Full-time graduate students exemption from the definition of public employee establishment
This bill amends Minnesota Statutes section 179A.03, subdivision 14, to exempt full-time graduate students employed by their educational institution from being classified as public employees. It directly affects graduate students working at public or nonprofit colleges/universities (excluding University of Minnesota Board of Regents positions) who are paid for their work. The key change removes the previous requirement that such employment must be tied to a work-study program or financial aid, broadening the exemption to cover all full-time graduate student employment. This creates a concrete policy change by expanding the group of students automatically excluded from public employee status under Minnesota law.
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Introduced Mar 24, 2025
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Clare Oumou Verbeten
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
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