Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF3387

Relating to education

ARTICLE 1 - STUDENT FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS

Modifying
Indian scholarship provisions relating to student eligibility, scholarship use,
costs of attendance and award amounts; allowing the ACHIEVE scholarship program
to request additional student documentation, modifying student eligibility
requirements, application deadline and scholarship disbursement

ARTICLE 2 -
PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS

Specifying nondegree program requirements; limiting use of
the terms academy and institute to degree granting schools; permitting
conditional approval for degrees or names for new schools; prohibiting certain
school advertising or representation; clarifying school fees for programs degree
and nondegree programs; requiring surety bonds from certain schools with a
private career school license

ARTICLE 3 - MINNESOTA GI BILL

Modifying the
cost of attendance for the GI program, the definition of veteran and an
educational assistance condition; extending eligible institution to certain
graduates schools; modifying the definition of veteran; requiring completion and
submission of the free federal application for federal student aid (FAFSA);
clarifying the part-time student load standard and specifying a minimum award
per term for undergraduate and graduate students

ARTICLE 4 - EDUCATIONAL
DATA

Allowing educational data sharing for improving instruction between the
department of education and the office of higher education
(ra)