2006 Minnesota Statutes

136A.15 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Scope. For purposes of sections 136A.15 to 136A.1702, the terms defined in
this section have the meanings ascribed to them.
    Subd. 2. Academic year or its equivalent. "Academic year or its equivalent" shall be as
defined in the federal regulations which govern the administration of the National Vocational
Student Loan Insurance Act of 1965 and title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
    Subd. 3. Office. "Office" means the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
    Subd. 4. Director. "Director" means the director of the Minnesota Office of Higher
Education.
    Subd. 5. Province. "Province" means the Canadian province of Manitoba.
    Subd. 6. Eligible institution. "Eligible institution" means a postsecondary educational
institution that either (1) is operated or regulated by this state, or (2) is operated publicly or
privately in another state, is approved by the United States Secretary of Education, and, as
determined by the office, maintains academic standards substantially equal to those of comparable
institutions operated in this state. It also includes any institution chartered in a province.
    Subd. 7. Eligible lender. "Eligible lender" means an eligible institution, an agency or
instrumentality of a state, or a financial or credit institution (including an insurance company)
which is subject to examination and supervision by an agency of the state of Minnesota or of the
United States.
    Subd. 8. Eligible student. "Eligible student" means a student who is officially registered or
accepted for enrollment at an eligible institution in Minnesota or a Minnesota resident who is
officially registered as a student or accepted for enrollment at an eligible institution in another
state or province. Eligible student, except for purposes of section 136A.1701, includes parents
of an eligible student as the term "parent" is defined in the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended, and applicable regulations. Except for the purposes of section 136A.1701, eligible
student also includes students eligible for auxiliary loans as the term "auxiliary" is defined in the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and applicable regulations. An eligible student, for
section 136A.1701, means a student who gives informed consent authorizing the disclosure of
data specified in section 136A.162, paragraph (b), to a consumer credit reporting agency.
    Subd. 9. Minnesota resident. "Minnesota resident" means a student who meets one of
the following conditions:
(1) a student who has resided in Minnesota for purposes other than postsecondary education
for at least 12 months without being enrolled at a postsecondary educational institution for more
than five credits in any term;
(2) a dependent student whose parent or legal guardian resides in Minnesota at the time
the student applies;
(3) a student who graduated from a Minnesota high school, if the student was a resident of
Minnesota during the student's period of attendance at the Minnesota high school and the student
is physically attending a Minnesota postsecondary educational institution; or
(4) a student who, after residing in the state for a minimum of one year, earned a high
school equivalency certificate in Minnesota.
History: 1967 c 615 s 1; 1967 c 894 s 2; 1973 c 605 s 3,4; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1981 c 300 s 2;
1983 c 258 s 46; 1Sp1985 c 11 s 47; 1989 c 293 s 33-35; 1990 c 591 art 6 s 5; 1994 c 532 art 2 s
10; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 32,33,59; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 60; 2006 c 282 art 8 s 4