1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to higher education; reducing the student 
  1.3             share; modifying the child care grant program; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 136A.101, 
  1.5             subdivision 5a; 136A.121, subdivision 5; 136A.125, 
  1.6             subdivisions 2, 3, and 4; and 136A.233, by adding a 
  1.7             subdivision. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136A.101, 
  1.10  subdivision 5a, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 5a.  [ASSIGNED FAMILY RESPONSIBILITY.] "Assigned 
  1.12  family responsibility" means the amount of a family contribution 
  1.13  to a student's cost of attendance, as determined by a federal 
  1.14  need analysis, except that~~, beginning for the 1998-1999 academic~~ 
  1.15  ~~year,~~ up to $25,000 in savings and other assets shall be 
  1.16  subtracted from the federal calculation of net worth before 
  1.17  determining the contribution.  For dependent students, the 
  1.18  assigned family responsibility is the parental contribution.  
  1.19  For independent students with dependents other than a spouse, 
  1.20  the assigned family responsibility is the student contribution. 
  1.21  For independent students without dependents other than a spouse, 
  1.22  the assigned family responsibility is 80 percent of the student 
  1.23  contribution. 
  1.24     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136A.121, 
  1.25  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  1.26     Subd. 5.  [GRANT STIPENDS.] The grant stipend shall be 
  2.1   based on a sharing of responsibility for covering the recognized 
  2.2   cost of attendance by the applicant, the applicant's family, and 
  2.3   the government.  The amount of a financial stipend must not 
  2.4   exceed a grant applicant's recognized cost of attendance, as 
  2.5   defined in subdivision 6, after deducting the following:  
  2.6      (1) the assigned student responsibility of at least ~~47~~ 45 
  2.7   percent of the cost of attending the institution of the 
  2.8   applicant's choosing; 
  2.9      (2) the assigned family responsibility as defined in 
  2.10  section 136A.101; and 
  2.11     (3) the amount of a federal Pell grant award for which the 
  2.12  grant applicant is eligible. 
  2.13     The minimum financial stipend is $300 per academic year. 
  2.14     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136A.125, 
  2.15  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  2.16     Subd. 2.  [ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.] An applicant is eligible for 
  2.17  a child care grant if the applicant: 
  2.18     (1) is a resident of the state of Minnesota; 
  2.19     (2) has a child 12 years of age or younger, or 14 years of 
  2.20  age or younger who is handicapped as defined in section 125A.02, 
  2.21  and who is receiving or will receive care on a regular basis 
  2.22  from a licensed or legal, nonlicensed caregiver; 
  2.23     (3) is income eligible as determined by the office's 
  2.24  policies and rules~~, but is not a recipient of assistance from~~ 
  2.25  ~~either aid to families with dependent children or Minnesota~~ 
  2.26  ~~family investment program-statewide~~; 
  2.27     (4) has not earned a baccalaureate degree and has been 
  2.28  enrolled full time less than eight semesters, 12 quarters, or 
  2.29  the equivalent; 
  2.30     (5) is pursuing a nonsectarian program or course of study 
  2.31  that applies to an undergraduate degree, diploma, or 
  2.32  certificate; 
  2.33     (6) is enrolled at least half time in an eligible 
  2.34  institution; and 
  2.35     (7) is in good academic standing and making satisfactory 
  2.36  academic progress. 
  3.1      Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136A.125, 
  3.2   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  3.3      Subd. 3.  [ELIGIBLE POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION.] ~~A~~ 
  3.4   ~~Minnesota public post-secondary institution, a Minnesota~~ 
  3.5   ~~private, baccalaureate degree granting college or university, or~~ 
  3.6   ~~a Minnesota nonprofit two-year vocational technical school~~ 
  3.7   ~~granting associate degrees is eligible to receive child care~~ 
  3.8   ~~funds from the office and disburse them to eligible~~ 
  3.9   ~~students~~ "Eligible post-secondary institution" means any 
  3.10  post-secondary institution eligible for participation in the 
  3.11  Minnesota state grant program as specified in section 136A.101, 
  3.12  subdivision 4. 
  3.13     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136A.125, 
  3.14  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  3.15     Subd. 4.  [AMOUNT AND LENGTH OF GRANTS.] The amount of a 
  3.16  child care grant must be based on: 
  3.17     (1) the income of the applicant and the applicant's spouse, 
  3.18  if any; 
  3.19     (2) the number in the applicant's family, as defined by the 
  3.20  office; and 
  3.21     (3) the number of eligible children in the applicant's 
  3.22  family.  
  3.23     The maximum award to the applicant shall be ~~$2,000~~ $2,100 
  3.24  for each eligible child per academic year.  The office shall 
  3.25  prepare a chart to show the amount of a grant that will be 
  3.26  awarded per child based on the factors in this subdivision.  The 
  3.27  chart shall include a range of income and family size. 
  3.28     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136A.233, is 
  3.29  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  3.30     Subd. 5.  [COLLEGE CORPS.] Campuses participating in the 
  3.31  state work study program are encouraged to place students in the 
  3.32  college corps portion of the program under the supervision of 
  3.33  the services office.  Under the college corps, work study 
  3.34  students shall provide seventh- and eighth-grade students with 
  3.35  information about preparing academically and financially for 
  3.36  post-secondary education opportunities.  The services office 
  4.1   shall develop a curriculum, place work study students in junior 
  4.2   high and middle schools, and train and supervise the students.  
  4.3   The office shall seek to place work study students at schools 
  4.4   educating primarily low-income students whose parents have not 
  4.5   participated in post-secondary education.