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HF 4220

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/10/2022 03:41pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to higher education; setting minimum counselor requirements for Minnesota
State College campuses; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020,
section 136F.20, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 136F.20, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Counselor support. new text end

new text begin Each two-year college must employ full-time faculty
counselors whose primary assignment is counselor duties. For a campus with fewer than
750 students enrolled at a campus site on the 30th day of an academic year, the campus
must have at least one unlimited full-time faculty counselor. For a campus with more than
750 students enrolled at a campus site on the 30th day of an academic year, the campus
must employ the number of full-time counselors necessary for the number of students per
counselor to be the lesser of:
new text end

new text begin (1) 750; or
new text end

new text begin (2) the number of students per full-time counselor at the campus on February 1, 2022.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2025.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Trustees
of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to employ additional faculty counselors
at two-year colleges to achieve campus student-to-counselor ratios of no greater than 750
to one. This amount is added to the base for fiscal years 2024 and later.
new text end