HF 4503

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/04/2024 02:28pm

A bill for an act
relating to education; modifying requirements for eligible institutions for
postsecondary enrollment options; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement,
section 124D.09, subdivision 3.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.09, subdivision 3, is
amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Definitions.

For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings
given to them.

(a) "Eligible institution" means a Minnesota public postsecondary institution, a private,
nonprofit two-year trade and technical school granting associate degrees, an opportunities
industrialization center accredited by an accreditor recognized by the United States
Department of Education, or a private, residential, two-year or four-year, liberal arts,
degree-granting college or university located in Minnesota. deleted text begin An eligible institution must not
require a faith statement from a secondary student seeking to enroll in a postsecondary
course under this section during the application process or base any part of the admission
decision on a student's race, creed, ethnicity, disability, gender, or sexual orientation or
religious beliefs or affiliations.
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(b) "Course" means a course or program.

(c) "Concurrent enrollment" means nonsectarian courses in which an eligible pupil under
subdivision 5 or 5b enrolls to earn both secondary and postsecondary credits, are taught by
a secondary teacher or a postsecondary faculty member, and are offered at a high school
for which the district is eligible to receive concurrent enrollment program aid under section
124D.091.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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