§ 139F.49

Lund v. Minnesota State Colleges & Universities · 2000 1 citation

These statements by MnSCU articulate and explain its refusal to license persons who do not have either a teaching position or an offer to teach. This refusal flows logically from MnSCU’s reading of Minn. Stat. § 139F.49 as limiting its licensing authority to “teaching personnel.” While other readings of that statute may be possible, we accord considerable weight to MnSCU’s reading of the statute. See Mammenga v. Department of Human Servs., 442 N.W.2d 786, 792 (Minn.1989) (stating courts are not bound by agency’s interpretation of its governing statute but that if meaning of statute is doubtful, “courts should give great Weight to a construction placed upon [the statute] by the Department charged with its administration”) (quoting Krumm v. R.A. Nadeau Co., 276 N.W.2d 641, 644 (Minn.1979)).