1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; regulating tuition for
1.3 	certain students; proposing coding for new law in
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 135A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [135A.53] RESIDENT TUITION.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Findings. This section does not confer
1.8 	postsecondary education benefits on the basis of residence
1.9 	within the meaning of United States Code, title 8, section 1623.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Purpose. This section is to provide educational
1.11 	opportunity to children who grew up in Minnesota so that they
1.12 	may help improve the overall economic condition of the state.
1.13 		Subd. 3.Qualifications for in-state tuition rates. (a)
1.14 	A student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning of
1.15 	United States Code, title 8, section 1101, subsection (a),
1.16 	paragraph 15, shall qualify for a resident tuition rate or its
1.17 	equivalent at state universities and colleges, including the
1.18 	University of Minnesota, if the student meets all of the
1.19 	following requirements:
1.20 	(1) high school attendance within the state for two or more
1.21 	years;
1.22 	(2) graduation from a state high school or attainment of
1.23 	the equivalent of high school graduation; and 
1.24 	(3) registration as an entering student at, or current
1.25 	enrollment in, a public institution of higher education.
2.1 	(b) This section is in addition to any other statute, rule,
2.2 	or higher education institution regulation or policy providing
2.3 	eligibility for a resident tuition rate or its equivalent to a
2.4 	student.

2.5 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.6 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment
2.7 	and applies to tuition for school terms commencing on or after
2.8 	that date.