2000 Minnesota Statutes

     124D.84 Indian scholarships. 

    Subdivision 1.    Awards.  The commissioner, with the 
 advice and counsel of the Minnesota Indian scholarship 
 committee, may award scholarships to any Minnesota resident 
 student who is of one-fourth or more Indian ancestry, who has 
 applied for other existing state and federal scholarship and 
 grant programs, and who, in the opinion of the commissioner, has 
 the capabilities to benefit from further education.  
 Scholarships must be for accredited degree programs in 
 accredited colleges or universities or for courses in accredited 
 business, technical, or vocational schools.  Scholarships shall 
 be used to defray the total cost of education including tuition, 
 incidental fees, books, supplies, transportation, other related 
 school costs and the cost of board and room and shall be paid 
 directly to the college or school concerned.  The total cost of 
 education includes all tuition and fees for each student 
 enrolling in a public institution and the portion of tuition and 
 fees for each student enrolling in a private institution that 
 does not exceed the tuition and fees at a comparable public 
 institution.  Each student shall be awarded a scholarship based 
 on the total cost of the student's education and a standardized 
 need analysis.  The amount and type of each scholarship shall be 
 determined through the advice and counsel of the Minnesota 
 Indian scholarship committee.  

    When an Indian student satisfactorily completes the work 
 required by a certain college or school in a school year the 
 student is eligible for additional scholarships, if additional 
 training is necessary to reach the student's educational and 
 vocational objective.  Scholarships may not be given to any 
 Indian student for more than five years of study without special 
 approval of the Minnesota Indian scholarship committee.  

    Subd. 2.    Indian scholarship committee.  The Minnesota 
 Indian scholarship committee is established.  The commissioner 
 must appoint members with the assistance of the Indian affairs 
 council as provided in section 3.922, subdivision 6.  Members 
 shall be reimbursed for expenses as provided in section 15.059, 
 subdivision 6.  The commissioner shall determine the membership 
 terms and duration of the committee, which expires no later than 
 June 30, 2001.  The committee shall provide advice to the 
 commissioner in awarding scholarships to eligible American 
 Indian students and in administering the commissioner's duties 
 regarding awarding of American Indian post-secondary preparation 
 grants to school districts.  

    HIST: Ex1959 c 71 art 5 s 36; 1971 c 176 s 1; 1977 c 384 s 1; 
 1983 c 258 s 28; 1Sp1985 c 11 s 12; 1988 c 629 s 28; 1988 c 718 
 art 3 s 3; 1993 c 224 art 9 s 32; art 13 s 40; 1993 c 374 s 23; 
 1997 c 192 s 20; 1998 c 397 art 2 s 107,164; 1998 c 398 art 5 s 
 55; 2000 c 489 art 3 s 4 

*   NOTE:  See section 15.059, subdivision 5a, for expiration 
*of Indian scholarship committee.