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     120B.131 College-level examination program (CLEP). 

    Subdivision 1.    Program structure.  The college-level 
 examination program (CLEP) offered by the College Board provides 
 students with the opportunity to demonstrate college-level 
 achievement and receive college credit or advanced standing 
 through a program of examinations in undergraduate college 
 courses.  Schools must provide information about CLEP and the 
 opportunity to receive college credit from a Minnesota 
 postsecondary institution to students successfully completing a 
 college-level course. 

    Subd. 2.    Reimbursement for examination fees.  The 
 state may reimburse college-level examination program (CLEP) 
 fees for a Minnesota public high school student who has 
 successfully completed one or more college-level courses in high 
 school and earned a satisfactory score on one or more CLEP 
 examinations in the following subjects:  composition and 
 literature, mathematics and science, social sciences and 
 history, foreign languages, and business and humanities.  The 
 state may reimburse each successful student for up to six 
 examination fees.  The commissioner shall establish application 
 procedures and a process and schedule for fee reimbursements.  
 The commissioner must give priority to reimburse the CLEP 
 examination fees of students of low-income families. 

    Subd. 3.    College credit.  The colleges and 
 universities of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 
 system must award, and the University of Minnesota and private 
 postsecondary institutions are encouraged to award, college 
 credit to high school students who receive a satisfactory score 
 on a CLEP examination under this section.  The commissioner, in 
 consultation with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, 
 shall set a passing score for college credits. 

    HIST: 1Sp2005 c 5 art 2 s 16 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.