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Section 136A.121

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136A.121 Grants.

Subdivision 1. Repealed, 1989 c 293 s 85

Subd. 2. Eligibility for grants. An applicant is eligible to be considered for a grant, regardless of the applicant's sex, creed, race, color, national origin, or ancestry, under sections 136A.095 to 136A.131 if the office finds that the applicant:

(1) is a resident of the state of Minnesota;

(2) is a graduate of a secondary school or its equivalent, or is 17 years of age or over, and has met all requirements for admission as a student to an eligible college or technical college of choice as defined in sections 136A.095 to 136A.131;

(3) has met the financial need criteria established in Minnesota Rules;

(4) is not in default, as defined by the office, of any federal or state student educational loan; and

(5) is not more than 30 days in arrears for any child support payments owed to a public agency responsible for child support enforcement or, if the applicant is more than 30 days in arrears, is complying with a written payment agreement or order for arrearages. An agreement must provide for a repayment of arrearages at no less than 20 percent per month of the amount of the monthly child support obligation or no less than $30 per month if there is no current monthly child support obligation. Compliance means that payments are made by the payment date.

The director and the commissioner of human services shall develop procedures to implement clause (5).

Subd. 3. Allocation. Grants must be awarded on a funds available basis to those applicants who meet the office's requirements.

Subd. 4. Repealed, 1989 c 293 s 85

Subd. 5. Grant stipends. The grant stipend shall be based on a sharing of responsibility for covering the recognized cost of attendance by the applicant, the applicant's family, and the government. The amount of a financial stipend must not exceed a grant applicant's recognized cost of attendance, as defined in subdivision 6, after deducting the following:

(1) the assigned student responsibility of at least 50 percent of the cost of attending the institution of the applicant's choosing;

(2) the assigned family responsibility as defined in section 136A.101; and

(3) the amount of a federal Pell grant award for which the grant applicant is eligible.

The minimum financial stipend is $300 per academic year.

Subd. 6. Cost of attendance. (a) The recognized cost of attendance consists of allowances specified in law for room and board and miscellaneous expenses, and

(1) for public institutions, tuition and fees charged by the institution; or

(2) for private institutions, an allowance for tuition and fees equal to the lesser of the actual tuition and fees charged by the institution, or the private institution tuition maximums established in law.

(b) For the purpose of paragraph (a), clause (2), the private institution tuition maximum for two- and four-year, private, residential, liberal arts, degree-granting colleges and universities must be the same.

(c) For a student attending less than full time, the office shall prorate the recognized cost of attendance to the actual number of credits for which the student is enrolled.

The recognized cost of attendance for a student who is confined to a Minnesota correctional institution shall consist of the tuition and fee component in paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2), with no allowance for living expenses.

Subd. 7. Insufficient appropriation. If the amount appropriated is determined by the office to be insufficient to make full awards to applicants under subdivision 5, before any award for that year has been disbursed, awards must be reduced by

(1) adding a surcharge to the contribution of the applicant's parents, and

(2) a percentage increase in the applicant's contribution.

Subd. 8. Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 11 s 81

Subd. 9. Awards. An undergraduate student who meets the office's requirements is eligible to apply for and receive a grant in any year of undergraduate study unless the student has obtained a baccalaureate degree or previously has been enrolled full time or the equivalent for eight semesters or 12 quarters, excluding courses taken from a Minnesota school or post-secondary institution which is not participating in the state grant program and from which a student transferred no credit.

Subd. 9a. Full-year grants. Students may receive state grants for four consecutive quarters or three consecutive semesters during the course of a single fiscal year. In calculating a state grant for the fourth quarter or third semester, the office must use the same calculation as it would for any other term.

Subd. 10. Repealed, 1Sp1993 c 2 art 2 s 26

Subd. 11. Renewal conditions. Each grant is renewable, contingent on continued residency in Minnesota, satisfactory academic progress, recommendation of the eligible institution currently attended, and evidence of continued need.

Subd. 12. Annual application. To continue to receive a grant, the student must apply for renewal each year.

Subd. 13. Deadline. The office shall accept applications for state grants until February 15 and may establish a deadline for the acceptance of applications that is later than February 15.

Subd. 14. Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 11 s 81

Subd. 15. Repealed, 1989 c 293 s 85

Subd. 16. How applied; order. Grants awarded under this section must be applied to educational costs in the following order: tuition, fees, books, supplies, and other expenses. Unpaid portions of the awards revert to the grant account.

Subd. 17. Independent student information. The office shall inform students in its financial aid publications about the definition of independent student status and appeals to the financial aid administrator relating to the declaration of the status.

HIST: 1971 c 862 s 4; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1975 c 390 s 5; 1977 c 384 s 2; 1977 c 449 s 16; 1979 c 238 s 1-4; 1981 c 359 s 15,16; 1983 c 258 s 42; 1984 c 654 art 4 s 21; 1Sp1985 c 11 s 30-42; 1987 c 258 s 12; 1987 c 401 s 17,18; 1989 c 246 s 2; 1989 c 293 s 27; 1991 c 292 art 5 s 2; 1991 c 356 art 8 s 6-8; 1992 c 513 art 1 s 13; 1993 c 340 s 1; 1Sp1993 c 2 art 2 s 9,10; 1994 c 532 art 2 s 5; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 22-26,59; 1997 c 183 art 2 s 4,5

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