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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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