https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/Recent content in Chapter 135A — Funding Policy on MinnesotaLawyer.comHugoen-ushttps://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.01/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.01/This law says the state should provide stable funding for public colleges and universities in Minnesota. The legislature aims to pay at least 67 percent of the combined cost of tuition, university fees, and state funding. The goal is to support high-quality public higher education.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.011/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.011/This law lists five goals for Minnesota’s higher education system. These goals include providing high-quality education, helping students succeed, promoting democratic values, keeping college open to all Minnesotans, and strengthening the state’s economy and workforce.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.012/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.012/This law sets a goal that at least 70 percent of Minnesota residents ages 25 to 44 should have a college degree or job credential by 2025. The Office of Higher Education tracks progress toward this goal and reports to the legislature each year. The goal does not create any legal rights for individuals.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.02/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.02/This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.03/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.03/This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.031/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.031/This law explains how the state decides how much money to give the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. The legislature looks at each system’s budget requests, how well they meet state goals, and available funds. Both systems must submit detailed reports on spending, tuition, graduation rates, and other data with their budget requests.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.032/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.032/This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.033/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.033/This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.034/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.034/This law requires the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to set their top budget priorities based on statewide higher education goals. For capital building projects, both systems should consider maintaining existing buildings, finishing projects already started, updating facilities, spreading projects across the state, and using non-state funding.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.04/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.04/This law lets the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities set different tuition rates for different programs and levels of study. Tuition can vary based on the program, whether a student is an undergraduate or graduate, and how much the program costs to run.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.041/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.041/This law requires all public colleges and universities in Minnesota to show on student fee statements how much the state pays toward each student’s education. The statement must include the percentage of costs covered by tuition and the dollar amount the state pays for the average full-time student.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.042/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.042/This law allows the president of a state university, community college, or technical college to waive the application fee for a student. The fee can be waived if the president decides that paying it would be a financial hardship for the student or their family.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.043/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.043/This law lets certain students pay in-state tuition rates at Minnesota public colleges even if they are not U.S. citizens. To qualify, a student must have attended a Minnesota high school for at least three years and graduated or earned a GED in the state. Students without legal immigration status must also register for selective service and apply for lawful status if a process exists.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.0431/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.0431/This law says that any person who has been honorably discharged from the U.S. military is entitled to pay in-state tuition rates at Minnesota’s public colleges and universities. This benefit is in addition to any other tuition discounts a veteran may qualify for.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.0434/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.0434/This law says public colleges and universities cannot raise mandatory student activity fees by more than two percent without a student vote. If the University of Minnesota raises these fees without student approval, its state funding will be cut by one percent. This rule does not apply to fees for academic services, health services, or debt payments.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.044/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.044/This law allows public colleges and universities in Minnesota to use private funding sources to give financial aid to students who qualify for in-state tuition under section 135A.043. This is in addition to any other financial aid the school can already offer.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.045/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.045/This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.046/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.046/This law sets rules for how state money can be spent to maintain and repair buildings at public colleges and universities. HEAPR funds can be used for safety code compliance, disability access, hazardous material removal, energy efficiency, and building repairs. Schools must report their project priorities to the legislature each January.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.05/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.05/This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.051/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.051/This law protects students at Minnesota public colleges by letting them finish their program under the rules that were in place when they started. Students get 12 extra months beyond the normal program length to finish. This protection does not apply if the school discontinues the program.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.052/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.052/This law defines the different missions of Minnesota’s public college and university systems. Technical colleges provide vocational training, community colleges offer two-year transfer programs, state universities offer degrees up to the master’s level and some doctoral programs, and the University of Minnesota offers doctoral degrees and leads in research. All systems must use resources wisely and work together.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.053/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.053/This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.06/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.06/All subdivisions of this section have been repealed and are no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.061/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.061/This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.062/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.062/This law limits when colleges can ask about a student’s criminal record. Schools cannot ask about criminal history on an admissions application. After offering admission, a school may ask about violent felony or sexual assault convictions from the past five years. If the school takes back an offer, it must explain why and let the student appeal.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.07/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.07/This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.08/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.08/This law requires Minnesota’s public colleges and universities to create guides that show which courses transfer between schools. These guides must include credit for military training and courses. Public and private schools must also use a common numbering system to identify course levels like remedial, lower division, upper division, and graduate.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.081/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.081/This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.09/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.09/This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.10/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.10/All subdivisions of this section have been repealed and are no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.101/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.101/This law sets rules for the Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program, which lets high school students take college courses. Colleges cannot enroll PSEO students in developmental or non-college-level courses. If a PSEO student completes a transfer curriculum course at one Minnesota State school, all Minnesota State schools must accept it.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.11/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.11/This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.12/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.12/This law requires public colleges to support American Indian students. If ten or more full-time American Indian students request it, the school must set up an advisory committee to recommend programs and services. Students who speak an American Indian language can receive college credit or placement for their language skills, just like students who speak other non-English languages.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.121/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.121/The American Indian Scholars program provides free tuition and fees for eligible American Indian students at Minnesota public colleges and universities. To qualify, students must be enrolled members of a federally recognized tribe or Minnesota Tribal Nation, be in an undergraduate program, and make satisfactory academic progress. The benefit covers up to 12 semesters.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.13/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.13/This law asks public college governing boards to set prices for goods and services sold through student services as close to the actual cost of providing them as possible. The goal is to keep prices fair for students.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.131/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.131/This law allows public college governing boards to pay local government assessments, such as for road or utility improvements, as long as the amount is less than five percent of the board’s repair and replacement budget.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.135/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.135/This law requires Minnesota State colleges and universities to give new students information about personal financial management during registration. Students should learn how to manage their finances, including how to use credit responsibly. The requirement can be waived if a student takes a college course that covers the same material.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.136/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.136/This law says public colleges must let students opt out of the school’s required health insurance plan if the student already has coverage from another source. This includes employer coverage, private insurance, MinnesotaCare, or health sharing organizations. Schools must tell students about their right to request this waiver.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.1365/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.1365/This law requires Minnesota State colleges and universities to provide free menstrual products like pads and tampons in student restrooms. The University of Minnesota is requested to do the same. The products must be available at no cost to students.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.1367/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.1367/This law requires Minnesota State colleges and universities to keep a supply of opiate antagonists like naloxone (Narcan) on each campus. Residential buildings must have at least two doses of nasal naloxone available. The state health commissioner must provide training resources to help schools respond to opioid overdose emergencies.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.1368/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.1368/This law provides state funding for opiate antagonists like naloxone at Minnesota’s tribal colleges, including Leech Lake, White Earth, and Red Lake Nation Tribal Colleges. Each campus must keep a supply on site, and residential buildings must have at least two nasal doses available for overdose emergencies.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.137/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.137/This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.14/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.14/This law requires students born after 1956 at Minnesota colleges with more than 100 students to show proof of immunization against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, and tetanus. Students can get exemptions for medical reasons or personal beliefs. Schools must also provide information about hepatitis and meningitis to first-time students.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.144/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.144/This law limits when schools can withhold student transcripts over unpaid debts. Schools cannot refuse transcripts if the debt is under $1,000, if the student is on a payment plan, if an employer requests it, if the debt has been sent to collections, or if the student is incarcerated. Schools also cannot charge higher fees for transcripts because a student owes money.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.145/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.145/This law bans colleges from selling or giving undergraduate students’ contact information to credit card companies without the student’s permission. Schools and their organizations also cannot enter agreements to market credit cards to undergraduate students. The attorney general can take legal action against violators.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.1459/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.1459/This law allows the state, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota, and cities to create hiring policies that help local residents or people with criminal records find jobs.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.15/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.15/This law requires Minnesota colleges to have a detailed sexual misconduct policy covering sexual assault, harassment, stalking, and intimate partner violence. The policy must protect victims’ rights, provide reporting procedures, require investigations, and ensure fair disciplinary proceedings. Schools must train staff and students, provide online reporting, coordinate with local police, and report annual statistics.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.153/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.153/This section creates the Higher Education Center on Violence and Abuse, housed at a Minnesota college or university. The center serves as a resource hub for education about violence, sponsors research and conferences, funds pilot projects, and helps professions that deal with victims and offenders get better training.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.155/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.155/This section requires the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system and eligible private colleges to adopt a clear written policy on hazing. The policy must include procedures for reporting hazing incidents and disciplinary actions. Schools must make the policy available to students through handbooks, websites, or other means.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.157/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.157/This section requires Minnesota colleges and universities to notify students that having a criminal record may limit their job options in certain careers and affect their ability to get financial aid. The notice must be given when a student is accepted and again when they choose a major.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.158/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.158/This section requires Minnesota colleges and universities to provide student parents and pregnant students with a fact sheet about their legal rights and a list of available resources. The resources may include help with prenatal care, child care, transportation, and housing. The information must be available in languages that match the student body.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.1581/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.1581/This section requires Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and eligible private colleges to assign at least one employee as a navigator to help parenting students. The navigator connects students with resources like health coverage, food assistance, housing, child care, transportation, and academic support. Schools must also begin collecting data on parenting students by 2026.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.1582/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.1582/This section protects pregnant and parenting students at Minnesota colleges from being forced to withdraw, limit their studies, or change their major because of pregnancy or parenting. Schools must provide reasonable accommodations, excuse pregnancy-related absences, allow make-up work, and offer leaves of absence with the right to return in good standing.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.16/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.16/This section was repealed in 2024. It no longer contains any active law.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.161/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.161/This section has been renumbered to section 136A.921. It no longer contains active law at this location.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.162/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.162/This section has been renumbered to section 136A.922. Its subdivisions, which dealt with inclusive higher education grants, are now found at that new location.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.163/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.163/Known as the Minnesota RISE Act, this section requires colleges to make it easier for students with disabilities to get accommodations. Schools must accept a range of documentation including IEPs, 504 plans, and records from health professionals. Schools must start the accommodation process when a student self-discloses a disability.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.165/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.165/This section provides tuition assistance for deaf Minnesota residents attending a state college, university, or the University of Minnesota. The assistance covers tuition and fees remaining after federal and state grants. To qualify, a deaf student must also receive either a federal Pell grant or a state grant.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.17/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.17/This section helps college students vote by allowing schools to provide photo ID cards and by requiring schools that accept state financial aid to prepare certified lists of students living on campus or nearby. These lists are sent to county auditors for use in election day voter registration.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.18/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.18/This section allows public college and university governing boards to make agreements with local school boards to offer college courses taught by high school teachers or college faculty to eligible high school students. Courses must be nonsectarian and can be held at the high school or another location.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.181/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.181/This section was repealed in 1995. It no longer contains any active law.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.19/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.19/This section allows the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system and the University of Minnesota to lay off employees immediately without notice if they declare a financial emergency. A financial emergency exists when projected revenue is less than 93% of the approved budget and tuition would need to increase by more than three times the inflation rate.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.191/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.191/This section requires publicly funded higher education research facilities that plan to euthanize a dog or cat for non-research reasons to first offer the animal to an animal rescue organization. Facilities that give animals to rescue groups in good faith are protected from civil liability.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.195/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.195/This section regulates contracts between Minnesota colleges and online program management (OPM) companies. Contracts cannot include tuition sharing, give the company ownership of faculty intellectual property, or let the company control curriculum, admissions, or grading. All contracts must be approved by the governing board.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.20/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.20/This section enacts the Midwestern Higher Education Compact, an agreement among Midwestern states to expand higher education opportunities across the region. The compact creates a commission with representatives from each member state that studies higher education needs and arranges student exchange programs.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.21/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.21/This section explains how Minnesota picks its five members for the Midwestern Higher Education Commission. One member comes from the House, one from the Senate, the governor serves or appoints a designee, and two at-large members are appointed by the governor, with at least one from higher education.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.22/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.22/This section clarifies that joining the Midwestern Higher Education Compact does not change any existing tuition reciprocity agreements that Minnesota has with neighboring states.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.25/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.25/Known as the Textbook Disclosure, Pricing, and Access Act, this section requires textbook publishers to disclose prices, editions, and ISBNs to colleges and bookstores. Publishers must make bundled textbook materials available in unbundled form. Schools must hold annual workshops on reducing textbook costs.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.26/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.26/This section was repealed in 2011. It no longer contains any active law.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.30/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.30/This section creates the Minnesota Academic Excellence Scholarship to reward high school graduates who show outstanding ability in English, fine arts, foreign language, math, science, or social science. The scholarship covers up to full tuition and fees for one year and can be renewed for up to three more years.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.50/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.50/This section was repealed in 1992. It no longer contains any active law.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.51/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.51/This section defines key terms for the senior citizen college program. A ‘senior citizen’ is a person age 62 or older (or age 60 with a railroad retirement annuity). A ‘course’ is any class offered by a state college or university.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.52/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.52/This section lets Minnesota senior citizens (age 62+) attend classes at state colleges and the University of Minnesota without paying tuition or activity fees, as long as space is available after tuition-paying students are accommodated. Seniors who audit courses pay nothing extra.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.61/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/135a.61/This section has been renumbered to section 136A.862. It no longer contains active law at this location.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/136a.862/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/136a.862/This section was repealed in 2015. It no longer contains any active law.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/136a.921/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-135a/136a.921/This section establishes the Inclusive Higher Education Technical Assistance Center at the University of Minnesota. The center helps Minnesota colleges create and improve programs for students with intellectual disabilities. It provides technical assistance, training, and information to schools, students, and families.