1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education; allowing postsecondary enrollment in summer courses;
1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.09, subdivision 9.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 9.Enrollment priority.(a) A postsecondary institution must give priority to its
1.7postsecondary students when enrolling pupils in grades 10, 11, and 12 in its courses. A
1.8postsecondary institution may provide information about its programs to a secondary school
1.9or to a pupil or parent and it may advertise or otherwise recruit or solicit a secondary pupil
1.10to enroll in its programs on educational and programmatic grounds only except,
1.11notwithstanding other law to the contrary, and for the 2014-2015 through 2019-2020 school
1.12years only, an eligible postsecondary institution may advertise or otherwise recruit or solicit
1.13a secondary pupil residing in a school district with 700 students or more in grades 10, 11,
1.14and 12, to enroll in its programs on educational, programmatic, or financial grounds.
1.15 (b) An institution must not enroll secondary pupils, for postsecondary enrollment options
1.16purposes, in remedial, developmental, or other courses that are not college level except
1.17when a student eligible to participate and enrolled in the graduation incentives program
1.18under section 124D.68 enrolls full time in a middle or early college program. A middle or
1.19early college program must be specifically designed to allow the student to earn dual high
1.20school and college credit with a well-defined pathway to allow the student to earn a
1.21postsecondary degree or credential. In this case, the student must receive developmental
1.22college credit and not college credit for completing remedial or developmental courses.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 447
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Heintzeman and Schultz02/13/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy 2.1 (c) Once a pupil has been enrolled in any postsecondary course under this section, the
2.2pupil must not be displaced by another student.
2.3 (d) If a postsecondary institution enrolls a secondary school pupil in a course under this
2.4section, the postsecondary institution also must enroll in the same course an otherwise
2.5enrolled and qualified postsecondary student who qualifies as a veteran under section
2.6197.447, and demonstrates to the postsecondary institution's satisfaction that the institution's
2.7established enrollment timelines were not practicable for that student.
2.8 (e) A postsecondary institution must allow secondary pupils to enroll in online courses
2.9under this section consistent with the institution's policy regarding postsecondary pupil
2.10enrollment in online courses.
2.11 (f) A postsecondary institution must allow a secondary pupil to enroll in a summer course
2.12under this section consistent with the institution's policy regarding postsecondary pupil
2.13enrollment in summer courses.
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