2003 Minnesota Statutes

     136A.01 Higher Education Services Office. 

    Subdivision 1.    Creation.  An office for higher 
 education in the state of Minnesota, to be known as the 
 Minnesota Higher Education Services Office or HESO, is created 
 with a director appointed by the governor with the advice and 
 consent of the senate and serving at the pleasure of the 
 governor. 

    Subd. 2.    Responsibilities.  The Higher Education 
 Services Office is responsible for: 

    (1) necessary state level administration of financial aid 
 programs, including accounting, auditing, and disbursing state 
 and federal financial aid funds, and reporting on financial aid 
 programs to the governor and the legislature; 

    (2) approval, registration, licensing, and financial aid 
 eligibility of private collegiate and career schools, under 
 sections 136A.61 to 136A.71 and chapter 141; 

    (3) administering the Telecommunications Council under Laws 
 1993, First Special Session chapter 2, article 5, section 2, the 
 Learning Network of Minnesota, and the Statewide Library Task 
 Force; 

    (4) negotiating and administering reciprocity agreements; 

    (5) publishing and distributing financial aid information 
 and materials, and other information and materials under section 
 136A.87, to students and parents; 

    (6) collecting and maintaining student enrollment and 
 financial aid data; 

    (7) administering the federal programs that affect students 
 and institutions on a statewide basis; and 

    (8) prescribing policies, procedures, and rules under 
 chapter 14 necessary to administer the programs under its 
 supervision. 

    HIST: 1965 c 809 s 32 subd 1; 1967 c 615 s 1; 1975 c 271 s 6; 
 1995 c 212 art 3 s 9; 2003 c 133 art 2 s 3