest postsecondary
14.6 	eligible institution is more than 25 miles from the pupil's resident secondary school in 
14.7 	which the eligible student is enrolled, the weekly reimbursement may not exceed the 
14.8 	reimbursement rate per mile 15 cents per mile traveled times the actual distance between 
14.9 	the secondary school or the pupil's home and the nearest postsecondary institution times 
14.10 	ten eligible institution. The state must pay aid to the district according to this subdivision.
14.11 	The state shall provide state aid to a school district in an amount sufficient to reimburse the 
14.12 	parent or guardian for the necessary transportation costs when the family's or guardian's 
14.13 	income is at or below the poverty level, as determined by federal law.
14.14 	(b) A parent or guardian of an alternative pupil enrolled in a course for secondary 
14.15 	credit may apply to the pupil's postsecondary institution for reimbursement for 
14.16 	transporting the pupil between the secondary school in which the pupil is enrolled or the 
14.17 	pupil's home and the postsecondary institution in an amount sufficient to reimburse the 
14.18 	parent or guardian for the necessary transportation costs when the family's or guardian's 
14.19 	income is at or below the poverty level, as determined by the federal government. The 
14.20 	amount of the reimbursement shall be determined as in paragraph (a). The state must pay 
14.21 	aid to the postsecondary institution according to this subdivision.
14.22 		Subd. 24.Limit; state obligation. The provisions of subdivisions 13, 19, and 
14.23 	22 shall not apply for any postsecondary courses in which a pupil an eligible student is 
14.24 	enrolled in addition to being enrolled full time in that pupil's the eligible student's school
14.25 	district or for any postsecondary course in which a pupil an eligible student is enrolled 
14.26 	for postsecondary credit. The pupil An eligible student is enrolled full time in the school 
14.27 	district if the pupil eligible student attends credit-bearing classes in the high school or high 
14.28 	school program a secondary school for all of the available hours of instruction.
14.29 		Subd. 25.Pupils Eligible students 40 miles or more from an eligible institution.
 14.30 	A pupil An eligible student who is enrolled in a secondary school that is located 40 miles 
14.31 	or more from the nearest eligible institution may request that the resident district eligible 
14.32 	student's school district offer at least one accelerated or advanced academic course within 
14.33 	the resident school district in which the pupil eligible student may enroll for postsecondary 
14.34 	credit. A pupil An eligible student may enroll in a course offered under this subdivision 
14.35 	for either secondary or postsecondary credit according to subdivision 12.
15.1 	A district must offer an accelerated or advanced academic course for postsecondary 
15.2 	credit if one or more pupils requests such a course under this subdivision. The district 
15.3 	may decide which course to offer, how to offer the course, and whether to offer one or 
15.4 	more courses. The district must offer at least one such course in the next academic period 
15.5 	and must continue to offer at least one accelerated or advanced academic course for 
15.6 	postsecondary credit in later academic periods.
15.7 		Subd. 26.Pupils less than 40 miles from an eligible institution. A pupil enrolled 
15.8 	in a secondary school that is located less than 40 miles from the nearest eligible institution 
15.9 	may enroll in a postsecondary course provided at the secondary school.

15.10 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.091, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
15.11 		Subd. 3.Aid. An eligible district shall receive $150 four percent of the general 
15.12 	education formula allowance per pupil enrolled in a concurrent enrollment course. The 
15.13 	money must be used to defray the cost of delivering the course at the high school. The 
15.14 	commissioner shall establish application procedures and deadlines for receipt of aid 
15.15 	payments.

15.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.

15.17 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 136D.73, subdivision 4c, is amended to read:
15.18 		Subd. 4c.Applicable law. Insofar as applicable, sections 120A.22, subdivision 
15.19 	1, 120B.14,120B.35, 121A.21, 122A.44, 122A.69, 123A.22, 123A.24, 123B.02, 
15.20 	subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, and 20, 123B.49, 
15.21 	123B.51, 123B.52, 123B.88, 124D.02, 124D.09, and 124D.51 shall apply.

15.22 	Sec. 8. APPROPRIATIONS.
 15.23 	$....... in fiscal year 2016 and $....... in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated from the 
15.24 	general fund to the commissioner of education for the purposes of the postsecondary 
15.25 	enrollment options program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09.

15.26 	Sec. 9. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 15.27 	(a) The revisor shall renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.131, subdivisions 
15.28 	1, 2, and 3, as Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, subdivision 12a, paragraphs (a), 
15.29 	(b), and (c).
15.30 	(b) The revisor shall renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.091, subdivisions 2 
15.31 	and 3, as Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, subdivision 10a, paragraphs (a) and (b).
16.1 	(c) The revisor shall make cross-reference and grammatical changes as necessary to 
16.2 	implement the changes in paragraphs (a) and (b).

16.3 	Sec. 10.  REPEALER.
 16.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.14, is repealed.