Postsecondary institutions required to notify a pupil's school of the pupil's grades, and number of college credits granted each school year for postsecondary course enrollment limited.

A bill for an act

relating to education; requiring postsecondary institutions to notify a pupil's school

of the pupil's grades; limiting the number of college credits granted each school

year for postsecondary course enrollment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025

Supplement, section 124D.09, subdivisions 5, 12.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 124D.09, subdivision 5, is

amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Authorization; notification.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary,

an 11th or 12th grade pupil enrolled in a school district, a charter school, or an American

Indian-controlled Tribal contract or grant school eligible for aid under section
124D.83
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except a foreign exchange pupil enrolled in a district under a cultural exchange program,

may apply to an eligible institution, as defined in subdivision 3, to enroll in nonsectarian

courses offered by that postsecondary institution.

(b) If an institution accepts a secondary pupil for enrollment under this section, the

institution shall send written notice to the pupil, the pupil's school or school district, and

the commissioner. The notice must indicate the course and hours of enrollment of that pupil.

The institution must notify the pupil's school as soon as practicable if the pupil withdraws

from the enrolled course. The institution must also notify the pupil's school as soon as

practicable if the pupil has been absent from a course for ten consecutive days on which

classes are held, based upon the postsecondary institution's academic calendar, and the pupil

is not receiving instruction in their home or hospital or other facility.

(c) If the pupil enrolls in a course for postsecondary credit, the institution must notify:

(1) the pupil about payment in the customary manner used by the institution;
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(2) the pupil's school as soon as practicable if the pupil withdraws from the course or

stops attending the course
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(3) the pupil's school, at least twice per quarter or semester, of the pupil's grades or other

available information on the pupil's academic progress.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective July 1, 2026.

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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 124D.09, subdivision 12, is amended

to read:

Subd. 12.

Credits; grade point average weighting policy.

(a) A pupil must not audit

a course under this section.

(b) A school district, charter school, or Tribal contract school must grant academic credit

to a pupil enrolled in a course for secondary credit if the pupil successfully completes the

course. Seven quarter or four semester college credits equal at least one full year of high

school credit. Fewer college credits may be prorated. A school district, charter school, or

Tribal contract school must also grant academic credit to a pupil enrolled in a course for

postsecondary credit if secondary credit is requested by a pupil. If no comparable course is

offered by the school district, charter school, or Tribal contract school, the school district,

charter school, or Tribal contract school must, as soon as possible, notify the commissioner,

who must determine the number of credits that must be granted to a pupil who successfully

completes a course. If a comparable course is offered by the school district, charter school,

or Tribal contract school, the school board must grant a comparable number of credits to

the pupil. If there is a dispute between the school district, charter school, or Tribal contract

school and the pupil regarding the number of credits granted for a particular course, the

pupil may appeal the board's decision to the commissioner. The commissioner's decision

regarding the number of credits is final.

(c) A school board must adopt a policy regarding weighted grade point averages for any

high school or dual enrollment course. A school board must adopt an identical policy

regarding weighted grade point averages for credits earned via postsecondary coursework

as it gives to credits earned via concurrent enrollment coursework. The policy must state

whether the school district, charter school, or Tribal contract school offers weighted grades.

A school board must annually publish on its website a list of courses for which a student

may earn a weighted grade.

(d) The secondary credits granted to a pupil must be counted toward the graduation

requirements and subject area requirements of the school district, charter school, or Tribal

contract school. Evidence of successful completion of each course and secondary credits

granted must be included in the pupil's secondary school record. A pupil must provide the

school with a copy of the pupil's grades in each course taken for secondary credit under this

section, including interim or nonfinal grades earned during the academic term. Upon the

request of a pupil, the pupil's secondary school record must also include evidence of

successful completion and credits granted for a course taken for postsecondary credit. In

either case, the record must indicate that the credits were earned at a postsecondary institution.

(e) If a pupil enrolls in a postsecondary institution after leaving secondary school, the

postsecondary institution must award postsecondary credit for any course successfully

completed for secondary credit at that institution. Other postsecondary institutions may

award, after a pupil leaves secondary school, postsecondary credit for any courses

successfully completed under this section. An institution may not charge a pupil for the

award of credit.

(f) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the

Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota must, and private nonprofit and proprietary

postsecondary institutions should, award postsecondary credit for any successfully completed

courses in a program certified by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships

offered according to an agreement under subdivision 10. Consistent with section
135A.101,

subdivision 3
, all MnSCU institutions must give full credit to a secondary pupil who

completes for postsecondary credit a postsecondary course or program that is part or all of

a goal area or a transfer curriculum at a MnSCU institution when the pupil enrolls in a

MnSCU institution after leaving secondary school. Once one MnSCU institution certifies

as completed a secondary student's postsecondary course or program that is part or all of a

goal area or a transfer curriculum, every MnSCU institution must consider the student's

course or program for that goal area or the transfer curriculum as completed.

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(g) A pupil may be granted no more than 28 quarter or 16 semester college credits per

school year under this section.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective July 1, 2026.

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