1997 Minnesota Statutes

     135A.081 Remedial instruction; high school diploma 
  warranty. 

    Subdivision 1.    Conditions.  A public post-secondary 
 institution may provide remedial instruction if within 12 months 
 of first enrollment, the institution determines that the 
 student's English language reading or writing ability, or the 
 student's mathematic ability does not rise to the level that is 
 a necessary prerequisite to minimally acceptable comprehension 
 of entry level courses or programs at the institution. 

    Subd. 2.    Confirmation.  The institution's 
 determination of a student's substandard ability is confirmed if 
 the student scores below 12th grade level in a standardized test 
 in any of the following areas covered by the determination:  
 English language reading comprehension, English language 
 composition, or mathematics. 

    Subd. 3.    High school diploma warranty coverage.  (a) 
 If a student who graduated from a public high school scores 
 below the 8th grade level on a confirming test, the student's 
 high school shall pay the tuition for the student for all 
 remedial courses in the area covered by the confirming test that 
 the student takes in the first year after the student's 
 graduation from high school.  The student's high school shall 
 pay one-half of the tuition for the student for all remedial 
 courses in the area covered by the confirming test that the 
 student takes in the second year after the student's graduation 
 from high school.  This subdivision shall apply to students 
 graduating from a public high school on or after May 1, 1999. 

    (b) The payment of tuition by the public high school shall 
 be waived if the high school can demonstrate, through the 
 results of a standardized test, that the student had attained 
 8th grade level performance in the area covered by the 
 confirming test prior to graduation. 

    Subd. 4.    No credits; student costs.  A post-secondary 
 institution providing remedial instruction under this section 
 must not award credit to a student toward a degree or program 
 completion for remedial instruction provided under this section. 

    Subd. 5.    Just claim.  A request for payment for 
 remedial instruction to a student under this section is, under 
 section 123.40, subdivision 1, a just claim against the school 
 district that includes the student's high school. 

    HIST: 1Sp1997 c 4 art 7 s 40