HF 4270

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/12/2026 03:09 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to education; modifying payments to postsecondary institutions and schools
for the postsecondary enrollment options program; amending Minnesota Statutes
2025 Supplement, section 124D.09, subdivision 13.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 124D.09, subdivision 13, is
amended to read:

Subd. 13.

Financial arrangements.

new text begin (a) new text end For a pupil enrolled in a course under this section,
the department must make payments according to this subdivision for courses that were
taken for secondary credit.

new text begin (b) new text end The department must not make payments to a school district, charter school, Tribal
contract school, or postsecondary institution for a course taken for postsecondary credit
only. The department must not make payments to a postsecondary institution for a course
from which a student officially withdraws during the first ten business days of the
postsecondary institution's quarter or semester or who has been absent from the postsecondary
institution for the first ten business days of the postsecondary institution's quarter or semester
and is not receiving instruction in the home or hospital. new text begin If the student officially withdraws
within 11 to 30 business days after the start of the postsecondary institution's quarter or
semester, the department must prorate the payment to the postsecondary institution under
paragraph (c), clause (1) or (2), by the ratio of the business days prior to the withdrawal to
the total business days for the course. If the student enrolls in a course in the student's high
school in place of a course from which the student has withdrawn, the department must pay
to the student's school district or charter school the difference between the amount calculated
in paragraph (c) and the prorated amount paid to the postsecondary institution.
new text end

new text begin (c) new text end A postsecondary institution shall receive the following:

(1) for an institution granting quarter credit, the reimbursement per credit hour shall be
an amount equal to 88 percent of the product of the formula allowance minus $425, multiplied
by 1.2, and divided by 45; or

(2) for an institution granting semester credit, the reimbursement per credit hour shall
be an amount equal to 88 percent of the product of the general revenue formula allowance
minus $425, multiplied by 1.2, and divided by 30.

new text begin (d) new text end The department must pay to each postsecondary institution 100 percent of the amount
in new text begin paragraph (c), new text end clause (1) or (2) new text begin , new text end within 45 days of receiving initial enrollment information
each quarter or semester. If changes in enrollment occur during a quarter or semester, the
change shall be reported by the postsecondary institution at the time the enrollment
information for the succeeding quarter or semester is submitted. At any time the department
notifies a postsecondary institution that an overpayment has been made, the institution shall
promptly remit the amount due.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2026.
new text end