HF 1088

1st Committee Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/22/2009 12:38pm

A bill for an act
relating to education; providing funding for concurrent enrollment program;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.101,
subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
124D.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [124D.091] CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM AID.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Accreditation. new text end

new text begin To establish a uniform standard by which
concurrent enrollment courses and professional development activities may be measured,
postsecondary institutions are encouraged to apply for accreditation by the National
Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnership.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Eligibility. new text end

new text begin A district that offers a concurrent enrollment course according
to an agreement under section 124D.09, subdivision 10, is eligible to receive aid for the
costs of providing postsecondary courses at the high school. Beginning in fiscal year 2011,
districts only are eligible for aid if the college or university concurrent enrollment courses
offered by the district are accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment
Partnership, in the process of being accredited, or are shown by clear evidence to be of
comparable standard to accredited courses.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Aid. new text end

new text begin An eligible district shall receive $150 per pupil enrolled in a
concurrent enrollment course. The money must be used to defray the cost of delivering
the course at the high school. The commissioner shall establish application procedures
and deadlines for receipt of aid payments.
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.101, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Eligible institution.

"Eligible institution" means a postsecondary
educational institution located in this state or in a state with which the office has entered
into a higher education reciprocity agreement on state student aid programs that either
(1) is operated by this state, or (2) is operated publicly or privately and, as determined by
the office, maintains academic standards substantially equivalent to those of comparable
institutions operated in this state. new text begin The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities must accept the credits students who enroll at an institution in their
system received for National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnership certified
courses taken by the student while the student was in high school as a condition of
eligibility. The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota and private, nonprofit,
and career schools are encouraged to accept credits students who enroll at their institutions
received for National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnership certified courses
taken by the student while the student was in high school.
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Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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new text begin (a) $....... in fiscal year 2008 and $...... in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner of education for concurrent enrollment program aid.
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new text begin (b) $....... in fiscal year 2008 and $...... in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner of education for transfer to the Board of Regents of the
University of Minnesota for institutions to become provisional members of the National
Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnership.
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new text begin (c) $....... in fiscal year 2008 and $....... in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner of education for transfer to the Board of Trustees of the
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for institutions to become provisional members
of the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnership.
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