1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; removing obsolete language; exempting certain 
1.3 	Office of Higher Education student loan contracts from E-Verify program;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.32, subdivision 6; 16C.075.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.32, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 6.~~Admissions forms;~~ Remedial instruction. ~~(a) Minnesota postsecondary~~ 
1.8 	~~education institutions, for purposes of reporting and research, may collect on the~~ 
1.9 	~~1986-1987 admissions form, and disseminate to any public educational agency or~~ 
1.10 	~~institution the following data on individuals: student sex, ethnic background, age, and~~ 
1.11 	~~disabilities. The data shall not be required of any individual and shall not be used for~~ 
1.12 	~~purposes of determining the person's admission to an institution.~~
1.13 	~~(b)~~ (a) A school district that receives information under subdivision 3, paragraph 
1.14 	(h) from a postsecondary institution about an identifiable student shall maintain the 
1.15 	data as educational data and use that data to conduct studies to improve instruction. 
1.16 	Public postsecondary systems as part of their participation in the Statewide Longitudinal 
1.17 	Education Data System shall provide data on the extent and content of the remedial 
1.18 	instruction received by individual students, and the results of assessment testing and the 
1.19 	academic performance of, students who graduated from a Minnesota school district within 
1.20 	two years before receiving the remedial instruction. The Office of Higher Education, in 
1.21 	collaboration with the Department of Education, shall evaluate the data and annually 
1.22 	report its findings to the education committees of the legislature.
1.23 	~~(c)~~ (b) This section supersedes any inconsistent provision of law.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16C.075, is amended to read:
2.2 	16C.075 E-VERIFY.
2.3 	A contract for services valued in excess of $50,000 must require certification from 
2.4 	the vendor and any subcontractors that, as of the date services on behalf of the state of 
2.5 	Minnesota will be performed, the vendor and all subcontractors have implemented or are 
2.6 	in the process of implementing the federal E-Verify program for all newly hired employees 
2.7 	in the United States who will perform work on behalf of the state of Minnesota. This 
2.8 	section does not apply to contracts entered into by the:
2.9 	(1) State Board of Investment~~.~~; or
2.10 	(2) the Office of Higher Education for contracts related to the office's loan and 
2.11 	loan refinancing programs.