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HF 6 House Long Description

hf6 Omnibus higher education appropriations bill. ARTICLE APPROPRIATIONS Section 1: Higher education money appropriations summary provided. Sec. 2: Higher education appropriations detailed by fund, including total appropriations, state grants, interstate tuition reciprocity, state work study, Minitex library program, learning network of Minnesota, income contingent loans, Edvest, and transfers. Sec. 3: Board of trustees of Minnesota state colleges and universities money appropriations summary provided. Sec. 4: Board of regents of the University of Minnesota appropriations summary provided. Sec. 5: Mayo medical foundation appropriations summary provided. Sec. 6: Post secondary planning systems planning report and accountability provided.ARTICLE 2 RELATED PROVISIONSSection 1: Minnesota state colleges and universities enterprise account established. Sec. 2: Appropriations and expenditures modified. Sec. 3: Academic health center account created. Sec. 4: Conforming changes provided. Sec. 5: Academic health center expenditure regulations established. Sec. 6: Non resident tuition agreements authorized and purpose provided. Sec. 7: Advisory group sunset clarified. Sec. 8: Assigned family responsibility reduced. Sec. 9: "Resident Student" defined. Sec. 10: Language relating to cost of attendance updated. Sec. 11: Undergraduate study award authorized and criteria provided. Sec. 12: Advanced placement and international baccalaureate grant established. Sec. 13: Child care grant eligibility requirements modified. Sec. 14: Length and amounts of child care grants modified. Sec. 15: Language related to faculty and staff modified. Sec. 16: Method of acquisition and real property transaction procedures clarified. Sec. 17: Resident tuition refund procedures provided. Sec. 18: Tuition refund language modified to refer only to the University of Minnesota. Sec. 19: Trustees of Minnesota state colleges and universities put in charge of regulating traffic. Sec. 20: Educational benefits for surviving children of public safety officers killed in the line of duty modified. Sec. 21: Tuition award renewal regulations clarified. Sec. 22: Membership retention language updated to reflect previous changes. Sec. 23: Information supply language updated to reflect previous changes. Sec. 24: "state university board or the community college board" replaced with "board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities." Sec. 25: Repealer. Sec. 26: Developmental education demonstration project established. Sec. 27: Lawrence Hall remodeling project funded. Sec. 28: Commission on University of Minnesota excellence established. Sec. 29: Repealer. Sec. 30: Effective dates.ARTICLE 3 MINNESOTA COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANSection 1: Minnesota college savings data classification information provided. Sec. 2: Minnesota college savings plan established, replacing Edvest. Sec. 3: Related terms defined. Sec. 4: Statutory reference modified. Sec. 5: Language clarified. Sec. 6: State board of investment consultation regulations clarified. Sec. 7-8: Technical. Sec. 9: Certain data classified as private. Sec. 10: State board of investment direction provided. Sec. 11: Technical. Sec. 12: Minnesota college savings plan account information detailed. Sec. 13: "Family income" definition modified. Sec. 14: Residency requirement information provided. Sec. 15: Age and date of birth determination of beneficiary regulations established. Sec. 16: Budget limits provided. Sec. 17: Account application procedures established. Sec. 18: Regulations concerning single beneficiaries with multiple accounts provided. Sec. 19: Ownership of matching grant funds situations detailed. Sec. 20: Regulations concerning inactive accounts with matching grants provided. Sec. 21: Regulations concerning forfeiture of matching grants provided. Sec. 22: Account distributions provided. Sec. 23: Revisor instructions. Sec. 24: Effective date.AE