2007 Minnesota Code
Chapters 135A - 137 Postsecondary Education
Chapter 136A Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Section 136A.653 EXEMPTIONS.

136A.653 EXEMPTIONS.
Subdivision 1. Exemption. A school that is subject to licensing by the office under chapter
141, is exempt from the provisions of sections 136A.61 to 136A.71. The determination of the
office as to whether a particular school is subject to regulation under chapter 141 is final for the
purposes of this exemption.
Subd. 2. Educational program; nonprofit organizations. Educational programs which
are sponsored by a bona fide and nonprofit trade, labor, business, professional or fraternal
organization, which programs are conducted solely for that organization's membership or for the
members of the particular industries or professions served by that organization, and which are not
available to the public on a fee basis, are exempted from the provisions of sections 136A.61 to
136A.71.
Subd. 3. Educational program; business firms. Educational programs which are sponsored
by a business firm for the training of its employees or the employees of other business firms with
which it has contracted to provide educational services at no cost to the employees are exempted
from the provisions of sections 136A.61 to 136A.71.
Subd. 4. Voluntary submission. Any school or program exempted from the provisions of
sections 136A.61 to 136A.71 by the provisions of this section may voluntarily submit to the
provisions of those sections.
History: 1978 c 603 s 6; 1Sp1993 c 2 art 2 s 18; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59