2003 Minnesota Statutes

     136A.03 Executive officers; employees. 

    The Higher Education Services Office shall be under the 
 administrative control of the director.  The director shall 
 serve in the unclassified service of the state civil service.  
 The director, or the director's designated representative, on 
 behalf of the office is authorized to sign contracts and execute 
 all instruments necessary or appropriate to carry out the 
 purposes of sections 136A.01 to 136A.178 for the office.  The 
 salary of the director shall be established according to section 
 15A.0815.  The director may appoint other professional employees 
 who shall serve in the unclassified service of the state civil 
 service.  All other employees shall be in the classified civil 
 service.  

    An employee appointed by the director to serve in the 
 unclassified service as provided in this section, is a person 
 who has studied higher education or a related field at the 
 graduate level or has similar experience and who is qualified 
 for a career in financial aid and other aspects of higher 
 education and for activities in keeping with the planning and 
 administrative responsibilities of the office and who is 
 appointed to assume responsibility for administration of 
 educational programs or research in matters of higher education. 

    HIST: 1965 c 809 s 32 subd 6; 1967 c 615 s 1; 1967 c 895 s 3; 
 1975 c 271 s 6; 1983 c 299 s 21; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 
 11; 1997 c 183 art 3 s 11; 2Sp1997 c 3 s 18; 2003 c 133 art 2 s 
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