1st Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/12/2015 04:01pm
A bill for an act
relating to higher education; granting resident status for purposes of higher
education grants and scholarships to members of the state's National Guard
who reside in the state; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 136A.101,
subdivision 8.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 136A.101, subdivision 8, is amended to
read:
"Resident student" means a student who meets one of
the following conditions:
(1) a student who has resided in Minnesota for purposes other than postsecondary
education for at least 12 months without being enrolled at a postsecondary educational
institution for more than five credits in any term;
(2) a dependent student whose parent or legal guardian resides in Minnesota at the
time the student applies;
(3) a student who graduated from a Minnesota high school, if the student was a
resident of Minnesota during the student's period of attendance at the Minnesota high school
and the student is physically attending a Minnesota postsecondary educational institution;
(4) a student who, after residing in the state for a minimum of one year, earned a
high school equivalency certificate in Minnesota;
(5) a member, spouse, or dependent of a member of the armed forces of the United
States stationed in Minnesota on active federal military service as defined in section
190.05, subdivision 5c;
(6) a spouse or dependent of a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, if the veteran
is a Minnesota resident;
(7) a person or spouse of a person who relocated to Minnesota from an area that
is declared a presidential disaster area within the preceding 12 months if the disaster
interrupted the person's postsecondary education;
(8) a person defined as a refugee under United States Code, title 8, section
1101(a)(42), who, upon arrival in the United States, moved to Minnesota and has
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(9) a student eligible for resident tuition under section 135A.043deleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ; or
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(10) an active member of the state's National Guard who resides in Minnesota.
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