Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF0675

E Providing for the financing of higher education and related + purposes, making
certain base cuts and cutting the growth ARTICLE 1 -
APPROPRIATIONSAppropriating money to the higher education services office for
state+ grants for educational benefits to dependent children and to spouses of
+public safety officers killed in the line of duty, for interstate tuition
+reciprocity, for state work study, for child care grants, for Minitex and
MnLINK, for +the learning network, for income contingent loans for certain
medical +school graduates, for the college savings plan and for agency
administration+ of the post-high school planning, get ready and college
intervention +programs, to the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges
and universities +for instructional and noninstructional expenditures and for
the talented +youth mathematics program, to the board of regents of the
university +Minnesota for instructional and noninstructional expenditures, for
the agricultural experiment station and extension service, for certain health
sciences+ programs, for the institute of technology, for the natural resources
research +institute (NRRI), the center for urban and regional affairs, the Bell
museum +and the Humphrey exhibit and for the academic health center and to the
Mayo +medical foundation for the medical school and for certain family practice
and+ graduate residency programs; requiring or providing for certain fund
+transfers; specifying certain match requirements; requiring HESO to
periodically+ collect data from institutions disbursing state financial aid for
evaluation +and reporting purposes; continuing certain accountability
requirements; +requiring technical and consolidated colleges to use
instructional advisory +committees in the creation, modification or elimination
of technical programs; +requiring increased expenditures for direct instruction
and academic support; +requiring continuing university support for certain
agricultural programs; +requiring the MnSCU board of trustees and requesting the
board of regents to report+ to the legislature on progress under the master
academic plan for the +metropolitan area, specifying certain report content
requirements; requesting the +Minnesota association of colleges of teacher
education to collect data from +member institutions measuring the involvement of
teacher education programs +and faculty with K-12 schools for presentation to
the legislature by a +certain date ARTICLE 2 � POLICY CHANGESExtending the
expiration date of the agriculture education leadership+ council; requiring
public and private post-secondary educational institutions +to provide
information on the risks of meningococcal disease (meningitis) and +the
availability and effectiveness of vaccines to first time enrollees +residing in
on-campus student housing; modifying certain provisions relating to +the higher
education services office (HESO); requiring appointment of the +director of the
office by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate; +modifying
certain membership requirements and duties of the higher education +advisory
council (HEAC) and extending the expiration date of the council; +modifying the
definition of assigned family responsibility; removing private +institution
tuition and fee maximums from the provision providing for the +recognition of
the cost of attendance for student grant eligibility purposes; +defining fees
for student cost of attendance and grant determination purposes; +modifying the
grant reduction requirement in cases of insufficient appropriations; +reducing
the enrollment duration limit for grant awards eligibility; +requiring the
calculation of state grants for final quarters or semesters to +subtract Pell
grant eligibility; making the grant application deadline static; +modifying
eligibility for child care grants and reducing the maximum child care+ grant
award; increasing the bonding authority of the higher education +facilities
authority; imposing certain school initial and renewal registration +fees;
expanding the unique missions of the Fond du Lac tribal and community+ college
to providing programs in support of the federal land grant status, +authorizing
the college to offer baccalaureate programs in elementary education +and
assigning faculty teaching upper division courses at the college to +the state
university instructional unit; clarifying the endowment support +restriction;
repealing the summer scholarships for academic enrichment program and+ Akita
program and advanced placement (AP) and international baccalaureate +(IB)
grantsARTICLE 3 � HESO HOUSEKEEPING Eliminating the requirements for the
higher education services office+ to establish an account for the deposit of
funds for youth community +service program participants postservice benefits and
for the tuition reciprocity agreement with the state of Wisconsin to +be based
on the existence of an income tax reciprocity agreement between the +two states;
increasing the bonding authority of the office; modifying certain +provisions
under the college savings plan, modifying certain distribution +options and
providing for the establishment of minor trust accounts; providing +for the
appointment of student members to the regent candidate advisory +council;
modifying the formula for calculation of public safety officers +survivor
education benefits; providing certain learn and earn program +incentives
ARTICLE 4 � MNSCU ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGESAuthorizing Minnesota state colleges
and universities board of +trustees contracts with chancellors, vice chancellors
or presidents to contain+ a deferred compensation plan; modifying a certain
provision providing +for board of trustees negotiation and purchase of annuity
contracts, +authorizing the purchase of individual custodial accounts; expanding
the contracting +authority of the board; regulating easements; authorizing the
board to accept +federal money for construction and equipping purposes;
repealing a certain +requirement for the board to operate a state university
center in the +metropolitan area, the state council on vocational technical
education, certain local +contracting authority and the authority to sell
computers to staff and students (ra, ja)