1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; modifying the definition of "resident student" 
1.3 	under state financial aid programs;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 
1.4 	136A.101, subdivision 8.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.101, subdivision 8, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 8.Resident student. "Resident student" means a student who meets one of 
1.9 	the following conditions:
1.10 	(1) a student who has resided in Minnesota for purposes other than postsecondary 
1.11 	education for at least 12 months without being enrolled at a postsecondary educational 
1.12 	institution for more than five credits in any term;
1.13 	(2) a dependent student whose parent or legal guardian resides in Minnesota at the 
1.14 	time the student applies;
1.15 	(3) a student who graduated from a Minnesota high school, if the student was a 
1.16 	resident of Minnesota during the student's period of attendance at the Minnesota high 
1.17 	school and the student is enrolled in a course requiring physical attendance at a Minnesota 
1.18 	postsecondary educational institution; or
1.19 	(4) a student who, after residing in the state for a minimum of one year, earned a 
1.20 	high school equivalency certificate in Minnesota.;
1.21 	(5) a member, spouse, or dependent of a member of the armed forces of the United 
1.22 	States stationed in Minnesota on active federal military service as defined in section 
1.23 	190.05, subdivision 5c, if the member files a state income tax return in Minnesota;
2.1 	(6) a person or spouse of a person who relocated to Minnesota from an area that is 
2.2 	declared a presidential disaster area within the preceding 12 months; or
2.3 	(7) a person defined as a refugee under United States Code, title 8, section 
2.4 	1101(a)(42), who, upon arrival in the United States, moved to Minnesota and has 
2.5 	continued to reside in Minnesota.