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Board Policies
Chapter 5 - Administration

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5.11 Tuition and Fees

Part 1. Authority
Minnesota Statute 136F.06, Powers and Duties, states that the board shall set tuition and fees and adopt suitable policies for the institutions it governs.

Part 2. Tuition
Tuition shall be charged by all colleges and universities. All tuition must be identified separately on a tuition and fee statement.

Subpart A. Board approved tuition
The Board of Trustees shall approve the tuition structure for all colleges and universities. All colleges and universities shall charge tuition consistent with Minnesota statutes, board policies, and system procedures. The chancellor is authorized to make any necessary technical adjustments to the tuition rates.

Subpart B. Market-driven tuition
Colleges and universities may set and charge market-driven tuition for customized training, continuing education, distance learning, non-credit instruction, and contract post-secondary enrollment options programs.

Part 3. Fees
Three categories of fees shall be applied to students by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.

a. Mandatory fees are in statute or policy and are required to be charged by all colleges and universities.
b. Optional fees are established by the board and adopted at campus discretion.
c. Personal property and service charges include items that are retained by the student or services that are on the student’s behalf.

No fee shall be charged unless authorized by the board. All fees must be identified separately on a tuition and fee statement.

Subpart A. Mandatory fees
There are five mandatory fees: senior citizen fee in lieu of tuition, parking fee, late fee, payment plan fee and statewide student association fee. All colleges and universities shall charge these fees consistent with Minnesota statutes, board policies, and system procedures (see related documents below). The chancellor is authorized to make any necessary technical adjustments to the fee rates.

Subpart B. Optional fees
The board approves the optional fee maximums. Colleges and universities may establish policies to charge fees not to exceed the maximum amount approved by the board.

The authorized optional fees are:

1. Application fee
2. Credit for prior learning assessment fee
3. Student life/activity fee
4. Athletics fee
5. Health services fee
6. Special events fee
7. Residential learning community fee
8. Technology fee

Subpart C. Personal property and service charges
Colleges and universities may charge students the actual cost of property and services. The fee shall be for items that become the personal property of a student and have an educational or personal value beyond the classroom or for services for or on the behalf of the students. The actual cost shall be the allowable maximum charge.

Part 3. Student Consultation
All tuition and fees are subject to student consultation requirements as defined by Board Policy 2.3, Student Involvement in Decision Making

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Related Documents:

• Procedure 5.11.1 Fees
• Fee Amounts
• Future Senior Citizen Fee Guideline
• Policy 2.2 State Residency Requirements
• Policy 2.3 Student Involvement in Decision Making
• Procedure 2.3.1 Student Involvement in Decision Making
• Policy 5.9 Biennial and Operating Budget Planning & Administration Including Revenue Fund
• Board Action on Tuition and Fees
  - July 20, 2005 (FY 2006)
  - June 16, 2004 (FY 2005)
  - July 16, 2003 (FY 2004)
  - May 22, 2002 (FY2003)
  - July 18, 2001 (FY2002)
  - January 19, 2000 (FY2001)
  - July 21, 1999 (FY2000)

  To view any of the following related statutes, go to the Revisor's Web site (http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/). You can conduct a search from this site by typing in the statute number.

• MS 135A.04, Variable Tuition
• MS 135A.51 and 135A.52, Senior Citizens Higher Education Program
• MS 136F.06, Powers and Duties [of Board of Trustees]
• MS 136F.50, Cooperation or Promotion of a State College or University
• MS 136F.582, Local Contracting Authority [for customized training]
• MS 136A.08 Reciprocal agreements relating to nonresident tuition and other states or provinces

Date of Implementation: 08/15/07
Date of Adoption: 06/21/00

Date & Subject of Revisions:

08/15/07 - Amended Part 3, by adding two additional mandatory fees: late fees and payment plans fees and deleted the same two fees from the optional fees list (see July 20, 2005 Board Meeting minutes)

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