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Minnesota
Office of Higher Education: student complaint data on private colleges and career schools is private
Minn. Stat. §§ 136A.672, subdivision 6, and 136A.8295, subdivision 7
In force.
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- Obligation class
- Access restriction
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are the Minnesota Office of Higher Education, treat student complaint data on schools covered by sections 136A.61 to 136A.71 as private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, and disclose them as section 136A.64, subdivision 5 provides, to law enforcement officials or in connection with a legal or administrative proceeding (Minn. Stat. 136A.672, subd. 6).
- Treat student complaint data on private career schools covered by sections 136A.822 to 136A.834 as private data on individuals, and disclose them only to law enforcement officials or in connection with a legal or administrative proceeding commenced to enforce a requirement of law (Minn. Stat. 136A.8295, subd. 7).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Sections 136A.672, subdivision 6, and 136A.8295, subdivision 7 classify student complaint data held by the Office of Higher Education as private and name the disclosures the office may make. No record, audit or demand for a record is named. The sections contain no territorial test.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
The Minnesota Office of Higher Education has the authority to review and take appropriate action on student complaints from schools covered under sections 136A.61 to 136A.71, and on student complaints from private career schools covered under sections 136A.822 to 136A.834.
Student complaint data on schools covered under sections 136A.61 to 136A.71 are private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, and the office may disclose them as provided in section 136A.64, subdivision 5. Section 136A.64, subdivision 5 allows the office to disclose records or information submitted to it to law enforcement officials or in connection with a legal or administrative proceeding.
Student complaint data on private career schools are private data on individuals, and the office may disclose them to law enforcement officials or in connection with a legal or administrative proceeding commenced to enforce a requirement of law.
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