SF 1584

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to education; allowing waivers of application 
  1.3             fees under certain circumstances; allowing certain 
  1.4             exceptions to the enrollment limit for state grants; 
  1.5             modifying the allocation process for child care 
  1.6             grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 
  1.7             136A.121, subdivision 9; and 136A.125, subdivision 6; 
  1.8             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.9             chapter 135A. 
  1.10  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.11     Section 1.  [135A.042] [FEE WAIVER.] 
  1.12     The president of a state university, community college, or 
  1.13  technical college may waive the fee assessed to a student 
  1.14  applying for admission, if the president determines that the fee 
  1.15  would impose an economic hardship on the student or the 
  1.16  student's family. 
  1.17     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 136A.121, 
  1.18  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  1.19     Subd. 9.  [AWARDS.] An undergraduate student who meets the 
  1.20  board's requirements is eligible to apply for and receive a 
  1.21  grant in any year of undergraduate study unless the student has 
  1.22  obtained a baccalaureate degree or previously has been enrolled 
  1.23  full time or the equivalent for eight semesters or 12 
  1.24  quarters excluding courses taken from a Minnesota school or 
  1.25  post-secondary institution not participating in the state grant 
  1.26  program. 
  1.27     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 136A.125, 
  2.1   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  2.2      Subd. 6.  [YEARLY ALLOCATIONS TO INSTITUTIONS.] The board 
  2.3   shall base yearly allocations on the need for funds using 
  2.4   relevant factors as determined by the board in consultation with 
  2.5   the institutions.  Up to five percent of the allocation, as 
  2.6   determined by the board, funds spent on child care awards may be 
  2.7   used for an institution's administrative expenses related to the 
  2.8   child care grant program.  Any money designated, but not used, 
  2.9   for this purpose must be reallocated to child care grants.  An 
  2.10  institution may carry forward or backward ten percent of its 
  2.11  annual allocation to be used for awards.