Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF2942

3E Relating to higher education; providing for the disclosure of certain higher
education data relating to crimes of violence, certain sexual offenses and the
use or possession of alcohol or drugs at postsecondary institutions, requiring a
signed student information release; allowing educational data sharing between
the department of education and the office of higher education as authorized by
the code of federal regulations for the purpose of analyzing and improving
school district instruction; modifying the definition of resident student for
purposes of determining eligibility for state financial aid for higher education
to include a spouse or dependent of a resident veteran; removing the expiration
date on a office of higher education surplus appropriation grant for living and
miscellaneous expense allowance increase; modifying Indian scholarship
provisions relating to student eligibility, scholarship use, costs of attendance
and award amounts; clarifying the ACHIEVE scholarship program purpose, allowing
the program to request additional student documentation, modifying student
eligibility requirements, application deadline and scholarship disbursement;
clarifying administrative funding for the teacher education and compensation
helps (TEACH) program grants for nonprofit organizations; specifying nondegree
program requirements; limiting use of the terms academy and institute to degree
granting schools; permitting conditional approval for degrees or names for new
schools; prohibiting certain school advertising or representation; clarifying
school fees for programs degree and nondegree programs; modifying membership of
the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU)
and the advisory council recommendations; requiring the Minnesota AFL-CIO to
recruit and screen labor candidates for MnSCU board of trustees appointment;
requiring the MnSCU board of trustees to report annually to the legislature on
the current policy setting the maximum number of semester credits required for a
baccalaureate and an associate of arts degree and identify requests for waivers
and granted requests for waiver; requiring surety bonds from certain schools
with a private career school license; modifying health professional education
loan forgiveness program requirements for midlevel practitioners, nurses (RN)
and other health care technicians; requiring the board of dentistry to authorize
persons to practice as oral health practitioners under conditions of
qualification, dentist supervision, board licensure and compliant practice,
specifying qualifications for practice, prohibiting practice prior to a certain
date, specifying certain education program conditions, an underserved areas
practice requirement and other law application; authorizing the office of higher
education to transfer funds to the Indian scholarship appropriation; increasing
a board of regents university of Minnesota appropriation contingent upon
performance goals completion; establishing the oral practitioner work group,
specifying membership, operation, research, recommendations, implementation
costs and expiration and requiring the commissioner of health in consultation
with the board of dentistry to convene the first meeting for oral health
practitioners regulation; requiring the office of higher education to study,
evaluate and report on the enrollment patterns of low-income family students in
higher education; requiring the governor to consider AFL-CIO candidate
recommendations in making MnSCU board of trustees appointments
(Ch. 298, 2008)