Requiring the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) to create a certain number of partnerships in excellence regional programs to upgrade technical training for production tasks in printing and publishing, specifying certain program requirements; requiring the board to designate partners in excellence through a competitive process, all state colleges and universities to be eligible to apply; requiring periodic review of designations for satisfactory performance determination purposes, requiring placement of programs performing unsatisfactorily on probation for a certain period of time and removal of the programs from designation for failure to correct deficiencies within the time period; establishing a printing and education partnership committee to perform the reviews, allocate money and participate in partners in excellence programs selection, specifying membership requirements and providing for funding; specifying certain criteria and accountability standards for designation or recertification of the programs; providing for local advisory committees, specifying certain membership representation and consultation and reporting requirements; specifying certain curriculum standards and content and programs review and accreditation requirements; requiring chancellor annual reports to the governor and legislature on the status of the programs (je)