2006 Minnesota Statutes

136A.62 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Words, terms, and phrases. The following words, terms, and phrases shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in this section for the purposes of sections 136A.61 to
136A.71.
    Subd. 2. Office. "Office" means the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
    Subd. 3. School. "School" means any individual, partnership, company, firm, society,
trust, association, corporation, or any combination thereof, which (a) is, owns, or operates a
private, nonprofit postsecondary education institution; (b) provides a postsecondary instructional
program or course leading to a degree whether or not for profit; (c) is, owns, or operates a
private, postsecondary education institution which uses the term "college", "academy", "institute"
or "university" in its name; or (d) operates for profit and provides programs or courses which
are intended to allow an individual to fulfill in part or totally the requirements necessary to
maintain a license to practice an occupation. School shall also mean any public postsecondary
educational institution located in another state or country which offers or makes available to a
Minnesota resident any course, program or educational activity which does not require the leaving
of the state for its completion.
    Subd. 4. Degree. "Degree" means any award given by a school for completion of a program
or course which is designated by the term degree, associate, bachelor, baccalaureate, masters, or
doctorate, or any other award which the office shall include by rule.
    Subd. 5. Records. "Records" means those school documents and files containing student
data relating to academic credits, grades, degrees awarded, periods of attendance, and such other
matters as the office shall determine by rule.
History: 1975 c 201 s 2; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1978 c 603 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1995 c 212
art 3 s 39,59; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 60