1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; providing stable undergraduate tuition rates;
1.3 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 136F; 137.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. [136F.705] UNDERGRADUATE TUITION GUARANTEE.
1.6 	(a) Under this section, a Minnesota resident student who first enrolls in a degree 
1.7 	program at a college or university beginning in the fall of 2008 or later is guaranteed a 
1.8 	stable tuition for up to four consecutive academic years. 
1.9 	(b) For an undergraduate student enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program at a 
1.10 	state university, the tuition charged to the student for each semester of enrollment during 
1.11 	a four-year period, beginning with the first semester of enrollment, must not exceed the 
1.12 	amount of tuition that the student was charged for the first semester of enrollment. For a 
1.13 	student who continues to be enrolled after four consecutive academic years, the tuition 
1.14 	rate for each semester in excess of four years is equal to the tuition rate paid by new 
1.15 	enrollees at the state university. 
1.16 	(c) For an undergraduate student enrolled in an associate degree program at a college, 
1.17 	the tuition charged to the student for each semester of enrollment during a two-year period, 
1.18 	beginning with the first semester of enrollment, must not exceed the amount of tuition that 
1.19 	the student was charged for the first semester of enrollment. For a student who continues 
1.20 	to be enrolled after two consecutive academic years, the tuition rate for each semester in 
1.21 	excess of two years is equal to the tuition rate for new enrollees at the college.

1.22 	Sec. 2. [137.105] UNDERGRADUATE TUITION GUARANTEE.
2.1 	A Minnesota resident student who first enrolls in a degree program at the University 
2.2 	of Minnesota beginning in the fall of 2008 or later is guaranteed a stable tuition for up to 
2.3 	four consecutive academic years. For an undergraduate student enrolled in a baccalaureate 
2.4 	degree program, the tuition charged to the student for each semester of enrollment during 
2.5 	a four-year period, beginning with the first semester of enrollment, must not exceed the 
2.6 	amount of tuition that the student was charged for the first semester of enrollment. For a 
2.7 	student who continues to be enrolled after four consecutive academic years, the tuition 
2.8 	rate for each semester in excess of four years is equal to the tuition rate paid by new 
2.9 	enrollees at the University of Minnesota.