Minnesota Legislature
HF 3933
as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/10/2022 05:18pm
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A bill for an act
relating to higher education; making nonprofit private postsecondary institutions
eligible for hunger-free campus grants; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 135A.137, subdivision 3; Laws 2021, First
Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 35.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 135A.137, subdivision 3, is
amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Competitive grant.
(a) Institutions eligible for a grant under this subdivision
include public postsecondary institutionsnew text begin , nonprofit private postsecondary institutions,new text end and
Tribal colleges.
(b) The commissioner shall establish a competitive grant program to distribute grants
to eligible institutions to meet and maintain the requirements under subdivision 1, paragraph
(a). Initial grants shall be made to institutions that have not earned the designation and
demonstrate a need for funding to meet the hunger-free campus designation requirements.
Sustaining grants shall be made to institutions that have earned the designation and
demonstrate both a partnership with a local food bank or organization that provides regular,
on-campus food distributions and a need for funds to maintain the requirements under
subdivision 1, paragraph (a).
(c) The commissioner shall give preference to applications for initial grants and to
applications from institutions with the highest number of federal Pell Grant eligible students
enrolled. The commissioner shall consider the head count at the institution when awarding
grants. The maximum grant award for an initial institution designation is $8,000. The
maximum grant award for sustaining an institution designation is $5,000.
(d) The commissioner, in collaboration with student associations representing eligible
institutions, shall create an application process and establish selection criteria for awarding
the grants.
Sec. 2.
Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 35, is
amended to read:
Subd. 35.Hunger-Free Campus Grants
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205,000 |
102,000 |
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For the Office of Higher Education to provide
initial and sustaining grants to Minnesota
public postsecondary institutionsnew text begin , nonprofit
private postsecondary institutions,new text end and Tribal
colleges under Minnesota Statutes, section
deleted text begin 136F.245deleted text end new text begin 135A.137new text end , subdivision deleted text begin 4deleted text end new text begin 3new text end , to meet
and maintain the criteria in that same section
to address food insecurity on campus.
Sec. 3. new text begin HUNGER-FREE CAMPUS GRANTS; APPROPRIATION.
new text end
new text begin
$....... in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
the Office of Higher Education to provide initial and sustaining grants to eligible institutions
under Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.137, subdivision 3, to meet and maintain the criteria
in Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.137, to address food insecurity on campus.
new text end