HF 1649

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to higher education; providing resident 
  1.3             tuition rates for certain nonresident students; 
  1.4             phasing out the tuition reciprocity program; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 135A.031, 
  1.6             subdivision 2; 136A.08, subdivision 6, by adding a 
  1.7             subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.8             section 136A.08. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 135A.031, 
  1.11  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.12     Subd. 2.  [APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN ENROLLMENTS.] The 
  1.13  state share of the estimated expenditures for instruction shall 
  1.14  vary for some categories of students, as designated in this 
  1.15  subdivision. 
  1.16     (a) The state must provide at least 67 percent of the 
  1.17  estimated expenditures for: 
  1.18     (1) students who resided in the state for at least one 
  1.19  calendar year prior to applying for admission or dependent 
  1.20  students whose parent or legal guardian resides in Minnesota at 
  1.21  the time the student applies; 
  1.22     (2) Minnesota residents who can demonstrate that they were 
  1.23  temporarily absent from the state without establishing residency 
  1.24  elsewhere; 
  1.25     (3) until July 1, 2005, residents of other states or 
  1.26  provinces who are attending a Minnesota institution under a 
  1.27  tuition reciprocity agreement; 
  2.1      (4) beginning July 1, 2002, residents of Wisconsin, South 
  2.2   Dakota, and North Dakota who are undergraduates attending a 
  2.3   Minnesota institution at the resident undergraduate tuition 
  2.4   rate; and 
  2.5      (4) (5) students who have been in Minnesota as migrant 
  2.6   farmworkers, as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, 
  2.7   title 20, section 633.104, over a period of at least two years 
  2.8   immediately before admission or readmission to a Minnesota 
  2.9   public post-secondary institution, or students who are 
  2.10  dependents of such migrant farmworkers. 
  2.11     (b) The definition of full year equivalent for purposes of 
  2.12  the formula calculations in this chapter is twice the normal 
  2.13  value for the following enrollments: 
  2.14     (1) students who are concurrently enrolled in a public 
  2.15  secondary school and for whom the institution is receiving any 
  2.16  compensation under the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Act; 
  2.17  and 
  2.18     (2) students enrolled under the student exchange program of 
  2.19  the Midwest Compact. 
  2.20     (c) The state may not provide any of the estimated 
  2.21  expenditures for undergraduate students (1) who do not meet the 
  2.22  residency criteria under paragraph (a), or (2) who have 
  2.23  completed, without receiving a baccalaureate degree, 48 or more 
  2.24  quarter credits or the equivalent, applicable toward the degree, 
  2.25  beyond the number required for a baccalaureate in their major. 
  2.26  Credits for courses in which a student received a grade of "F" 
  2.27  or "W" shall be counted toward this maximum, as if the credits 
  2.28  had been earned. 
  2.29     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 136A.08, is 
  2.30  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.31     Subd. 2a.  [TERMINATION.] (a) Agreements negotiated under 
  2.32  this section for tuition reciprocity under subdivisions 3 and 4 
  2.33  are valid for students who have applied and have been approved 
  2.34  for tuition reciprocity by September 1, 2001, under reciprocity 
  2.35  agreements in effect on June 1, 2001.  All reciprocity 
  2.36  agreements under this section must be terminated according to 
  3.1   the terms of the agreement and this subdivision for students 
  3.2   applying after September 2, 2000.  No student may apply for or 
  3.3   be accepted into the reciprocity program after September 1, 
  3.4   2001.  Students participating in the tuition reciprocity program 
  3.5   as of September 2, 2001, may continue according to the terms of 
  3.6   the agreements, as follows: 
  3.7      (1) A student enrolled in a two-year institution may 
  3.8   complete a maximum of two years under the reciprocity agreement. 
  3.9      (2) A student enrolled as an undergraduate in a four-year 
  3.10  institution may complete the lesser of (i) the time necessary to 
  3.11  complete an undergraduate degree, or (ii) four years under the 
  3.12  reciprocity agreement. 
  3.13     (b) No student may participate in the reciprocity program 
  3.14  after July 1, 2005.  The office must provide each state with a 
  3.15  notice to terminate the reciprocity agreements under 
  3.16  subdivisions 3 and 4. 
  3.17     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 136A.08, 
  3.18  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  3.19     Subd. 6.  [APPROVAL.] An agreement made by the office under 
  3.20  this section is not valid as to a particular institution without 
  3.21  the approval of that institution's state or provincial governing 
  3.22  board.  A valid agreement under this subdivision that incurs 
  3.23  additional financial liability to the state or to any of the 
  3.24  Minnesota public post-secondary boards, beyond enrollment 
  3.25  funding adjustments, must be submitted to the commissioner of 
  3.26  finance and to the chairs of the higher education finance 
  3.27  divisions of the senate and house for review.  The agreement 
  3.28  remains valid unless it is disapproved in law All tuition 
  3.29  reciprocity agreements under this section are terminated 
  3.30  according to subdivision 2a. 
  3.31     Sec. 4.  [REPEALER.] 
  3.32     Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 136A.08, is repealed 
  3.33  effective July 1, 2005.