2007 Minnesota Statutes

136A.03 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS; EMPLOYEES.
The Minnesota Office of Higher Education 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.
History: 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 5; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 60