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136A.124 Advanced placement and international baccalaureate grant.

Subdivision 1. Establishment. Appropriations for this section must be used by the office for grants to encourage Minnesota students participating in advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs to attend a college or university in Minnesota. For enrollment beginning in the fall of 2002, the grants must be awarded to students who apply for the grant, are eligible under subdivision 2, and who enroll in an eligible institution as defined in subdivision 2 during the year following high school graduation. An institution, on behalf of the student, must request payment of the grant from the higher education services office. The grant may be used only for the costs of the actual tuition, required fees, and books in nonsectarian courses or programs. A grant under this section may be made for a maximum of two years.

Subd. 2. Eligibility. A grant must be awarded to a student scoring an average of three or higher on five or more advanced placement examinations on full-year courses or an average of four or higher on five or more international baccalaureate examinations on full-year courses. The annual amount of each grant must be based on the student's scores on the examinations and the funds available under this section.

A grant under this subdivision must not affect a recipient's eligibility for a state grant under section 136A.121.

Subd. 3. Allocation of funds. The office, in consultation with representatives of the advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs selected by the advanced placement advisory council, international baccalaureate of Minnesota (IBMN), and the department of children, families, and learning must allocate the available funds fairly between the advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs.

Subd. 4. Eligible institution. An "eligible institution" under this section is a public or private four-year degree-granting college or university or a two-year public college in Minnesota that has a credit and placement policy for either advanced placement or international baccalaureate scholarship recipients, or both. Each eligible institution must annually certify its policies to the office. The office must provide each Minnesota secondary school with a copy of the post-secondary advanced placement and international baccalaureate policies of eligible institutions.

HIST: 1Sp2001 c 1 art 2 s 12

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