Minnesota SF 1978: Crime of falsely reporting a crime motivated by bias establishment

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to higher education; providing that undocumented noncitizens are ineligible​
1.3 for state financial aid programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section​
1.4 136A.1465, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,​
1.5 chapter 136A.​
1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.7 Section 1. [136A.099] STATE-FUNDED FINANCIAL AID TO UNDOCUMENTED​
1.8 NONCITIZENS PROHIBITED.​
1.9 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, noncitizens of the United States who are​
1.10 undocumented or otherwise not lawfully present in the United States must not receive from​
1.11 the commissioner any payment, grant, loan, subsidy, or other form of financial aid or​
1.12 assistance funded by state tax revenue.​
1.13 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and​
1.14 applies to financial aid awards beginning in the fall term of the 2025-2026 academic year.​
1.15 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136A.1465, subdivision 1, is amended to read:​
1.16 Subdivision 1.Definitions.The following terms have the meanings given:​
1.17 (1) "eligible student" means a resident student under section 136A.101, subdivision 8,​
1.18 clauses (1) to (8) or (10), who is enrolled in any public postsecondary educational institution​
1.19 or Tribal college and who meets the eligibility requirements in subdivision 2;​
1.20 (2) "gift aid" includes:​
1.21 (i) all federal financial aid that is not a loan or pursuant to a work-study program;​
1​Sec. 2.​
25-03909 as introduced​02/13/25 REVISOR VH/VJ​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 1978​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: RARICK, Drazkowski, Gruenhagen, Coleman and Jasinski)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​569​02/27/2025​
Referred to Higher Education​

2.1 (ii) state financial aid, unless designated for other expenses, that is not a loan or pursuant​
2.2 to a work-study program;​
2.3 (iii) institutional financial aid, including a grant, scholarship, tuition waiver, fellowship​
2.4 stipend, or other payment, unless designated for other expenses, that is not a loan or pursuant​
2.5 to a work-study program; and​
2.6 (iv) all private financial aid that is not a loan or pursuant to a work-study program.​
2.7 Financial aid from the state, public postsecondary educational institutions, and Tribal colleges​
2.8 that is specifically designated for other expenses is not gift aid for purposes of the North​
2.9 Star Promise scholarship.​
2.10 (3) "other expenses" includes books, required supplies, child care, emergency assistance,​
2.11 food, and housing;​
2.12 (4) "public postsecondary educational institution" means an institution operated by this​
2.13 state, or the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota;​
2.14 (5) "recognized cost of attendance" has the meaning given in United States Code, title​
2.15 20, chapter 28, subchapter IV, part F, section 1087ll;​
2.16 (6) "Tribal college" means a college defined in section 136A.1796, subdivision 1,​
2.17 paragraph (c); and​
2.18 (7) "tuition and fees" means the actual tuition and mandatory fees charged by an​
2.19 institution.​
2.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and​
2.21 applies to scholarship awards beginning in the fall term of the 2025-2026 academic year.​
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25-03909 as introduced​02/13/25 REVISOR VH/VJ​