1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education; requiring a postsecondary institution to notify a school of
1.3 student withdrawal; requiring a student to provide a school with a copy of grades
1.4 taken for secondary credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.09,
1.5 subdivisions 5, 12.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.09, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 5.Authorization; notification.Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary,
1.9an 11th or 12th grade pupil enrolled in a school or an American Indian-controlled tribal
1.10contract or grant school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign exchange
1.11pupil enrolled in a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply to an eligible
1.12institution, as defined in subdivision 3, to enroll in nonsectarian courses offered by that
1.13postsecondary institution. If an institution accepts a secondary pupil for enrollment under
1.14this section, the institution shall send written notice to the pupil, the pupil's school or school
1.15district, and the commissioner. The notice must indicate the course and hours of enrollment
1.16of that pupil. If the pupil enrolls in a course for postsecondary credit, the institution must
1.17notify:
1.18 (1) the pupil about payment in the customary manner used by the institution.; and
1.19 (2) the pupil's school as soon as practicable if the pupil withdraws from the course or
1.20stops attending the course.
1.21 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2023.
1Section 1.
23-01029 as introduced12/14/22 REVISOR CM/CH
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 182NINETY-THIRD SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: GRUENHAGEN and Cwodzinski)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading01/11/2023
Referred to Higher Education 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.09, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
2.2 Subd. 12.Credits; grade point average weighting policy.(a) A pupil must not audit
2.3a course under this section.
2.4 (b) A district shall must grant academic credit to a pupil enrolled in a course for secondary
2.5credit if the pupil successfully completes the course. Seven quarter or four semester college
2.6credits equal at least one full year of high school credit. Fewer college credits may be
2.7prorated. A district must also grant academic credit to a pupil enrolled in a course for
2.8postsecondary credit if secondary credit is requested by a pupil. If no comparable course is
2.9offered by the district, the district must, as soon as possible, notify the commissioner, who
2.10shall must determine the number of credits that shall must be granted to a pupil who
2.11successfully completes a course. If a comparable course is offered by the district, the school
2.12board shall must grant a comparable number of credits to the pupil. If there is a dispute
2.13between the district and the pupil regarding the number of credits granted for a particular
2.14course, the pupil may appeal the board's decision to the commissioner. The commissioner's
2.15decision regarding the number of credits shall be is final.
2.16 (c) A school board must adopt a policy regarding weighted grade point averages for any
2.17high school or dual enrollment course. The policy must state whether the district offers
2.18weighted grades. A school board must annually publish on its website a list of courses for
2.19which a student may earn a weighted grade.
2.20 (d) The secondary credits granted to a pupil must be counted toward the graduation
2.21requirements and subject area requirements of the district. Evidence of successful completion
2.22of each course and secondary credits granted must be included in the pupil's secondary
2.23school record. A pupil shall must provide the school with a copy of the pupil's grade grades
2.24in each course taken for secondary credit under this section, including interim or nonfinal
2.25grades earned during the academic term. Upon the request of a pupil, the pupil's secondary
2.26school record must also include evidence of successful completion and credits granted for
2.27a course taken for postsecondary credit. In either case, the record must indicate that the
2.28credits were earned at a postsecondary institution.
2.29 (e) If a pupil enrolls in a postsecondary institution after leaving secondary school, the
2.30postsecondary institution must award postsecondary credit for any course successfully
2.31completed for secondary credit at that institution. Other postsecondary institutions may
2.32award, after a pupil leaves secondary school, postsecondary credit for any courses
2.33successfully completed under this section. An institution may not charge a pupil for the
2.34award of credit.
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23-01029 as introduced12/14/22 REVISOR CM/CH 3.1 (f) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the
3.2Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota must, and private nonprofit and proprietary
3.3postsecondary institutions should, award postsecondary credit for any successfully completed
3.4courses in a program certified by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships
3.5offered according to an agreement under subdivision 10. Consistent with section 135A.101,
3.6subdivision 3, all MnSCU institutions must give full credit to a secondary pupil who
3.7completes for postsecondary credit a postsecondary course or program that is part or all of
3.8a goal area or a transfer curriculum at a MnSCU institution when the pupil enrolls in a
3.9MnSCU institution after leaving secondary school. Once one MnSCU institution certifies
3.10as completed a secondary student's postsecondary course or program that is part or all of a
3.11goal area or a transfer curriculum, every MnSCU institution must consider the student's
3.12course or program for that goal area or the transfer curriculum as completed.
3.13 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2023.
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