1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; appropriating money for 
  1.3             education and related purposes to the higher education 
  1.4             services office, the board of trustees of the 
  1.5             Minnesota state colleges and universities, and the 
  1.6             board of regents of the University of Minnesota; 
  1.7             making technical changes related to the post-secondary 
  1.8             merger; establishing a work skills program; developing 
  1.9             a statewide online information system; permitting 
  1.10            acquisition of an aviation facility; extending 
  1.11            survivor education benefits; amending Minnesota 
  1.12            Statutes 1994, sections 116L.03, subdivision 1; 
  1.13            169.121, subdivision 10; 202A.19, subdivision 3; 
  1.14            204C.03, subdivision 2; and 345.48, subdivision 1; 
  1.15            Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, sections 116L.03, 
  1.16            subdivision 2; and 297A.25, subdivision 11; Laws 1995, 
  1.17            chapters 212, article 1, section 3, subdivision 2; and 
  1.18            220, section 5, subdivision 2; proposing coding for 
  1.19            new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136F; repealing 
  1.20            Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 16A.125, 
  1.21            subdivision 6a; Minnesota Rules, parts 4800.8100; 
  1.22            4800.8200; 4800.8300; 4800.8400; 4830.6500; 4830.6510; 
  1.23            4830.6520; 4830.6600; 4830.6610; 4830.6620; 4830.8510; 
  1.24            4830.8520; 4830.8530; 4830.8535; 4830.8540; 4830.8550; 
  1.25            4830.8570; and 4830.8575. 
  1.26  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.27  Section 1.  [HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.28     The sums in the columns headed "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.29  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
  1.30  the agencies and for the purposes specified to be available for 
  1.31  the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 
  1.32                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  1.33                            1996          1997           TOTAL
  1.34  General            $      -0-     $   10,000,000 $   10,000,000
  1.35                   SUMMARY BY AGENCY - ALL FUNDS
  2.1                             1996          1997           TOTAL
  2.2   Higher Education Services
  2.3   Office                    -0-            200,000        200,000
  2.4   Board of Trustees of the
  2.5   Minnesota State Colleges
  2.6   and Universities          -0-          4,875,000      4,875,000
  2.7   Board of Regents of the University
  2.8   of Minnesota              -0-          4,925,000      4,925,000
  2.9                                              APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.10                                         Available for the Year 
  2.11                                             Ending June 30 
  2.12                                            1996         1997 
  2.13  Sec. 2.  HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES
  2.14  OFFICE                                              $   200,000 
  2.15  $150,000 is for the library planning 
  2.16  task force for planning a statewide 
  2.17  online library information system.  
  2.18  Funds not expended shall not cancel but 
  2.19  shall carry over to the 1998-1999 
  2.20  biennium.  Money may not be used for 
  2.21  the office's indirect or operating 
  2.22  funds. 
  2.23  $50,000 is for the loan repayment 
  2.24  assistance program of Minnesota.  The 
  2.25  money must be used to reimburse 
  2.26  graduates of Minnesota law schools 
  2.27  working in Minnesota communities who 
  2.28  are eligible under the criteria for 
  2.29  loan repayment assistance for 
  2.30  institutional law school debt.  The 
  2.31  money may be released to the program 
  2.32  only in amounts that match 
  2.33  contributions from the private bar. 
  2.34  By October 1, 1996, the higher 
  2.35  education services office shall 
  2.36  transfer any projected surplus in the 
  2.37  state grant appropriation to the state 
  2.38  work study program to be added to the 
  2.39  fiscal year 1997 appropriation in Laws 
  2.40  1995, chapter 212, article 1, section 
  2.41  2, subdivision 4. 
  2.42  Sec. 3.  BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE 
  2.43  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES           $ 4,875,000
  2.44  $4,575,000 is for competitive grants to 
  2.45  campuses for acquisition, improvement, 
  2.46  and innovative applications of 
  2.47  technology.  The grants must be awarded 
  2.48  for proposals that are student centered 
  2.49  and directly affect classroom 
  2.50  instruction, advising, and other 
  2.51  services that enhance student success.  
  2.52  Grants may be for any amount up to 
  2.53  $250,000 and shall be awarded through a 
  2.54  process developed by the system.  The 
  2.55  system shall set up a review panel to 
  2.56  judge the proposals.  The panel shall 
  2.57  include faculty, students, and at least 
  2.58  one member of the Minnesota high 
  2.59  technology council, with faculty 
  2.60  constituting a majority of the members. 
  3.1   $300,000 is for the demonstration site 
  3.2   for the work skills upgrade program.  
  3.3   The board of trustees is encouraged to 
  3.4   seek nonstate matching funds. 
  3.5   By February 15, 1997, the system office 
  3.6   and campuses of the Minnesota state 
  3.7   colleges and universities shall submit 
  3.8   to the legislature a master academic 
  3.9   plan for the metropolitan area that 
  3.10  defines the current and future missions 
  3.11  and plans of the metro area colleges 
  3.12  and universities.  Within the fiscal 
  3.13  realities of the state, the plan must 
  3.14  consider short- and long-term 
  3.15  demographic and enrollment projections, 
  3.16  physical plant capacity and needs, and 
  3.17  coordination and duplication of program 
  3.18  offerings.  The system office shall 
  3.19  consult with the University of 
  3.20  Minnesota during the planning process. 
  3.21  The plan must be submitted to the board 
  3.22  of trustees for approval before 
  3.23  submission for legislative approval. 
  3.24  Sec. 4.  BOARD OF REGENTS 
  3.25  OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                      $ 4,925,000
  3.26  Subdivision 1.  Academic health center
  3.27  (a) $4,425,000 is for the academic 
  3.28  health center for the development and 
  3.29  purchase of new information technology 
  3.30  to improve the delivery of health care 
  3.31  education programs and to redesign the 
  3.32  curriculum and underwrite the 
  3.33  development of new or expanded programs 
  3.34  in health care education.  Where 
  3.35  necessary, these funds may also be used 
  3.36  to cover the costs of downsizing 
  3.37  programs and retraining faculty and 
  3.38  staff, but may not be used to finance 
  3.39  the integration of the University 
  3.40  hospital with Fairview Health Systems. 
  3.41  The legislature requests the faculty, 
  3.42  administration, and board of regents of 
  3.43  the University to pursue an internal 
  3.44  process leading to changes in the 
  3.45  tenure code applicable to the academic 
  3.46  health center, without infringing on 
  3.47  academic freedom. 
  3.48  (b) The commissioner of finance shall 
  3.49  place this appropriation in a 
  3.50  performance incentive account. 
  3.51  (c) The commissioner shall release 90 
  3.52  percent of these funds to the board of 
  3.53  regents when the board of regents 
  3.54  certifies that changes have been made 
  3.55  in the personnel policies for clinical 
  3.56  faculty with regular appointments in 
  3.57  the academic health center which enable 
  3.58  the University to alter clinical 
  3.59  compensation and base salary, and 
  3.60  provide a streamlined due process 
  3.61  procedure for separation under the 
  3.62  provost of the academic health center, 
  3.63  without infringing on academic freedom. 
  3.64  (d) The commissioner shall release ten 
  4.1   percent of these funds when the 
  4.2   University demonstrates that it is 
  4.3   progressing in its development of the 
  4.4   school of medicine at the University of 
  4.5   Minnesota Duluth as a rural health 
  4.6   center.  This progress shall be 
  4.7   measured by (1) changes in the 
  4.8   educational program to expand the 
  4.9   coordination of training for rural 
  4.10  nurse practitioner, pharmacy, physician 
  4.11  assistant, and medical students; and 
  4.12  (2) development of electronic linkages 
  4.13  between distant sites to provide video 
  4.14  conferences, transmission of images, 
  4.15  and transfer of information. 
  4.16  Subd. 2.  Biomedical engineering institute
  4.17  $500,000 is for an endowment to support 
  4.18  the operating costs of a biomedical 
  4.19  engineering institute.  This 
  4.20  appropriation is contingent upon the 
  4.21  center raising at least an equal amount 
  4.22  of nonstate funds. 
  4.23  Subd. 3.  Technology 
  4.24  The Minnesota state colleges and 
  4.25  universities and the University of 
  4.26  Minnesota are requested to establish 
  4.27  appropriate mechanisms for cooperation 
  4.28  on projects for acquisition, 
  4.29  improvement, and innovative 
  4.30  applications of technology to avoid 
  4.31  inappropriate duplication and to 
  4.32  enhance the quality of courses and 
  4.33  programs.  Coordination is also 
  4.34  requested with respect to programs 
  4.35  directed to elementary and secondary 
  4.36  students and teachers. 
  4.37     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 116L.03, 
  4.38  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  4.39     Subdivision 1.  [MEMBERS.] The partnership shall be 
  4.40  governed by a board of 12 11 directors.  
  4.41     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
  4.42  116L.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  4.43     Subd. 2.  [APPOINTMENT.] The Minnesota job skills 
  4.44  partnership board consists of:  eight members appointed by the 
  4.45  governor, the commissioner of trade and economic development, 
  4.46  the commissioner of economic security, the chancellor of the 
  4.47  technical college system, and the chancellor, or the 
  4.48  chancellor's designee, of the board of trustees of the Minnesota 
  4.49  state colleges and universities.  If the chancellor makes a 
  4.50  designation under this subdivision, the designee must have 
  4.51  experience in technical education.  
  5.1      Sec. 7.  [136F.77] [UNCLAIMED WARRANT FUNDS.] 
  5.2      Funds presumed abandoned as unclaimed warrants by the board 
  5.3   shall be kept by the board and administered under the policies 
  5.4   of the board. 
  5.5      Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 169.121, 
  5.6   subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
  5.7      Subd. 10.  [RESEARCH PROGRAMS.] No person is guilty of a 
  5.8   violation of this section committed while participating in a 
  5.9   research or demonstration project conducted by the Minnesota 
  5.10  highway safety center created pursuant to section 136.147.  This 
  5.11  subdivision applies only to conduct occurring while operating a 
  5.12  state-owned vehicle under the supervision of personnel of the 
  5.13  center on the grounds of the center.  
  5.14     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 202A.19, 
  5.15  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  5.16     Subd. 3.  The University of Minnesota may not schedule an 
  5.17  event which will take place after 6:00 p.m. on the day of a 
  5.18  major political party precinct caucus unless permission to do so 
  5.19  has been received from the board of regents.  No Minnesota state 
  5.20  college or university may schedule an event which will take 
  5.21  place after 6:00 p.m. on the day of a major political party 
  5.22  precinct caucus unless permission to do so has been received 
  5.23  from the state university board of trustees of the Minnesota 
  5.24  state colleges and universities.  No community college may 
  5.25  schedule an event which will take place after 6:00 p.m. on the 
  5.26  day of a major political party precinct caucus unless permission 
  5.27  to do so has been received from the state board for community 
  5.28  colleges. 
  5.29     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 204C.03, 
  5.30  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  5.31     Subd. 2.  [STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY 
  5.32  COLLEGES.] Except for regularly scheduled classes, no Minnesota 
  5.33  state college or university or state community college shall 
  5.34  schedule an event between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the day 
  5.35  that an election is held in any political subdivision in which 
  5.36  the university or college is located.  
  6.1      Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
  6.2   297A.25, subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
  6.3      Subd. 11.  [SALES TO GOVERNMENT.] The gross receipts from 
  6.4   all sales, including sales in which title is retained by a 
  6.5   seller or a vendor or is assigned to a third party under an 
  6.6   installment sale or lease purchase agreement under section 
  6.7   465.71, of tangible personal property to, and all storage, use 
  6.8   or consumption of such property by, the United States and its 
  6.9   agencies and instrumentalities, the University of Minnesota, 
  6.10  state universities, community colleges, technical colleges, 
  6.11  state academies, the Minnesota center for arts education, and 
  6.12  school districts are exempt. 
  6.13     As used in this subdivision, "school districts" means 
  6.14  public school entities and districts of every kind and nature 
  6.15  organized under the laws of the state of Minnesota, including, 
  6.16  without limitation, school districts, intermediate school 
  6.17  districts, education districts, educational cooperative service 
  6.18  units, secondary vocational cooperative centers, special 
  6.19  education cooperatives, joint purchasing cooperatives, 
  6.20  telecommunication cooperatives, regional management information 
  6.21  centers, technical colleges, joint vocational technical 
  6.22  districts, and any instrumentality of a school district, as 
  6.23  defined in section 471.59. 
  6.24     Sales exempted by this subdivision include sales under 
  6.25  section 297A.01, subdivision 3, paragraph (f), but do not 
  6.26  include sales under section 297A.01, subdivision 3, paragraph 
  6.27  (j), clause (vii).  
  6.28     Sales to hospitals and nursing homes owned and operated by 
  6.29  political subdivisions of the state are exempt under this 
  6.30  subdivision.  
  6.31     The sales to and exclusively for the use of libraries of 
  6.32  books, periodicals, audio-visual materials and equipment, 
  6.33  photocopiers for use by the public, and all cataloguing and 
  6.34  circulation equipment, and cataloguing and circulation software 
  6.35  for library use are exempt under this subdivision.  For purposes 
  6.36  of this paragraph "libraries" means libraries as defined in 
  7.1   section 134.001, county law libraries under chapter 134A, the 
  7.2   state library under section 480.09, and the legislative 
  7.3   reference library. 
  7.4      Sales of supplies and equipment used in the operation of an 
  7.5   ambulance service owned and operated by a political subdivision 
  7.6   of the state are exempt under this subdivision provided that the 
  7.7   supplies and equipment are used in the course of providing 
  7.8   medical care.  Sales to a political subdivision of repair and 
  7.9   replacement parts for emergency rescue vehicles and fire trucks 
  7.10  and apparatus are exempt under this subdivision.  
  7.11     Sales to a political subdivision of machinery and 
  7.12  equipment, except for motor vehicles, used directly for mixed 
  7.13  municipal solid waste management services at a solid waste 
  7.14  disposal facility as defined in section 115A.03, subdivision 10, 
  7.15  are exempt under this subdivision.  
  7.16     Sales to political subdivisions of chore and homemaking 
  7.17  services to be provided to elderly or disabled individuals are 
  7.18  exempt. 
  7.19     Sales of telephone services to the department of 
  7.20  administration that are used to provide telecommunications 
  7.21  services through the intertechnologies revolving fund are exempt 
  7.22  under this subdivision. 
  7.23     This exemption shall not apply to building, construction or 
  7.24  reconstruction materials purchased by a contractor or a 
  7.25  subcontractor as a part of a lump-sum contract or similar type 
  7.26  of contract with a guaranteed maximum price covering both labor 
  7.27  and materials for use in the construction, alteration, or repair 
  7.28  of a building or facility.  This exemption does not apply to 
  7.29  construction materials purchased by tax exempt entities or their 
  7.30  contractors to be used in constructing buildings or facilities 
  7.31  which will not be used principally by the tax exempt entities. 
  7.32     This exemption does not apply to the leasing of a motor 
  7.33  vehicle as defined in section 297B.01, subdivision 5, except for 
  7.34  leases entered into by the United States or its agencies or 
  7.35  instrumentalities.  
  7.36     The tax imposed on sales to political subdivisions of the 
  8.1   state under this section applies to all political subdivisions 
  8.2   other than those explicitly exempted under this subdivision, 
  8.3   notwithstanding section 115A.69, subdivision 6, 116A.25, 
  8.4   360.035, 458A.09, 458A.30, 458D.23, 469.101, subdivision 2, 
  8.5   469.127, 473.394, 473.448, 473.545, or 473.608 or any other law 
  8.6   to the contrary enacted before 1992. 
  8.7      Sales exempted by this subdivision include sales made to 
  8.8   other states or political subdivisions of other states, if the 
  8.9   sale would be exempt from taxation if it occurred in that state, 
  8.10  but do not include sales under section 297A.01, subdivision 3, 
  8.11  paragraphs (c) and (e). 
  8.12     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 345.48, 
  8.13  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  8.14     Subdivision 1.  All funds received under sections 345.31 to 
  8.15  345.60, including the proceeds from the sale of abandoned 
  8.16  property pursuant to section 345.47, but excluding funds 
  8.17  presumed abandoned as unclaimed warrants by the board of 
  8.18  trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities under 
  8.19  chapter 136F, shall forthwith be deposited by the commissioner 
  8.20  in the general fund of the state after deduction of the fees and 
  8.21  expenses provided for in section 345.485; except that unclaimed 
  8.22  restitution payments held by a court under section 345.38 shall 
  8.23  be deposited in the crime victim and witness account created in 
  8.24  section 609.101, subdivision 1.  Before making the deposit the 
  8.25  commissioner shall record the name and last known address of 
  8.26  each person appearing from the holders' reports to be entitled 
  8.27  to the abandoned property and of the name and last known address 
  8.28  of each policyholder, insured person, or annuitant, and with 
  8.29  respect to each policy or contract listed in the report of a 
  8.30  life insurance corporation, its number, the name of the 
  8.31  corporation, and the amount due.  The record shall be available 
  8.32  for public inspection at all reasonable business hours. 
  8.33     Sec. 13.  Laws 1995, chapter 212, article 1, section 3, 
  8.34  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  8.35  Subd. 2.  Instructional Expenditures 
  8.36  The legislature estimates that 
  9.1   instructional expenditures will be 
  9.2   $214,536,000 each year for the 
  9.3   technical colleges. 
  9.4   The legislature estimates that 
  9.5   instructional expenditures will be 
  9.6   $145,565,000 each year for community 
  9.7   colleges. 
  9.8   The legislature estimates that 
  9.9   instructional expenditures will be 
  9.10  $253,612,000 each year for state 
  9.11  universities. 
  9.12  During the biennium neither the board 
  9.13  nor campuses shall plan or develop 
  9.14  doctoral level programs or degrees 
  9.15  until after they have received the 
  9.16  recommendation of the house and senate 
  9.17  committees on education, finance, and 
  9.18  ways and means. 
  9.19  This appropriation includes continued 
  9.20  support of at least $400,000 each year 
  9.21  for the Mid-Tec and Heartland 
  9.22  Telecommunications Networks. 
  9.23  This appropriation includes $40,000 
  9.24  each year for American Indian 
  9.25  outreach.  The legislature anticipates 
  9.26  this money will assist the Fond Du Lac 
  9.27  campus to recruit, advise, and retain 
  9.28  American Indian students. 
  9.29  It is the intent of the legislature to 
  9.30  hold the Minnesota state colleges and 
  9.31  universities accountable for making 
  9.32  budgetary and policy decisions that 
  9.33  provide students with access to high 
  9.34  quality education and training 
  9.35  programs.  Significant and demonstrable 
  9.36  progress toward the goals in this 
  9.37  subdivision and in section 6, 
  9.38  subdivision 2, are expected in this 
  9.39  biennium for consideration in funding 
  9.40  decisions in the next supplemental 
  9.41  budget and in the 1998-1999 biennial 
  9.42  budget. 
  9.43  The commissioner of finance shall place 
  9.44  $5,000,000 of the second year 
  9.45  appropriation in a performance 
  9.46  incentive account.  The commissioner 
  9.47  shall release $1,000,000 of this amount 
  9.48  to the board of trustees each time that 
  9.49  it demonstrates that it has achieved 
  9.50  one of the following performance 
  9.51  measures has been achieved: 
  9.52  (1) increase the percentage of the 
  9.53  budget directed to instruction and 
  9.54  academic resources; 
  9.55  (2) increase the number of credits 
  9.56  issued through telecommunications 
  9.57  between fiscal year 1995 and fiscal 
  9.58  year 1996; 
  9.59  (3) increase the retention of new 
  9.60  entering freshman on state university 
  9.61  campuses who continue into the 
 10.1   sophomore year between fiscal year 1995 
 10.2   and fiscal year 1996 by at least two 
 10.3   percent.  The appropriation shall be 
 10.4   distributed released for distribution 
 10.5   to those campuses that achieve the 
 10.6   increase; 
 10.7   (4) increase the percentage of students 
 10.8   in two-year programs who graduate 
 10.9   within two years of admission, and the 
 10.10  percentage of students in four-year 
 10.11  programs who graduate within four years 
 10.12  of admission by at least two percent.  
 10.13  The appropriation shall be distributed 
 10.14  released for distribution to campuses 
 10.15  that achieve the increase; and 
 10.16  (5) increase in placement rates for 
 10.17  occupational programs and transfer 
 10.18  rates for academic programs for 
 10.19  community and technical colleges.  One- 
 10.20  half of the appropriation for this 
 10.21  measure shall be released for placement 
 10.22  rate improvements, and one-half shall 
 10.23  be released for transfer rate 
 10.24  improvements.  
 10.25  The legislature expects the board of 
 10.26  trustees to demonstrate its commitment 
 10.27  to enhancing educational quality, 
 10.28  including high priority initiatives 
 10.29  that capitalize on opportunities 
 10.30  created by merger for:  joint programs 
 10.31  with the University of Minnesota for 
 10.32  faculty, staff, and administrative 
 10.33  development; enhanced opportunities for 
 10.34  students of color; and opportunities 
 10.35  for using technology to the advantage 
 10.36  of students and faculty. 
 10.37  The legislature further expects the 
 10.38  board of trustees to make difficult 
 10.39  choices in its allocations, based on 
 10.40  critical evaluations of its campuses 
 10.41  and programs, including actions to 
 10.42  address the 14 duplicate two-year 
 10.43  programs located within 35 miles of 
 10.44  each other, as identified by the 
 10.45  legislative auditor, for which no 
 10.46  action has yet been taken. 
 10.47  Each college and university shall 
 10.48  demonstrate to the board that, in the 
 10.49  face of severe budget constraints, it 
 10.50  has identified those programs and 
 10.51  functions that are central to the 
 10.52  mission of that campus and are most 
 10.53  critical to meeting student needs, and 
 10.54  that the campus has redirected 
 10.55  resources to those identified areas to 
 10.56  protect the core educational 
 10.57  enterprise.  Further, each campus shall 
 10.58  demonstrate that it has taken actions 
 10.59  to improve the productivity of faculty, 
 10.60  administrators, and staff. 
 10.61  The amounts for library access; Fond du 
 10.62  Lac American Indian student outreach; 
 10.63  incentives for co-located campuses; 
 10.64  increased instructional appropriations; 
 10.65  performance funding; instructional 
 11.1   equipment; conversion to semesters; 
 11.2   systemwide computer system development 
 11.3   for accounting, payroll, personnel, 
 11.4   procurement, and student records; staff 
 11.5   training for use of systems; staff 
 11.6   restructuring, separation payments, and 
 11.7   unemployment insurance; and development 
 11.8   of library collections and curriculum 
 11.9   at Metro State University are for these 
 11.10  purposes only and shall be 
 11.11  nonrecurring.  The amounts are 
 11.12  $8,741,000 in fiscal year 1996 and 
 11.13  $16,147,000 in fiscal year 1997. 
 11.14     Sec. 14.  Laws 1995, chapter 220, section 5, subdivision 2, 
 11.15  is amended to read: 
 11.16  Subd. 2.  Mineral Resources Management
 11.17       4,717,000      4,717,000
 11.18                Summary by Fund
 11.19  General               4,717,000     4,217,000
 11.20  Permanent University    -0-           500,000
 11.21  $311,000 the first year and $311,000 
 11.22  the second year are for iron ore 
 11.23  cooperative research, of which $225,000 
 11.24  the first year and $225,000 the second 
 11.25  year are available only as matched by 
 11.26  $1 of nonstate money for each $1 of 
 11.27  state money.  Any unencumbered balance 
 11.28  remaining in the first year does not 
 11.29  cancel but is available for the second 
 11.30  year. 
 11.31  $375,000 the first year and $375,000 
 11.32  the second year are for mineral 
 11.33  diversification.  Any unencumbered 
 11.34  balance remaining in the first year 
 11.35  does not cancel but is available for 
 11.36  the second year.  
 11.37  $45,000 the first year and $45,000 the 
 11.38  second year are for minerals 
 11.39  cooperative environmental research, of 
 11.40  which $30,000 the first year and 
 11.41  $30,000 the second year are available 
 11.42  only as matched by $1 of nonstate money 
 11.43  for each $1 of state money.  Any 
 11.44  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
 11.45  first year does not cancel but is 
 11.46  available for the second year. 
 11.47  $500,000 the second year is from the 
 11.48  university lands and minerals suspense 
 11.49  account in the permanent university 
 11.50  fund for activities of the commissioner 
 11.51  to protect, improve, administer, 
 11.52  manage, and otherwise enhance the 
 11.53  mineral value of university lands.  
 11.54  This is a one-time appropriation.  The 
 11.55  board of regents of the University of 
 11.56  Minnesota is requested to discuss 
 11.57  options with the commissioner of 
 11.58  natural resources to determine a method 
 11.59  to calculate reasonable costs of the 
 11.60  commissioner to maintain the university 
 12.1   trust lands.  
 12.2      Sec. 15.  [WORK SKILLS UPGRADE.] 
 12.3      Subdivision 1.  [INTENT.] The legislature believes that all 
 12.4   employment-age Minnesotans should have the opportunity to be 
 12.5   productive members of the changing workforce and should have the 
 12.6   opportunity to earn a living wage.  The legislature recognizes 
 12.7   that economic opportunities in the future will often depend on 
 12.8   an employee's ability to adapt continually to changing 
 12.9   technology.  To ensure that such economic opportunities are 
 12.10  broadly available to all Minnesotans, the legislature intends 
 12.11  that a program be designed and implemented which would identify 
 12.12  a core group of broadly applicable job skills, and that courses 
 12.13  should be offered in those skills at no cost or very low cost to 
 12.14  Minnesotans.  
 12.15     Subd. 2.  [DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.] The chancellor of the 
 12.16  Minnesota state colleges and universities shall designate at 
 12.17  least one technical college campus to be a demonstration site to 
 12.18  establish the work skills update program in the 1996-1997 
 12.19  academic year.  The program shall offer a core curriculum of 
 12.20  courses having broad application for Minnesotans wishing to 
 12.21  improve their employability or otherwise to keep current in 
 12.22  skills necessary to succeed in the changing economy.  The 
 12.23  courses in the demonstration program shall initially be offered 
 12.24  at no cost or at very low cost.  Enrollment in the demonstration 
 12.25  program shall not be counted for funding purposes under 
 12.26  Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.031.  The chancellor shall 
 12.27  report to the education committees of the legislature by January 
 12.28  15, 1997, on the progress of the demonstration program and 
 12.29  possibility of expanding the program to all areas of the state 
 12.30  through use of alternative instructional methods such as 
 12.31  telecommunications. 
 12.32     Subd. 3.  [CONSULTATION.] In establishing the demonstration 
 12.33  program in subdivision 2, the chancellor shall consult with the 
 12.34  commissioner of economic security, the commissioner of children, 
 12.35  families, and learning, and representatives of the labor and 
 12.36  business communities, to identify which courses have the 
 13.1   greatest general applicability to workforce needs.  The 
 13.2   chancellor shall also establish a method of documenting to 
 13.3   employers that skills courses have been completed whether 
 13.4   through issuing of regular credits or some alternate method. 
 13.5      Subd. 4.  [FUNDING.] The chancellor shall establish an 
 13.6   account to fund the demonstration program established in this 
 13.7   section.  The account shall initially include the appropriation 
 13.8   for this section but may also include nonstate funds.  The 
 13.9   chancellor may also establish a revolving fund in the account 
 13.10  whereby students or employers deriving demonstrable economic 
 13.11  benefit from the demonstration program would be required to 
 13.12  repay some portion of that benefit so that the core curriculum 
 13.13  opportunities can be expanded to others in the workforce. 
 13.14     Sec. 16.  [STATEWIDE ONLINE INFORMATION SYSTEM.] 
 13.15     Subdivision 1.  [SELECTION PROCESS.] The library planning 
 13.16  task force, supported by the higher education services office, 
 13.17  shall manage and coordinate a process to develop a statewide 
 13.18  online information system for libraries, and determine the 
 13.19  feasibility and functional requirements of automated statewide 
 13.20  linkages.  The library planning task force shall coordinate with 
 13.21  the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota state colleges and 
 13.22  universities, the Minnesota education telecommunications 
 13.23  council, the government information access council, the MINITEX 
 13.24  advisory committee, the advisory council of the office of 
 13.25  library development and services in the department of children, 
 13.26  families, and learning, and the information policy office in the 
 13.27  department of administration. 
 13.28     Subd. 2.  [CRITERIA.] A statewide online information system 
 13.29  must meet the following criteria: 
 13.30     (1) be open to all University of Minnesota, Minnesota state 
 13.31  colleges and universities, state government, public, school, and 
 13.32  private college and other libraries; 
 13.33     (2) have a formal governing structure that includes the 
 13.34  University of Minnesota, Minnesota state colleges and 
 13.35  universities, and representatives of participating state 
 13.36  government, public, school, private college, and other 
 14.1   libraries; 
 14.2      (3) provide for the broadest possible sharing of 
 14.3   information and cooperative collection management; 
 14.4      (4) provide the people of Minnesota with direct access to 
 14.5   library catalog and information resources; 
 14.6      (5) allow libraries to retain local options for determining 
 14.7   when to begin participating in the statewide system and for 
 14.8   maintaining circulation policies and practices; and 
 14.9      (6) have a plan for evaluation of costs, access, and 
 14.10  outcomes. 
 14.11     Subd. 3.  [RECOMMENDATIONS.] By January 15, 1997, the 
 14.12  library planning task force shall recommend to the chairs of the 
 14.13  education committees of the legislature a proposed 
 14.14  implementation timeline, technical standards, requirements for a 
 14.15  request for proposal, a governance structure, and a budget for 
 14.16  creating a statewide online system. 
 14.17     Sec. 17.  [ANOKA HENNEPIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE AVIATION 
 14.18  FACILITY.] 
 14.19     The board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and 
 14.20  universities may acquire the aviation management facility and 
 14.21  associated real property at the Anoka county airport that was 
 14.22  leased for use by the Anoka Hennepin technical college.  If the 
 14.23  board of trustees acquires the facility, the purchase must be 
 14.24  made according to the terms of the existing lease and purchase 
 14.25  option agreement. 
 14.26     Sec. 18.  [SURVIVOR BENEFITS.] 
 14.27     Subdivision 1.  [ELIGIBLE.] Notwithstanding the statutory 
 14.28  age restriction, a child who was born on March 24, 1969, July 
 14.29  23, 1970, or May 24, 1973, and whose parent was a volunteer fire 
 14.30  fighter killed in the line of duty on November 18, 1985, is 
 14.31  eligible to receive the education benefits under Minnesota 
 14.32  Statutes, section 299A.45. 
 14.33     Subd. 2.  [AWARD.] Within 30 days of the effective date of 
 14.34  this section, the commissioner of public safety shall award the 
 14.35  educational benefits under Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.45, 
 14.36  to anyone meeting the eligibility criteria in subdivision 1. 
 15.1      Sec. 19.  [REPEALER.] 
 15.2      (a) Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 16A.125, 
 15.3   subdivision 6a, is repealed. 
 15.4      (b) Minnesota Rules, parts 4800.8100, 4800.8200, 4800.8300, 
 15.5   4800.8400, 4830.6500, 4830.6510, 4830.6520, 4830.6600, 
 15.6   4830.6610, 4830.6620, 4830.8510, 4830.8520, 4830.8530, 
 15.7   4830.8535, 4830.8540, 4830.8550, 4830.8570, and 4830.8575, are 
 15.8   repealed. 
 15.9      Sec. 20.  [INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.] 
 15.10     (a) In the next and subsequent editions of Minnesota 
 15.11  Statutes, the revisor shall delete "community college," "board 
 15.12  of community colleges," or related terms; "state university," 
 15.13  "board of state universities," or related terms; and "technical 
 15.14  college," "board of technical colleges," or related terms and 
 15.15  replace them with "Minnesota state colleges and universities," 
 15.16  "board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and 
 15.17  universities," or related terms in the following sections and 
 15.18  subdivisions:  3.3005, subdivision 1; 3.732, subdivision 1; 
 15.19  3.754; 13.792; 15.44; 16A.127, subdivision 8; 16B.101, 
 15.20  subdivision 1; 16B.24, subdivision 2; 16B.30; 16B.31, 
 15.21  subdivision 1; 16B.61, subdivision 5; 43A.08, subdivision 1a; 
 15.22  116N.02, subdivision 1; 116O.09, subdivision 4; 135A.06, 
 15.23  subdivision 1; 138.054, subdivision 2; 216C.13; 256.7365, 
 15.24  subdivision 4; 256H.01, subdivision 13; 268.65, subdivision 2; 
 15.25  309.515, subdivision 1; and 491A.01, subdivision 6.  
 15.26     (b) In the next and subsequent editions of Minnesota 
 15.27  Statutes, the revisor shall change the term "chancellor of 
 15.28  vocational education" to "chancellor of the Minnesota state 
 15.29  colleges and universities" in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 15.30  268.363. 
 15.31     (c) In the next and subsequent editions of Minnesota 
 15.32  Statutes, the revisor shall change the cross-reference to 
 15.33  chapter "136C" to "136F" in Minnesota Statutes, section 326.84, 
 15.34  subdivision 3, clause (9). 
 15.35     Sec. 21.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 15.36     Sections 13, 14, 17, 18, and 19, paragraph (a), are 
 16.1   effective the day following final enactment.