1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to higher education; amending higher education provisions; establishing
1.3and modifying certain grants and programs; making technical changes; regulating
1.4certain activities and practices; establishing and amending certain scholarships;
1.5providing a tuition guarantee; regulating board member and trustee nominations
1.6and elections; requiring a certificate of need; defining terms; requiring a report;
1.7appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 135A.08,
1.8subdivision 1; 135A.25, subdivision 4; 136A.06; 136A.08, subdivision 1, by
1.9adding a subdivision; 136A.101, subdivision 4; 136A.121, subdivisions 5, 6, 9;
1.10136A.1701, subdivision 10; 136F.02, subdivision 1; 136F.04; 136F.045; 136F.46,
1.11subdivision 3; 137.0246, subdivision 2; 137.025, subdivision 1; 179A.03,
1.12subdivision 14; 299A.45, subdivision 4; 340A.404, subdivision 4a; proposing
1.13coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 135A; 136A; 136F; 137;
1.14repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 136A.127; 136F.03; 137.0245.
1.15BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.16
ARTICLE 1
1.17
HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
1.18
Section 1. new text begin SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.new text end
1.19
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Summary by fund.new text end new text begin The amounts shown in this section summarize new text end
1.20
new text begin direct appropriations, by fund, made in this article.new text end
1.21
new text begin 2010new text end
new text begin 2011new text end
new text begin Totalnew text end
1.22
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 1,388,543,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 1,383,285,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 2,771,828,000new text end
1.23
new text begin Health Care Accessnew text end
new text begin 2,157,000new text end
new text begin 2,157,000new text end
new text begin 4,314,000new text end
1.24
new text begin Federal Stabilizationnew text end
new text begin 180,920,000new text end
new text begin 180,920,000new text end
new text begin 361,840,000new text end
1.25
new text begin Totalnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 1,571,620,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 1,566,362,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 3,137,982,000new text end
1.26
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Summary by agency - all funds.new text end new text begin The amounts shown in this subdivision new text end
1.27
new text begin summarize direct appropriations, by agency, made in this article.new text end
2.1
new text begin 2010new text end
new text begin 2011new text end
new text begin Totalnew text end
2.2
2.3
new text begin Minnesota Office of Higher new text end
new text begin Educationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 195,358,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 190,049,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 385,407,000new text end
2.4
2.5
2.6
new text begin Board of Trustees of the new text end
new text begin Minnesota State Colleges and new text end
new text begin Universitiesnew text end
new text begin 665,883,000new text end
new text begin 665,883,000new text end
new text begin 1,331,766,000new text end
2.7
2.8
new text begin Board of Regents of the new text end
new text begin University of Minnesotanew text end
new text begin 709,079,000new text end
new text begin 709,079,000new text end
new text begin 1,418,158,000new text end
2.9
new text begin Mayo Medical Foundationnew text end
new text begin 1,300,000new text end
new text begin 1,351,000new text end
new text begin 2,651,000new text end
2.10
new text begin Totalnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 1,571,620,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 1,566,362,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 3,137,982,000new text end
2.11
Sec. 2. new text begin HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS.new text end
2.12
new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the new text end
2.13
new text begin agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the new text end
2.14
new text begin general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated new text end
2.15
new text begin for each purpose. The figures "2010" and "2011" used in this article mean that the new text end
2.16
new text begin appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, or new text end
2.17
new text begin June 30, 2011, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2010. "The second year" is fiscal new text end
2.18
new text begin year 2011. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2010 and 2011.new text end
2.19
new text begin APPROPRIATIONSnew text end
2.20
new text begin Available for the Yearnew text end
2.21
new text begin Ending June 30new text end
2.22
new text begin 2010new text end
new text begin 2011new text end
2.23
2.24
Sec. 3. new text begin MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER new text end
new text begin EDUCATIONnew text end
2.25
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 195,358,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 190,049,000new text end
2.26
new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end
2.27
new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end
2.28
new text begin subdivisions.new text end
2.29
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin State Grantsnew text end
new text begin 149,721,000new text end
new text begin 144,618,000new text end
2.30
new text begin If the appropriation in this subdivision for new text end
2.31
new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end
2.32
new text begin for the other year is available for it.new text end
2.33
new text begin The legislature intends that the Office of new text end
2.34
new text begin Higher Education make full grant awards in new text end
2.35
new text begin each year of the biennium.new text end
3.1
new text begin For the biennium, the tuition maximum for new text end
3.2
new text begin students in four-year programs is $9,938 in new text end
3.3
new text begin each year.new text end
3.4
new text begin This appropriation sets the living and new text end
3.5
new text begin miscellaneous expense allowance at $6,900 new text end
3.6
new text begin each year.new text end
3.7
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Safety Officers' Survivorsnew text end
new text begin 100,000new text end
new text begin 100,000new text end
3.8
new text begin This appropriation is to provide educational new text end
3.9
new text begin benefits under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
3.10
new text begin 299A.45, to dependent children under age 23 new text end
3.11
new text begin and to the spouses of public safety officers new text end
3.12
new text begin killed in the line of duty.new text end
3.13
new text begin If the appropriation in this subdivision for new text end
3.14
new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end
3.15
new text begin for the other year is available for it.new text end
3.16
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Interstate Tuition Reciprocitynew text end
new text begin 2,750,000new text end
new text begin 2,750,000new text end
3.17
new text begin If the appropriation in this subdivision for new text end
3.18
new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end
3.19
new text begin for the other year is available to meet new text end
3.20
new text begin reciprocity contract obligations.new text end
3.21
new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin State Work Studynew text end
new text begin 15,500,000new text end
new text begin 15,500,000new text end
3.22
new text begin Subd. 6.new text end new text begin Child Care Grantsnew text end
new text begin 6,675,000new text end
new text begin 6,675,000new text end
3.23
new text begin Subd. 7.new text end new text begin Indian Scholarshipsnew text end
new text begin 2,375,000new text end
new text begin 2,375,000new text end
3.24
new text begin The director of the Minnesota Office of new text end
3.25
new text begin Higher Education must contract with at least new text end
3.26
new text begin one knowledgeable person residing in or new text end
3.27
new text begin near the city of Bemidji to assist students new text end
3.28
new text begin with the scholarships under Minnesota new text end
3.29
new text begin Statutes, section 136A.126, and with other new text end
3.30
new text begin information about financial aid for which new text end
3.31
new text begin the students may be eligible. Bemidji State new text end
3.32
new text begin University must provide office space at new text end
3.33
new text begin no cost to the Minnesota Office of Higher new text end
4.1
new text begin Education for purposes of administering the new text end
4.2
new text begin American Indian scholarship program under new text end
4.3
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.126.new text end
4.4
new text begin Subd. 8.new text end new text begin Minitexnew text end
new text begin 5,631,000new text end
new text begin 5,631,000new text end
4.5
new text begin Subd. 9.new text end new text begin MnLINK Gatewaynew text end
new text begin 400,000new text end
new text begin 400,000new text end
4.6
new text begin Subd. 10.new text end new text begin Learning Network of Minnesotanew text end
new text begin 4,800,000new text end
new text begin 4,800,000new text end
4.7
new text begin Subd. 11.new text end new text begin Minnesota College Savings Plannew text end
new text begin 700,000new text end
new text begin 700,000new text end
4.8
new text begin Subd. 12.new text end new text begin Midwest Higher Education Compactnew text end
new text begin 95,000new text end
new text begin 95,000new text end
4.9
new text begin Subd. 13.new text end new text begin Other Small Programsnew text end
new text begin 853,000new text end
new text begin 853,000new text end
4.10
new text begin This appropriation includes funding for new text end
4.11
new text begin student and parent information, information new text end
4.12
new text begin for college attendance, and minority new text end
4.13
new text begin education programs.new text end
4.14
new text begin Subd. 14.new text end new text begin TEACH Programnew text end
new text begin 300,000new text end
new text begin 300,000new text end
4.15
new text begin For the teacher education and compensation new text end
4.16
new text begin helps (TEACH) and the Minnesota early new text end
4.17
new text begin childhood teacher retention programs in new text end
4.18
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.126. This new text end
4.19
new text begin is a onetime appropriation.new text end
4.20
new text begin Subd. 15.new text end new text begin Power of Younew text end
new text begin 2,000,000new text end
new text begin 2,000,000new text end
4.21
new text begin For transfer to MnSCU for the existing new text end
4.22
new text begin Power of You program and for pilot sites new text end
4.23
new text begin under article 2, section 30.new text end
4.24
4.25
new text begin Subd. 16.new text end new text begin Technical and Community College new text end
new text begin Emergency Grantsnew text end
new text begin 100,000new text end
new text begin 100,000new text end
4.26
new text begin For transfer to the financial aid offices new text end
4.27
new text begin at each of the colleges of the Minnesota new text end
4.28
new text begin State Colleges and Universities to provide new text end
4.29
new text begin emergency aid grants to technical and new text end
4.30
new text begin community college students who are new text end
4.31
new text begin experiencing extraordinary economic new text end
4.32
new text begin circumstances that may result in the students new text end
5.1
new text begin dropping out of school without completing new text end
5.2
new text begin the term or their program.new text end
5.3
new text begin Subd. 17.new text end new text begin Veterinary Loan Forgivenessnew text end
new text begin 225,000new text end
5.4
new text begin For the large animal loan forgiveness new text end
5.5
new text begin program under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
5.6
new text begin 136A.1795. This appropriation is available new text end
5.7
new text begin until expended.new text end
5.8
new text begin Subd. 18.new text end new text begin Agency Administrationnew text end
new text begin 2,685,000new text end
new text begin 2,685,000new text end
5.9
new text begin Subd. 19.new text end new text begin Balances Forwardnew text end
5.10
new text begin A balance in the first year under this section new text end
5.11
new text begin does not cancel, but is available for the new text end
5.12
new text begin second year.new text end
5.13
new text begin Subd. 20.new text end new text begin Transfersnew text end
5.14
new text begin The Minnesota Office of Higher Education new text end
5.15
new text begin may transfer unencumbered balances from new text end
5.16
new text begin the appropriations in subdivisions 2 to 7 new text end
5.17
new text begin and 11 to the state grant appropriation, the new text end
5.18
new text begin safety officer survivors appropriation, the new text end
5.19
new text begin interstate tuition reciprocity appropriation, new text end
5.20
new text begin the Minnesota college savings plan new text end
5.21
new text begin appropriation, the child care appropriation, new text end
5.22
new text begin and the state work study appropriation.new text end
5.23
5.24
new text begin Subd. 21.new text end new text begin United Family Medicine Residency new text end
new text begin Programnew text end
new text begin 448,000new text end
new text begin 467,000new text end
5.25
new text begin For a grant to the united family medicine new text end
5.26
new text begin residency program. This appropriation new text end
5.27
new text begin must be used to support up to 18 resident new text end
5.28
new text begin physicians each year in family practice at new text end
5.29
new text begin united family medicine residency programs new text end
5.30
new text begin and must prepare doctors to practice family new text end
5.31
new text begin care medicine in underserved rural and new text end
5.32
new text begin urban areas of the state. At least seven new text end
5.33
new text begin of the resident physicians must be at a new text end
5.34
new text begin publicly owned rural hospital that has an new text end
6.1
new text begin attached nursing home. The legislature new text end
6.2
new text begin intends for this program to improve health new text end
6.3
new text begin care in underserved communities, provide new text end
6.4
new text begin affordable access to appropriate medical new text end
6.5
new text begin care, and manage the treatment of patients in new text end
6.6
new text begin a more cost-effective manner.new text end
6.7
new text begin Subd. 22.new text end new text begin TANF Work-Studynew text end
6.8
new text begin Notwithstanding any rule to the contrary, new text end
6.9
new text begin work-study jobs funded by a TANF new text end
6.10
new text begin appropriation do not require employer new text end
6.11
new text begin matching funds.new text end
6.12
new text begin Subd. 23.new text end new text begin Reportingnew text end
6.13
new text begin By November 1 and February 15, the new text end
6.14
new text begin Minnesota Office of Higher Education new text end
6.15
new text begin must provide updated state grant spending new text end
6.16
new text begin projections, taking into account the most new text end
6.17
new text begin current and projected enrollment and tuition new text end
6.18
new text begin and fee information, economic conditions, new text end
6.19
new text begin and other relevant factors. Before submitting new text end
6.20
new text begin state grant spending projections, the office new text end
6.21
new text begin must meet and consult with representatives of new text end
6.22
new text begin public and private postsecondary education, new text end
6.23
new text begin the Department of Finance, the governor's new text end
6.24
new text begin office, legislative staff, and financial aid new text end
6.25
new text begin administrators.new text end
6.26
new text begin Subd. 24.new text end new text begin Accreditationnew text end
6.27
new text begin The office must work with small institutions new text end
6.28
new text begin to identify cost-effective methods to achieve new text end
6.29
new text begin accreditation necessary to be an eligible new text end
6.30
new text begin institution for state and federal financial aid.new text end
6.31
6.32
6.33
Sec. 4. new text begin BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE new text end
new text begin MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND new text end
new text begin UNIVERSITIESnew text end
6.34
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 665,883,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 665,883,000new text end
7.1
new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end
7.2
new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end
7.3
new text begin subdivisions.new text end
7.4
7.5
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Central Office and Shared Services new text end
new text begin Unitnew text end
new text begin 47,328,000new text end
new text begin 47,328,000new text end
7.6
new text begin For the Office of the Chancellor and the new text end
7.7
new text begin Shared Services Division.new text end
7.8
new text begin For fiscal years 2012 and 2013 the base for new text end
7.9
new text begin the Central Office and Shared Services Unit new text end
7.10
new text begin is $44,823,000 each year.new text end
7.11
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Operations and Maintenancenew text end
new text begin 553,366,000new text end
new text begin 553,366,000new text end
7.12
new text begin (a) It is the intention of the legislature to new text end
7.13
new text begin increase the amount of funding distributed new text end
7.14
new text begin to colleges and universities through the new text end
7.15
new text begin allocation model to provide direct support of new text end
7.16
new text begin instruction and related functions necessary new text end
7.17
new text begin to protect the core mission of educating new text end
7.18
new text begin students.new text end
7.19
new text begin (b) Allocations to campuses from new text end
7.20
new text begin appropriations under this section must new text end
7.21
new text begin not be reduced below the allocations for new text end
7.22
new text begin the biennium ending June 30, 2009, after new text end
7.23
new text begin deducting any amount unallotted in the new text end
7.24
new text begin biennium.new text end
7.25
new text begin (c) The Board of Trustees shall submit new text end
7.26
new text begin expenditure reduction plans by March 15, new text end
7.27
new text begin 2010, to the committees of the legislature new text end
7.28
new text begin with responsibility for higher education new text end
7.29
new text begin finance to achieve the 2012-2013 base new text end
7.30
new text begin established in this section at the central new text end
7.31
new text begin office and at each institution. The plan new text end
7.32
new text begin submitted by the board must be based on new text end
7.33
new text begin plans developed at each institution detailing new text end
7.34
new text begin reductions to achieve lower base allocations new text end
8.1
new text begin at that institution. Each plan must focus on new text end
8.2
new text begin protecting direct instruction while reducing new text end
8.3
new text begin peripheral programs and services that may new text end
8.4
new text begin benefit students and institutions but are new text end
8.5
new text begin not necessary to the education of students new text end
8.6
new text begin seeking certificates, diplomas, and degrees.new text end
8.7
new text begin (d) During the biennium ending June 30, new text end
8.8
new text begin 2011, except for positions that are essential to new text end
8.9
new text begin the daily operation of an institution, the board new text end
8.10
new text begin must not fill administrative and managerial new text end
8.11
new text begin vacancies, existing on the effective date of new text end
8.12
new text begin this section, in the central office or at any new text end
8.13
new text begin of the campuses of the Minnesota State new text end
8.14
new text begin Colleges and Universities or use a search firm new text end
8.15
new text begin for any hiring. The board must not authorize new text end
8.16
new text begin any increase in salaries for administrative and new text end
8.17
new text begin managerial positions in the Minnesota State new text end
8.18
new text begin Colleges and Universities in the biennium new text end
8.19
new text begin ending June 30, 2011. The board must not new text end
8.20
new text begin charge any of the institutions for reductions new text end
8.21
new text begin under this section to the central office.new text end
8.22
new text begin (e) For the biennium ending June 30, 2011, new text end
8.23
new text begin the board must not reserve or expend new text end
8.24
new text begin appropriations under this subdivision for new text end
8.25
new text begin competitive salaries, awards of excellence, new text end
8.26
new text begin campus and technology initiatives outside the new text end
8.27
new text begin allocation model, or other board or chancellor new text end
8.28
new text begin initiatives. All amounts saved under this new text end
8.29
new text begin paragraph must be added to the allocation new text end
8.30
new text begin model and distributed to the institutions.new text end
8.31
new text begin (f) For the biennium ending June 30, new text end
8.32
new text begin 2011, expenditures under this subdivision new text end
8.33
new text begin must not exceed $40,000,000 for new text end
8.34
new text begin technology initiatives, including technology new text end
8.35
new text begin infrastructure improvements, and $5,000,000 new text end
9.1
new text begin for initiatives to recruit and retain new text end
9.2
new text begin traditionally underrepresented students. All new text end
9.3
new text begin amounts saved under this paragraph must be new text end
9.4
new text begin added to the allocation model and distributed new text end
9.5
new text begin to the institutions.new text end
9.6
new text begin (g) $40,000 each year is for the Cook new text end
9.7
new text begin County Higher Education Board to provide new text end
9.8
new text begin educational programs and academic support new text end
9.9
new text begin services.new text end
9.10
new text begin (h) $1,000,000 each year is for the Northeast new text end
9.11
new text begin Minnesota Higher Education District and new text end
9.12
new text begin high schools in its area. Students from area new text end
9.13
new text begin high schools may also access the facilities new text end
9.14
new text begin and faculty of the Northeast Minnesota new text end
9.15
new text begin Higher Education District for state-of-the-art new text end
9.16
new text begin technical education opportunities, including new text end
9.17
new text begin MnSCU's 2+2 Pathways initiative.new text end
9.18
new text begin (i) $225,000 each year is to enhance eFolio new text end
9.19
new text begin Minnesota and for a center to provide on-site new text end
9.20
new text begin and Internet-based support and technical new text end
9.21
new text begin assistance to users of the state's eFolio new text end
9.22
new text begin Minnesota system to promote workforce and new text end
9.23
new text begin economic development and to enable access new text end
9.24
new text begin to workforce information generated through new text end
9.25
new text begin the eFolio Minnesota system.new text end
9.26
new text begin (j) For fiscal years 2012 and 2013 the base for new text end
9.27
new text begin operations and maintenance is $609,631,000 new text end
9.28
new text begin each year.new text end
9.29
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Federal Stimulus Appropriationnew text end
new text begin 65,189,000new text end
new text begin 65,189,000new text end
9.30
new text begin (a) This appropriation is from the fiscal new text end
9.31
new text begin stabilization account in the federal fund and new text end
9.32
new text begin may be used for modernization, renovation, new text end
9.33
new text begin or repair of facilities that are primarily used new text end
9.34
new text begin for instruction, research, or student housing new text end
9.35
new text begin but may not be used for maintenance of new text end
10.1
new text begin systems, equipment, or facilities. Amounts new text end
10.2
new text begin in this subdivision must not be allocated new text end
10.3
new text begin to modernization, renovation, or repair of new text end
10.4
new text begin stadiums or other facilities primarily used new text end
10.5
new text begin for athletic contests or exhibitions or other new text end
10.6
new text begin events for which admission is charged to the new text end
10.7
new text begin general public and must not be allocated to new text end
10.8
new text begin any facility used for sectarian instruction or new text end
10.9
new text begin religious worship or in which a substantial new text end
10.10
new text begin portion of the functions of the facilities are new text end
10.11
new text begin subsumed in a religious mission. No amount new text end
10.12
new text begin from this appropriation may be allocated to new text end
10.13
new text begin increase endowment funds.new text end
10.14
new text begin (b) Appropriations under this subdivision new text end
10.15
new text begin must be used as a bridge for budget new text end
10.16
new text begin reductions in the biennium ending June 30, new text end
10.17
new text begin 2013, and may be used to retain faculty new text end
10.18
new text begin and staff jobs, to provide severance and for new text end
10.19
new text begin early retirement incentives, and to mitigate new text end
10.20
new text begin the rising costs of attendance through new text end
10.21
new text begin minimizing tuition increases and the support new text end
10.22
new text begin of student employment opportunities.new text end
10.23
new text begin (c) The legislature intends that the new text end
10.24
new text begin tuition increase for a Minnesota resident new text end
10.25
new text begin undergraduate student in the Minnesota State new text end
10.26
new text begin Colleges and Universities, must not exceed new text end
10.27
new text begin five percent per year for the biennium ending new text end
10.28
new text begin June 30, 2011. Federal stimulus money new text end
10.29
new text begin under this subdivision must be used to buy new text end
10.30
new text begin down the tuition increase to no more than new text end
10.31
new text begin two percent per year for these students.new text end
10.32
new text begin (d) An additional $3,469,000 is appropriated new text end
10.33
new text begin in fiscal year 2009 from the fiscal stabilization new text end
10.34
new text begin account in the federal fund.new text end
10.35
new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin System Improvementsnew text end
11.1
new text begin To increase efficiencies and equity for new text end
11.2
new text begin faculty and staff, the Board of Trustees is new text end
11.3
new text begin encouraged to place a priority on identifying new text end
11.4
new text begin and implementing measures to improve new text end
11.5
new text begin the human resources system used by the new text end
11.6
new text begin Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. new text end
11.7
new text begin One of the goals of improving the human new text end
11.8
new text begin resources system is to provide seamless new text end
11.9
new text begin information on faculty and employees to new text end
11.10
new text begin facilitate transfers between institutions.new text end
11.11
11.12
Sec. 5. new text begin BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE new text end
new text begin UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAnew text end
11.13
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 709,079,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 709,079,000new text end
11.14
new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end
11.15
new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end
11.16
new text begin subdivisions.new text end
11.17
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Operations and Maintenancenew text end
new text begin 517,623,000new text end
new text begin 517,623,000new text end
11.18
new text begin (a) In the biennium ending June 30, 2011, the new text end
11.19
new text begin board must not use appropriations under this new text end
11.20
new text begin section to create or fund new administrative new text end
11.21
new text begin positions at the University of Minnesota or to new text end
11.22
new text begin increase salaries for administrative positions.new text end
11.23
new text begin (b) The Board of Regents shall submit new text end
11.24
new text begin expenditure reduction plans by March 15, new text end
11.25
new text begin 2010, to the committees of the legislature new text end
11.26
new text begin with responsibility for higher education new text end
11.27
new text begin finance to achieve the 2012-2013 base new text end
11.28
new text begin established in this section. The plan must new text end
11.29
new text begin focus on protecting direct instruction while new text end
11.30
new text begin reducing peripheral programs and services new text end
11.31
new text begin that may benefit students and institutions but new text end
11.32
new text begin are not necessary to the education of students new text end
11.33
new text begin seeking certificates, diplomas, and degrees.new text end
12.1
new text begin (c) Appropriations under this subdivision new text end
12.2
new text begin may be used for a new scholarship under new text end
12.3
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 137.0225, to new text end
12.4
new text begin complement the University's Founders new text end
12.5
new text begin scholarship.new text end
12.6
new text begin (d) This appropriation includes amounts for new text end
12.7
new text begin an Ojibwe Indian language program on the new text end
12.8
new text begin Duluth campus.new text end
12.9
new text begin (e) This appropriation includes money for the new text end
12.10
new text begin Dakota language teacher training immersion new text end
12.11
new text begin program on the Twin Cities campus to new text end
12.12
new text begin prepare teachers to teach in Dakota language new text end
12.13
new text begin immersion programs. new text end
12.14
new text begin (f) This appropriation includes $600,000 new text end
12.15
new text begin each year for the Veterinary Diagnostic new text end
12.16
new text begin Laboratory.new text end
12.17
new text begin (g) For fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the new text end
12.18
new text begin base for operations and maintenance is new text end
12.19
new text begin $598,124,000 each year.new text end
12.20
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Health Care Access Fundnew text end
new text begin 2,157,000new text end
new text begin 2,157,000new text end
12.21
new text begin This appropriation is from the health care new text end
12.22
new text begin access fund and is for primary care education new text end
12.23
new text begin initiatives.new text end
12.24
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Special Appropriationnew text end
new text begin 73,468,000new text end
new text begin 73,468,000new text end
12.25
new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Agriculture and Extension Servicenew text end
new text begin 52,255,000new text end
new text begin 52,255,000new text end
12.26
new text begin (1) This appropriation is for agricultural new text end
12.27
new text begin research and extension activities as provided new text end
12.28
new text begin in this paragraph.new text end
12.29
new text begin (2) The Agricultural Experiment Stations new text end
12.30
new text begin and Minnesota Extension Service must new text end
12.31
new text begin convene agricultural advisory groups to new text end
12.32
new text begin focus research, education, and extension new text end
12.33
new text begin activities on producer needs and implement new text end
13.1
new text begin an outreach strategy that more effectively new text end
13.2
new text begin and rapidly transfers research results and best new text end
13.3
new text begin practices to producers throughout the state.new text end
13.4
new text begin (3) This appropriation includes funding new text end
13.5
new text begin for research efforts that demonstrate a new text end
13.6
new text begin renewed emphasis on the needs of the state's new text end
13.7
new text begin production agriculture community. The new text end
13.8
new text begin following areas should be prioritized and new text end
13.9
new text begin carried out in consultation with Minnesota new text end
13.10
new text begin producer organizations:new text end
13.11
new text begin (i) vegetable crop research;new text end
13.12
new text begin (ii) fertilizer and soil fertility research and new text end
13.13
new text begin development;new text end
13.14
new text begin (iii) soil, groundwater, and surface water new text end
13.15
new text begin conservation practices and contaminant new text end
13.16
new text begin reduction research;new text end
13.17
new text begin (iv) discovering and developing plant new text end
13.18
new text begin varieties that use nutrients more efficiently;new text end
13.19
new text begin (v) breeding and development of turf seed new text end
13.20
new text begin and other biomass resources in all three new text end
13.21
new text begin Minnesota biomes;new text end
13.22
new text begin (vi) development of new disease-resistant new text end
13.23
new text begin and pest-resistant varieties of turf and new text end
13.24
new text begin agronomic crops;new text end
13.25
new text begin (vii) utilizing plant and livestock cells to treat new text end
13.26
new text begin and cure human diseases;new text end
13.27
new text begin (viii) the development of dairy coproducts;new text end
13.28
new text begin (ix) a rapid agricultural response fund for new text end
13.29
new text begin current or emerging animal, plant, and insect new text end
13.30
new text begin problems affecting production or food safety;new text end
13.31
new text begin (x) crop pest and animal disease research; new text end
13.32
new text begin (xi) developing animal agriculture that is new text end
13.33
new text begin capable of sustainably feeding the world;new text end
14.1
new text begin (xii) consumer food safety education and new text end
14.2
new text begin outreach; andnew text end
14.3
new text begin (xiii) programs to meet the research and new text end
14.4
new text begin outreach needs of sustainable and organic new text end
14.5
new text begin livestock and crop farmers.new text end
14.6
new text begin (4) This appropriation includes funding for new text end
14.7
new text begin research and outreach on the production of new text end
14.8
new text begin renewable energy from Minnesota biomass new text end
14.9
new text begin resources. The following areas should be new text end
14.10
new text begin prioritized and carried out in consultation new text end
14.11
new text begin with Minnesota producer and bioenergy new text end
14.12
new text begin organizations:new text end
14.13
new text begin (i) biofuel and other energy production from new text end
14.14
new text begin perennial crops, small grains, row crops, new text end
14.15
new text begin and forestry products in conjunction with new text end
14.16
new text begin the Natural Resources Research Institute new text end
14.17
new text begin (NRRI);new text end
14.18
new text begin (ii) alternative bioenergy crops and cropping new text end
14.19
new text begin systems; andnew text end
14.20
new text begin (iii) biofuel coproducts used for livestock new text end
14.21
new text begin feed.new text end
14.22
new text begin (5) This appropriation includes funding new text end
14.23
new text begin for analysis of livestock facility siting and new text end
14.24
new text begin regulatory models from other states and new text end
14.25
new text begin countries and the following aspects of new text end
14.26
new text begin ethanol production in Minnesota:new text end
14.27
new text begin (i) water use trends as compared to other new text end
14.28
new text begin industries and activities;new text end
14.29
new text begin (ii) the carbon balance of ethanol production;new text end
14.30
new text begin (iii) the effect of ethanol blending new text end
14.31
new text begin requirements on transportation fuel prices; new text end
14.32
new text begin andnew text end
14.33
new text begin (iv) the economic impacts of ethanol new text end
14.34
new text begin production and use including such measures new text end
15.1
new text begin as employment, economic output, and state new text end
15.2
new text begin and local tax revenues.new text end
15.3
new text begin (6) This appropriation may be used to new text end
15.4
new text begin establish and maintain a statewide organic new text end
15.5
new text begin research and education initiative, secure new text end
15.6
new text begin a facility and retain current faculty levels new text end
15.7
new text begin for poultry research currently conducted at new text end
15.8
new text begin UMore Park, develop and implement a dairy new text end
15.9
new text begin producer continuing education program new text end
15.10
new text begin and for scoping a new dairy research and new text end
15.11
new text begin teaching facility.new text end
15.12
new text begin (7) By February 1, 2011, the Board of new text end
15.13
new text begin Regents must submit a report to the new text end
15.14
new text begin legislative committees with responsibility new text end
15.15
new text begin for agriculture and higher education finance new text end
15.16
new text begin on the status and outcomes of research and new text end
15.17
new text begin initiatives funded in this section.new text end
15.18
new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Health Sciencesnew text end
new text begin 5,275,000new text end
new text begin 5,275,000new text end
15.19
new text begin $346,000 each year is to support up to 12 new text end
15.20
new text begin resident physicians each year in the St. new text end
15.21
new text begin Cloud Hospital family practice residency new text end
15.22
new text begin program. The program must prepare doctors new text end
15.23
new text begin to practice primary care medicine in the rural new text end
15.24
new text begin areas of the state. The legislature intends for new text end
15.25
new text begin this program to improve health care in rural new text end
15.26
new text begin communities, provide affordable access to new text end
15.27
new text begin appropriate medical care, and manage the new text end
15.28
new text begin treatment of patients in a more cost-effective new text end
15.29
new text begin manner.new text end
15.30
new text begin The remainder of this appropriation is for new text end
15.31
new text begin the rural physicians associates program, the new text end
15.32
new text begin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, health new text end
15.33
new text begin sciences research, dental care, and the new text end
15.34
new text begin Biomedical Engineering Center.new text end
15.35
new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Institute of Technologynew text end
new text begin 1,387,000new text end
new text begin 1,387,000new text end
16.1
new text begin For the Geological Survey and the talented new text end
16.2
new text begin youth mathematics program.new text end
16.3
new text begin (d) new text end new text begin System Specialsnew text end
new text begin 6,551,000new text end
new text begin 6,551,000new text end
16.4
new text begin For general research, student loans matching new text end
16.5
new text begin money, industrial relations education, new text end
16.6
new text begin Natural Resources Research Institute, Center new text end
16.7
new text begin for Urban and Regional Affairs, and the Bell new text end
16.8
new text begin Museum of Natural History.new text end
16.9
16.10
new text begin (e) new text end new text begin University of Minnesota and Mayo new text end
new text begin Foundation Partnershipnew text end
new text begin 8,000,000new text end
new text begin 8,000,000new text end
16.11
new text begin For the direct and indirect expenses of the new text end
16.12
new text begin collaborative research partnership between new text end
16.13
new text begin the University of Minnesota and the Mayo new text end
16.14
new text begin Foundation for research in biotechnology new text end
16.15
new text begin and medical genomics. This appropriation new text end
16.16
new text begin is available until expended. All parties to new text end
16.17
new text begin the partnership and chairs of the senate new text end
16.18
new text begin and house of representatives committees new text end
16.19
new text begin responsible for higher education finance new text end
16.20
new text begin must be consulted before the Board of new text end
16.21
new text begin Regents reduces the amount allocated to the new text end
16.22
new text begin partnership under this paragraph during the new text end
16.23
new text begin biennium ending June 30, 2011. An annual new text end
16.24
new text begin report on the expenditure of these funds must new text end
16.25
new text begin be submitted to the governor and the chairs new text end
16.26
new text begin of the senate and house of representatives new text end
16.27
new text begin committees responsible for higher education new text end
16.28
new text begin and economic development by June 30 of new text end
16.29
new text begin each fiscal year.new text end
16.30
new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin Federal Stimulus Appropriationnew text end
new text begin 115,731,000new text end
new text begin 115,731,000new text end
16.31
new text begin (a) This appropriation is from the fiscal new text end
16.32
new text begin stabilization account in the federal fund and new text end
16.33
new text begin may be used for modernization, renovation, new text end
16.34
new text begin or repair of facilities that are primarily used new text end
16.35
new text begin for instruction, research, or student housing new text end
17.1
new text begin but may not be used for maintenance of new text end
17.2
new text begin systems, equipment, or facilities. Amounts new text end
17.3
new text begin in this subdivision must not be allocated new text end
17.4
new text begin to modernization, renovation, or repair of new text end
17.5
new text begin stadiums or other facilities primarily used new text end
17.6
new text begin for athletic contests or exhibitions or other new text end
17.7
new text begin events for which admission is charged to the new text end
17.8
new text begin general public and must not be allocated to new text end
17.9
new text begin any facility used for sectarian instruction or new text end
17.10
new text begin religious worship or in which a substantial new text end
17.11
new text begin portion of the functions of the facilities are new text end
17.12
new text begin subsumed in a religious mission. No amount new text end
17.13
new text begin from this appropriation may be allocated to new text end
17.14
new text begin increase endowment funds.new text end
17.15
new text begin (b) Appropriations under this subdivision new text end
17.16
new text begin must be used as a bridge for budget new text end
17.17
new text begin reductions in the biennium ending June 30, new text end
17.18
new text begin 2013, and may be used to retain faculty and new text end
17.19
new text begin staff jobs, to provide severance and for early new text end
17.20
new text begin retirement incentives and to mitigate rising new text end
17.21
new text begin costs of attendance through minimizing new text end
17.22
new text begin tuition increases and support of student new text end
17.23
new text begin employment opportunities.new text end
17.24
new text begin (c) The legislature intends that the net new text end
17.25
new text begin tuition increase for a Minnesota resident new text end
17.26
new text begin undergraduate student at the University of new text end
17.27
new text begin Minnesota must not exceed $300 per year new text end
17.28
new text begin for the biennium ending June 30, 2011. new text end
17.29
new text begin Appropriations of federal stimulus money new text end
17.30
new text begin under this subdivision must be used to new text end
17.31
new text begin accomplish this goal.new text end
17.32
new text begin (d) $400,000 of this appropriation in fiscal new text end
17.33
new text begin year 2010 is for a grant to the Minnesota new text end
17.34
new text begin Wildlife Rehabilitation Center for their new text end
18.1
new text begin uncompensated expenses. This is a onetime new text end
18.2
new text begin appropriation.new text end
18.3
new text begin (e) An additional $27,080,000 is appropriated new text end
18.4
new text begin in fiscal year 2009 from the stabilization new text end
18.5
new text begin account in the federal fund.new text end
18.6
new text begin Subd. 6.new text end new text begin Academic Health Centernew text end
18.7
new text begin The appropriation for Academic Health new text end
18.8
new text begin Center funding under Minnesota Statutes, new text end
18.9
new text begin section 297F.10, is $22,250,000 each year.new text end
18.10
new text begin Subd. 7.new text end new text begin NRRI Researchnew text end
18.11
new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
18.12
new text begin 137.022, subdivision 4, the board may new text end
18.13
new text begin use up to $150,000 of the income credited new text end
18.14
new text begin to the permanent university fund from new text end
18.15
new text begin royalties from mining under state mineral new text end
18.16
new text begin leases to fund research at the Coleraine new text end
18.17
new text begin Minerals Research Laboratory of the Natural new text end
18.18
new text begin Resources Research Institute by taconite new text end
18.19
new text begin engineers who have been laid off by the new text end
18.20
new text begin mining industry.new text end
18.21
new text begin Subd. 8.new text end new text begin Enrollment Increasesnew text end
18.22
new text begin Over the biennium ending June 30, 2011, new text end
18.23
new text begin the Board of Regents must increase new text end
18.24
new text begin the enrollment of Minnesota resident new text end
18.25
new text begin freshmen with the goal of reaching at new text end
18.26
new text begin least the proportion of Minnesota resident new text end
18.27
new text begin undergraduates enrolled in the University of new text end
18.28
new text begin Minnesota in the 2006-2007 academic year.new text end
18.29
new text begin Subd. 9.new text end new text begin Human Cloning Prohibitednew text end
18.30
new text begin (a) No appropriations under this section new text end
18.31
new text begin may be used to directly or indirectly support new text end
18.32
new text begin human cloning.new text end
19.1
new text begin (b) For purposes of this subdivision, the new text end
19.2
new text begin following terms have the meanings given.new text end
19.3
new text begin (1) "Human cloning" means human asexual new text end
19.4
new text begin reproduction accomplished by introducing new text end
19.5
new text begin nuclear material from one or more human new text end
19.6
new text begin somatic cells into a fertilized or unfertilized new text end
19.7
new text begin oocyte whose nuclear material has been new text end
19.8
new text begin removed or inactivated so as to produce a new text end
19.9
new text begin living organism at any stage of development new text end
19.10
new text begin that is genetically virtually identical to new text end
19.11
new text begin an existing or previously existing human new text end
19.12
new text begin organism.new text end
19.13
new text begin (2) "Somatic cell" means a diploid cell, new text end
19.14
new text begin having a complete set of chromosomes, new text end
19.15
new text begin obtained or derived from a living or deceased new text end
19.16
new text begin human body at any stage of development.new text end
19.17
new text begin (c) Nothing in this subdivision shall restrict new text end
19.18
new text begin areas of scientific research not specifically new text end
19.19
new text begin prohibited by this section.new text end
19.20
Sec. 6. new text begin MAYO CLINICnew text end
19.21
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 1,300,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 1,351,000new text end
19.22
new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end
19.23
new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end
19.24
new text begin subdivisions.new text end
19.25
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Medical Schoolnew text end
new text begin 640,000new text end
new text begin 665,000new text end
19.26
new text begin The state must pay a capitation each new text end
19.27
new text begin year for each student who is a resident new text end
19.28
new text begin of Minnesota. The appropriation may be new text end
19.29
new text begin transferred between years of the biennium to new text end
19.30
new text begin accommodate enrollment fluctuations.new text end
19.31
new text begin It is intended that during the biennium the new text end
19.32
new text begin Mayo Clinic use the capitation money to new text end
20.1
new text begin increase the number of doctors practicing in new text end
20.2
new text begin rural Minnesota areas in need of doctors.new text end
20.3
20.4
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Family Practice and Graduate new text end
new text begin Residency Programnew text end
new text begin 660,000new text end
new text begin 686,000new text end
20.5
new text begin The state must pay stipend support for up to new text end
20.6
new text begin 27 residents each year.new text end
20.7
ARTICLE 2
20.8
RELATED HIGHER EDUCATION
20.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 135A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to
20.10read:
20.11 Subdivision 1.
Course equivalency. The
new text begin Board of new text end Regents of the University of
20.12Minnesota and the
new text begin Board of new text end Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
20.13shall develop and maintain course equivalency guides for use between institutions that
20.14have a high frequency of transfer.
new text begin The course equivalency guides must include information new text end
20.15
new text begin on the course equivalency and awarding of credit for learning acquired as a result of new text end
20.16
new text begin the successful completion of formal military courses and occupational training. new text end Course
20.17equivalency guides shall
new text begin arenew text end not be required for vocational technical programs that have
20.18not been divided into identifiable courses. The governing boards of private institutions
20.19that grant associate and baccalaureate degrees and that have a high frequency of transfer
20.20students are requested to participate in developing these guides.
20.21 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 135A.25, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
20.22 Subd. 4.
Minnesota Office of Higher Education responsibilities. (a) For private
20.23postsecondary institutions, the Minnesota Office of Higher Education must develop
20.24educational materials considering the recommendations by the Minnesota Office of Higher
20.25Education and others and at least annually convene and sponsor meetings and workshops
20.26and provide educational strategies for faculty, students, administrators, institutions, and
20.27bookstores to inform all interested parties on strategies for reducing the costs of course
20.28materials for students attending postsecondary institutions.
20.29 (b) The Minnesota Office of Higher Education must identify methods to compile and
20.30distribute information on publishers that sell or distribute course material for classroom use
20.31in postsecondary institutions in a manner that meets the requirements and complies with
20.32subdivision 2. The Minnesota Office of Higher Education must also evaluate ways to make
20.33this information available for use by students and faculty in postsecondary institutions.
21.1 Sec. 3.
new text begin [135A.26] AMERICAN MADE CLOTHING IN COLLEGE new text end
21.2
new text begin BOOKSTORES.new text end
21.3
new text begin To the extent possible, a bookstore located on the campus of a public college or new text end
21.4
new text begin university in Minnesota must only offer for sale clothing or articles of apparel that are new text end
21.5
new text begin manufactured in the United States of America. The college or university must make a new text end
21.6
new text begin report to the legislature on the results of efforts made to comply with this section.new text end
21.7 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.06, is amended to read:
21.8
136A.06 FEDERAL FUNDS.
21.9The Minnesota Office of Higher Education is designated the state agency to apply
21.10for, receive, accept, and disburse to both public and private institutions of higher education
21.11all federal funds which are allocated to the state of Minnesota to support higher education
21.12programs, construction, or other activities and which require administration by a state
21.13higher education agency under the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, and any
21.14amendments thereof, the Higher Education Act of 1965, and any amendments thereof, and
21.15any other law which provides funds for higher education and requires administration by a
21.16state higher education agency as enacted or may be enacted by the Congress of the United
21.17States; provided that no commitment shall be made that shall bind the legislature to make
21.18appropriations beyond current allocations of funds. The office may apply for, receive,
21.19accept, and disburse all administrative funds available to the office for administering
21.20federal funds to support higher education programs, construction, or other activities. The
21.21office also may apply for, receive, accept, and disburse any research, planning, or program
21.22funds which are available for purposes consistent with the provisions of this chapter. In
21.23making application for and administering federal funds the office may comply with any
21.24and all requirements of federal law and federal rules and regulations to enable it to receive
21.25and accept such funds. The expenditure of any such funds received shall be governed by
21.26the laws of the state, except insofar as federal regulations may otherwise provide. The
21.27office may contract with both public and private institutions in administering federal
21.28funds, and such contracts shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 16C. All such
21.29money received by the office shall be deposited in the state treasury and
new text begin , subject to section new text end
21.30
new text begin 3.3005,new text end are hereby appropriated to it annually for the purpose for which such funds are
21.31received. None of such moneys shall cancel but shall be available until expended.
21.32 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
21.33 Subdivision 1.
Definitions. new text begin (a) new text end For the purposes of this section, the
new text begin following new text end terms
new text begin new text end
21.34
new text begin have the meanings given them.new text end
22.1
new text begin (b)new text end "Province" and "provincial" mean the Canadian province of Manitoba.
22.2
new text begin (c)new text end new text begin "Resident of this state" means a resident student as defined in section 136A.101, new text end
22.3
new text begin subdivision 8.new text end
22.4 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.08, is amended by adding a subdivision
22.5to read:
22.6
new text begin Subd. 9.new text end new text begin Appeal; resident status.new text end new text begin A student who does not meet the definition of new text end
22.7
new text begin resident after residing in Minnesota for 12 months may appeal to the director by providing new text end
22.8
new text begin documentation on the student's reasons for residing in Minnesota. The director may new text end
22.9
new text begin grant resident status to the student upon determining the documentation establishes that new text end
22.10
new text begin postsecondary education was not the student's principle reason for residing in Minnesota.new text end
22.11 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.101, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
22.12 Subd. 4.
Eligible institution. "Eligible institution" means a postsecondary
22.13educational institution located in this state or in a state with which the office has entered
22.14into a higher education reciprocity agreement on state student aid programs that (1)
new text begin new text end
22.15
new text begin requires, as a condition of enrollment, that each entering Minnesota resident student must new text end
22.16
new text begin complete the federal application for student aid (FAFSA), andnew text end is
new text begin either (2) new text end operated by
22.17this state or the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, or (2)
new text begin (3) new text end is operated
22.18privately and, as determined by the office, meets all of the following: (i) maintains
22.19academic standards substantially equivalent to those of comparable institutions operated
22.20in this state; (ii) is licensed or registered as a postsecondary institution by the office or
22.21another state agency; and (iii) by July 1, 2011, is participating in the federal Pell Grant
22.22program under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.
22.23 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.121, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
22.24 Subd. 5.
Grant stipends. The grant stipend shall be based on a sharing of
22.25responsibility for covering the recognized cost of attendance by the applicant, the
22.26applicant's family, and the government. The amount of a financial stipend must not
22.27exceed a grant applicant's recognized cost of attendance, as defined in subdivision 6, after
22.28deducting the following:
22.29(1) the assigned student responsibility of at least 46
new text begin 45 new text end percent of the cost of
22.30attending the institution of the applicant's choosing;
22.31(2) the assigned family responsibility as defined in section
136A.101; and
22.32(3) the amount of a federal Pell grant award for which the grant applicant is eligible.
22.33The minimum financial stipend is $100 per academic year.
23.1 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.121, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
23.2 Subd. 6.
Cost of attendance. (a) The recognized cost of attendance consists of
23.3allowances specified in law for living and miscellaneous expenses, and an allowance for
23.4tuition and fees equal to the lesser of the average tuition and fees charged by the institution,
23.5or the tuition and fee maximums established in law.
new text begin The tuition and fee maximum for a new text end
23.6
new text begin student enrolled in a two-year program is the maximum tuition and fee amount charged at new text end
23.7
new text begin a two-year college within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. The tuition and new text end
23.8
new text begin fee maximum for a student enrolled in a four-year program shall be set in law.new text end
23.9(b) For a student registering for less than full time, the office shall prorate the cost of
23.10attendance to the actual number of credits for which the student is enrolled.
23.11(c) The recognized cost of attendance for a student who is confined to a Minnesota
23.12correctional institution shall consist of the tuition and fee component in paragraph (a),
23.13with no allowance for living and miscellaneous expenses.
23.14(d) For the purpose of this subdivision, "fees" include only those fees that are
23.15mandatory and charged to full-time resident students attending the institution. Fees do
23.16not include charges for tools, equipment, computers, or other similar materials where the
23.17student retains ownership. Fees include charges for these materials if the institution retains
23.18ownership. Fees do not include optional or punitive fees.
23.19 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.121, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
23.20 Subd. 9.
Awards. An undergraduate student who meets the office's requirements
23.21is eligible to apply for and receive a grant in any year of undergraduate study unless the
23.22student has obtained a baccalaureate degree or previously has been enrolled full time or
23.23the equivalent for eight
new text begin ten new text end semesters or the equivalent, excluding courses taken from a
23.24Minnesota school or postsecondary institution which is not participating in the state grant
23.25program and from which a student transferred no credit. A student who withdraws from
23.26enrollment for active military service is entitled to an additional semester or the equivalent
23.27of grant eligibility. A student enrolled in a two-year program at a four-year institution is
23.28only eligible for the tuition and fee maximums established by law for two-year institutions.
23.29 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.1701, subdivision 10, is amended to
23.30read:
23.31 Subd. 10.
Prohibition on use of state money. new text begin Except as provided in section new text end
23.32
new text begin 136A.1787, paragraph (a), new text end no money originating from state sources in the state treasury
23.33shall be made available for student loans under this section and all student loans shall be
23.34made from money originating from nonstate sources.
24.1 Sec. 12.
new text begin [136A.1787] SELF LOAN REVENUE BONDS ANNUAL CERTIFICATE new text end
24.2
new text begin OF NEED.new text end
24.3
new text begin (a) In order to ensure the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds and new text end
24.4
new text begin notes of the office and the continued maintenance of the loan capital fund under section new text end
24.5
new text begin 136A.1785, the office shall annually determine and certify to the governor, on or before new text end
24.6
new text begin December 1, the amount, if any:new text end
24.7
new text begin (1) needed to restore the loan capital fund to the minimum amount required by a new text end
24.8
new text begin resolution or indenture relating to any bonds or notes of the office, not exceeding the new text end
24.9
new text begin maximum amount of principal and interest to become due and payable in any subsequent new text end
24.10
new text begin year on all bonds or notes which are then outstanding; new text end
24.11
new text begin (2) determined by the office to be needed in the immediately ensuing fiscal year, with new text end
24.12
new text begin other funds pledged and estimated to be received during that year, for the payment of the new text end
24.13
new text begin principal and interest due and payable in that year on all outstanding bonds and notes; and new text end
24.14
new text begin (3) needed to restore any debt service fund securing any outstanding bonds or new text end
24.15
new text begin notes of the office to the amount required in a resolution or indenture relating to such new text end
24.16
new text begin outstanding bonds or notes.new text end
24.17
new text begin (b) The governor shall include and submit the amounts certified by the office in new text end
24.18
new text begin accordance with this section to the legislature in the budget for the following fiscal year, or new text end
24.19
new text begin in a supplemental budget if the regular budget for that year has previously been approved.new text end
24.20 Sec. 13.
new text begin [136A.1795] LARGE ANIMAL VETERINARIAN LOAN new text end
24.21
new text begin FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.new text end
24.22
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Definitions.new text end new text begin (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms new text end
24.23
new text begin have the meanings given.new text end
24.24
new text begin (b) "Veterinarian" means an individual who has been awarded a doctor of veterinary new text end
24.25
new text begin medicine degree from the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota.new text end
24.26
new text begin (c) "Designated rural area" means an area in Minnesota outside the counties of new text end
24.27
new text begin Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington, excluding the cities of new text end
24.28
new text begin Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester, and St. Cloud.new text end
24.29
new text begin (d) "Emergency circumstances" means those conditions that make it impossible for new text end
24.30
new text begin the participant to fulfill the service commitment, including death, total and permanent new text end
24.31
new text begin disability, or temporary disability lasting more than two years.new text end
24.32
new text begin (e) "Qualified educational loan" means a government, commercial, or foundation new text end
24.33
new text begin loan for actual costs paid for tuition, reasonable education expenses, and reasonable living new text end
24.34
new text begin expenses related to the education of a veterinarian.new text end
25.1
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Establishment; administration.new text end new text begin (a) The director of the Minnesota Office new text end
25.2
new text begin of Higher Education shall establish and administer a loan forgiveness program for large new text end
25.3
new text begin animal veterinarians who:new text end
25.4
new text begin (1) agree to practice in designated rural areas that are considered underserved; andnew text end
25.5
new text begin (2) work full time in a practice that is at least 50 percent involved with the care of new text end
25.6
new text begin food animals.new text end
25.7
new text begin (b) Appropriations made to the program do not cancel and are available until new text end
25.8
new text begin expended.new text end
25.9
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Eligibility.new text end new text begin (a) To be eligible to participate in the loan forgiveness program, new text end
25.10
new text begin an individual must:new text end
25.11
new text begin (1) be a veterinarian who has been awarded a veterinary medicine degree within new text end
25.12
new text begin three years of submitting an application under this section, or be enrolled in the new text end
25.13
new text begin veterinarian degree program and making satisfactory progress in the College of Veterinary new text end
25.14
new text begin Medicine, University of Minnesota; andnew text end
25.15
new text begin (2) submit an application to the director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education new text end
25.16
new text begin in the form and manner prescribed by the director.new text end
25.17
new text begin (b) An applicant selected to participate must sign a contract agreeing to complete a new text end
25.18
new text begin five-year service obligation to practice as required under subdivision 2, paragraph (a).new text end
25.19
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Loan forgiveness.new text end new text begin (a) The director of the Minnesota Office of Higher new text end
25.20
new text begin Education may select a maximum of five applicants each year for participation in the loan new text end
25.21
new text begin forgiveness program, within the limits of available funding. Applicants are responsible for new text end
25.22
new text begin securing their own qualified educational loans.new text end
25.23
new text begin (b) The director must select participants based on their suitability for practice serving new text end
25.24
new text begin the designated rural area, as indicated by experience or training. The director must give new text end
25.25
new text begin preference to applicants closest to completing their training.new text end
25.26
new text begin (c) The director must make annual disbursements directly to the participant of new text end
25.27
new text begin $15,000 or the balance of the participant's qualifying educational loans, whichever is less, new text end
25.28
new text begin for each year that a participant meets the service obligation required under subdivision 3, new text end
25.29
new text begin paragraph (b), up to a maximum of five years.new text end
25.30
new text begin (d) Before receiving loan repayment disbursements and as requested, the participant new text end
25.31
new text begin must complete and return to the director an affidavit of practice form provided by the new text end
25.32
new text begin director verifying that the participant is practicing as required under subdivision 2, new text end
25.33
new text begin paragraph (a). The participant must provide the director with verification that the full new text end
25.34
new text begin amount of loan repayment disbursement received by the participant has been applied new text end
25.35
new text begin toward the designated loans. After each disbursement, verification must be received by new text end
25.36
new text begin the director and approved before the next loan repayment disbursement is made.new text end
26.1
new text begin (e) Participants who move their practice remain eligible for loan repayment as long new text end
26.2
new text begin as they practice as required under subdivision 2, paragraph (a).new text end
26.3
new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin Penalty for nonfulfillment.new text end new text begin If a participant does not fulfill the required new text end
26.4
new text begin minimum commitment of service required under subdivision 3, paragraph (b), the director new text end
26.5
new text begin of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education must collect from the participant the total new text end
26.6
new text begin amount paid to the participant under the loan forgiveness program plus interest at a rate new text end
26.7
new text begin established according to section 270C.40. The director must deposit the money collected new text end
26.8
new text begin in the state general fund. The director must allow waivers of all or part of the money owed new text end
26.9
new text begin the director as a result of a nonfulfillment penalty if emergency circumstances prevented new text end
26.10
new text begin fulfillment of the service obligation.new text end
26.11
new text begin Subd. 6.new text end new text begin Rules.new text end new text begin The director may adopt rules to implement this section.new text end
26.12 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136F.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.13 Subdivision 1.
Membership. The board consists of 15 members appointed by the
26.14governor
new text begin elected by the legislature in a joint conventionnew text end , including three members who are
26.15students who have attended an institution for at least one year and are currently enrolled at
26.16least half time in a degree, diploma, or certificate program in an institution governed by
26.17the board. The student members shall include one member from a community college, one
26.18member from a state university, and one member from a technical college. One member
26.19representing labor must be appointed after considering the recommendations made under
26.20section
. The governor is not bound by the recommendations. Appointments to
26.21the board are with the advice and consent of the senate. At least one member of the board
26.22must be a resident of each congressional district. All other members must be appointed
new text begin new text end
26.23
new text begin electednew text end to represent the state at large. In selecting appointees, the governor must consider
26.24the needs of the board of trustees and the balance of the board membership with respect to
26.25labor and business representation and racial, gender, geographic, and ethnic composition.
26.26 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136F.04, is amended to read:
26.27
136F.04 STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SELECTION.
26.28 Subdivision 1.
Responsibility. Notwithstanding section
, The State
26.29University Student Association and the State College Student Association shall each have
26.30the responsibility for recruiting, screening, and recommending qualified candidates
new text begin to the new text end
26.31
new text begin joint committee new text end for their student members of the board.
26.32 Subd. 2.
Criteria. After consulting with the Board of Trustees Candidate Advisory
26.33Council, The student associations shall jointly develop a statement of the selection criteria
26.34to be applied to potential candidates.
27.1 Subd. 3.
Recruiting and screening. Each student association shall develop
27.2processes for identifying and recruiting qualified candidates and for screening those
27.3candidates.
27.4 Subd. 4.
Recommendations. Each student association shall recommend at least
27.5two and not more than four candidates for its student member. By April 15
new text begin February 15 new text end
27.6 of the
new text begin even-numbered new text end year in which its members' term expires, each student association
27.7shall submit its recommendations to the governor
new text begin joint committeenew text end . The governor is not
27.8bound by these recommendations.
27.9 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136F.045, is amended to read:
27.10
136F.045 LABOR ORGANIZATION BOARD MEMBER SELECTION
27.11
PROCESS.
27.12 The Minnesota AFL-CIO shall recruit and screen qualified labor candidates to be
27.13recommended to the governor for appointment
new text begin joint committee for electionnew text end to the board.
27.14The organization must develop a process for selecting candidates, and a statement of
27.15selection criteria for board membership that is consistent with the requirements under
27.16section
136F.02, subdivision 1. The organization must recommend at least two and no
27.17more than four candidates to the governor
new text begin joint committee new text end beginning in 2010 and every
27.18six years thereafter. Recommendations must be made by April 15
new text begin February 15new text end of the
27.19
new text begin even-numbered new text end year in which the governor makes appointments
new text begin joint committee makes new text end
27.20
new text begin recommendations for candidates to be electednew text end to the board. The governor is not bound
27.21by the recommendations.
27.22 Sec. 17.
new text begin [136F.047] TRUSTEE NOMINATION AND ELECTION.new text end
27.23
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Joint legislative committee. new text end new text begin The joint legislative committee consists new text end
27.24
new text begin of the members of the higher education budget and policy divisions in each body of the new text end
27.25
new text begin legislature. The chairs of the divisions from each body shall be cochairs of the joint new text end
27.26
new text begin legislative committee. A majority of the members from each body is a quorum of the new text end
27.27
new text begin joint committee.new text end
27.28
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Meeting.new text end new text begin By March 15 of each odd-numbered year, or at a date agreed new text end
27.29
new text begin to by concurrent resolution, the joint legislative committee shall meet to consider new text end
27.30
new text begin recommendations for trustee of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for new text end
27.31
new text begin possible presentation to a joint convention of the legislature. The joint committee new text end
27.32
new text begin must meet as many times as necessary for the purpose of interviewing candidates, new text end
27.33
new text begin recommending candidates for the joint committee to consider, and voting for candidates new text end
27.34
new text begin for recommendation to the joint convention.new text end
28.1
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Recommendationsnew text end new text begin The joint committee may recommend to the joint new text end
28.2
new text begin convention candidates nominated by the joint committee. If a vacancy exists for a new text end
28.3
new text begin student board member or a member recommended under this section, the joint committee new text end
28.4
new text begin must consider the recommendations made by the responsible organizations to the joint new text end
28.5
new text begin committee for those vacancies. Candidates for any vacancy may be nominated for new text end
28.6
new text begin consideration by the joint committee only if the nomination receives the support of at least new text end
28.7
new text begin three house of representatives members of the committee and two senate members of the new text end
28.8
new text begin committee. A candidate must receive a majority vote of members from the house of new text end
28.9
new text begin representatives on the joint committee and from the senate on the joint committee to be new text end
28.10
new text begin recommended to the joint convention. The joint committee may recommend no more than new text end
28.11
new text begin two candidates for each vacancy. In recommending candidates to the joint convention, the new text end
28.12
new text begin joint committee must consider the needs of the board of trustees and the balance of the new text end
28.13
new text begin board membership with respect to gender, racial, and ethnic composition.new text end
28.14 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136F.46, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
28.15 Subd. 3.
Solicitation. Efforts to secure payroll deductions authorized in subdivision
28.161 may not interfere with, require a modification of, nor be conducted during the period of
28.17a payroll deduction fund drive for employees authorized by section
new text begin 43A.50new text end .
28.18 Sec. 19.
new text begin [136F.705] UNDERGRADUATE TUITION GUARANTEE.new text end
28.19
new text begin (a) A Minnesota resident student who first enrolls in a degree program at a state new text end
28.20
new text begin college or university beginning in the fall of 2010 or later must be offered the opportunity new text end
28.21
new text begin to participate in a stable tuition plan, according to this section, for up to four consecutive new text end
28.22
new text begin academic years. new text end
28.23
new text begin (b) For an undergraduate student enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program at a new text end
28.24
new text begin state university, the tuition charged to the student for each semester of enrollment during new text end
28.25
new text begin a four-year period, beginning with the first semester of enrollment, must not exceed the new text end
28.26
new text begin amount of tuition that the student was charged for the first semester of enrollment. For a new text end
28.27
new text begin student who continues to be enrolled after four consecutive academic years, the tuition new text end
28.28
new text begin rate for each semester in excess of four years is equal to the tuition rate paid by new new text end
28.29
new text begin enrollees at the state university. new text end
28.30
new text begin (c) For an undergraduate student enrolled in an associate degree program at a college, new text end
28.31
new text begin the tuition charged to the student for each semester of enrollment during a two-year period, new text end
28.32
new text begin beginning with the first semester of enrollment, must not exceed the amount of tuition that new text end
28.33
new text begin the student was charged for the first semester of enrollment. For a student who continues new text end
29.1
new text begin to be enrolled after two consecutive academic years, the tuition rate for each semester in new text end
29.2
new text begin excess of two years is equal to the tuition rate for new enrollees at the college.new text end
29.3 Sec. 20.
new text begin [137.0225] UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP.new text end
29.4
new text begin The Board of Regents may establish a scholarship to help offset the impact of new text end
29.5
new text begin rising tuition for Minnesota students from middle-income families. To be eligible for a new text end
29.6
new text begin scholarship under this section, a student must be a Minnesota resident undergraduate new text end
29.7
new text begin from a family that is not Pell eligible with an annual adjusted gross income not to exceed new text end
29.8
new text begin $100,000.new text end
29.9 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 137.0246, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
29.10 Subd. 2.
Regent nomination joint committee. (a) The joint legislative committee
29.11consists of the members of the higher education budget and policy divisions in each house
29.12of the legislature. The chairs of the divisions from each body shall be cochairs of the
29.13joint legislative committee. A majority of the members from each house is a quorum of
29.14the joint committee.
29.15 (b) By February 28 of each odd-numbered year, or at a date agreed to by concurrent
29.16resolution, the joint legislative committee shall meet to consider the advisory council's
29.17recommendations for regent of the University of Minnesota for possible presentation to a
29.18joint convention of the legislature.
29.19 (c) The joint committee may recommend to the joint convention candidates
29.20recommended by the advisory council and the other candidates nominated by the joint
29.21committee. A candidate other than those recommended by the advisory council may be
29.22nominated for consideration by the joint committee only if the nomination receives the
29.23support of at least three house of representatives members of the committee and two senate
29.24members of the committee. A candidate must receive a majority vote of members from the
29.25house of representatives and from the senate on the joint committee to be recommended to
29.26the joint convention. The joint committee may recommend no more than one candidate
new text begin new text end
29.27
new text begin two candidatesnew text end for each vacancy. In recommending nominees, the joint committee must
29.28consider the needs of the board of regents and the balance of the board membership with
29.29respect to gender, racial, and ethnic composition.
29.30 (d) The joint committee must meet twice, approximately one week apart. The first
29.31meeting is for the purpose of interviewing candidates and recommending candidates for
29.32the joint committee to consider. The second meeting is for the purpose of voting for
29.33candidates for recommendation to the joint convention.
30.1 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 137.025, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
30.2 Subdivision 1.
Appropriations not for buildings. The commissioner of finance
30.3shall pay no money to the University of Minnesota pursuant to a direct appropriation, other
30.4than an appropriation for buildings, until the university first certifies to the commissioner
30.5of finance that its aggregate balances in the temporary investment pool, cash, or separate
30.6investments, resulting from all state maintenance and special appropriations do not
30.7exceed $7,000,000, or any other amount specified in the act making the appropriation,
30.8plus one-third of all tuition and fee payments from the previous fiscal year. Upon this
30.9certification,
new text begin The commissioner of finance shall paynew text end 1/12 of the annual appropriation to
30.10the university shall be paid at the beginning
new text begin on the 21st daynew text end of each month. Additional
30.11payments shall be made by the commissioner of finance whenever the state appropriations
30.12and tuition aggregate balances in the temporary investment pool, cash, or separate
30.13investments are reduced below the indicated levels.
new text begin If the 21st day of the month falls on new text end
30.14
new text begin a Saturday or Sunday, the monthly payment shall be made on the Monday immediately new text end
30.15
new text begin following the 21st.new text end
30.16 Sec. 23.
new text begin [137.105] UNDERGRADUATE TUITION GUARANTEE.new text end
30.17
new text begin A Minnesota resident student who first enrolls in a degree program at the University new text end
30.18
new text begin of Minnesota beginning in the fall of 2010 or later must be offered the opportunity to new text end
30.19
new text begin participate in a stable tuition plan, according to this section, for up to four consecutive new text end
30.20
new text begin academic years. For an undergraduate student enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program, new text end
30.21
new text begin the tuition charged to the student for each semester of enrollment during a four-year new text end
30.22
new text begin period, beginning with the first semester of enrollment, must not exceed the amount of new text end
30.23
new text begin tuition that the student was charged for the first semester of enrollment. For a student new text end
30.24
new text begin who continues to be enrolled after four consecutive academic years, the tuition rate for new text end
30.25
new text begin each semester in excess of four years is equal to the tuition rate paid by new enrollees new text end
30.26
new text begin at the University of Minnesota.new text end
30.27 Sec. 24.
new text begin [137.701] UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT.new text end
30.28
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Purpose.new text end new text begin In order to support and create environments surrounding new text end
30.29
new text begin the campuses of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and Duluth that are new text end
30.30
new text begin conducive to the purposes of higher education and vital communities, the Board of new text end
30.31
new text begin Regents, the city of Minneapolis, and the city of Duluth are requested to create with new text end
30.32
new text begin surrounding neighborhoods an appropriate organization in each city, to cooperate in the new text end
30.33
new text begin development of those neighborhoods. The purpose of each organization is to improve new text end
31.1
new text begin the university's Minneapolis and Duluth campus area neighborhoods including, without new text end
31.2
new text begin limitation, the following:new text end
31.3
new text begin (1) providing and supporting the development of good quality university new text end
31.4
new text begin neighborhood housing, including housing for students, faculty, employees, alumni, and new text end
31.5
new text begin others who may wish to live in the university area neighborhoods;new text end
31.6
new text begin (2) encouraging and assisting university faculty, staff, students, and others to live in new text end
31.7
new text begin the neighborhood as long-term residents;new text end
31.8
new text begin (3) supporting and assisting appropriate business development in commercial areas new text end
31.9
new text begin of the neighborhood; andnew text end
31.10
new text begin (4) cooperating and coordinating planning and development in all matters affecting new text end
31.11
new text begin the neighborhood with local government, businesses, residents, and other stakeholders in new text end
31.12
new text begin the neighborhood.new text end
31.13
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Membership.new text end new text begin The organization created by the Board of Regents and new text end
31.14
new text begin the city of Minneapolis shall include representatives from the organizations currently new text end
31.15
new text begin represented on the University District Alliance Steering Committee. The Board of new text end
31.16
new text begin Regents and the city of Duluth may establish the membership of an organization for the new text end
31.17
new text begin purposes of subdivision 1.new text end
31.18
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Report.new text end new text begin The Board of Regents, the city of Minneapolis, and the city new text end
31.19
new text begin of Duluth are requested to report by January 15, 2010, to the chairs of the legislative new text end
31.20
new text begin committees with primary jurisdiction over higher education policy and finance on the new text end
31.21
new text begin status and activities of the organization that is created.new text end
31.22 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 179A.03, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
31.23 Subd. 14.
Public employee or employee. "Public employee" or "employee" means
31.24any person appointed or employed by a public employer except:
31.25(a) elected public officials;
31.26(b) election officers;
31.27(c) commissioned or enlisted personnel of the Minnesota National Guard;
31.28(d) emergency employees who are employed for emergency work caused by natural
31.29disaster;
31.30(e) part-time employees whose service does not exceed the lesser of 14 hours per
31.31week or 35 percent of the normal work week in the employee's appropriate unit;
31.32(f) employees whose positions are basically temporary or seasonal in character and:
31.33(1) are not for more than 67 working days in any calendar year; or (2) are not for more
31.34than 100 working days in any calendar year and the employees are under the age of 22, are
31.35full-time students enrolled in a nonprofit or public educational institution prior to being
32.1hired by the employer, and have indicated, either in an application for employment or by
32.2being enrolled at an educational institution for the next academic year or term, an intention
32.3to continue as students during or after their temporary employment;
32.4(g) employees providing services for not more than two consecutive quarters to the
32.5Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities under the terms of a
32.6professional or technical services contract as defined in section
16C.08, subdivision 1;
32.7(h) employees of charitable hospitals as defined by section
179.35, subdivision 3;
32.8(i) full-time undergraduate students employed by the school which they attend under
32.9a work-study program or in connection with the receipt of financial aid, irrespective
32.10of number of hours of service per week;
32.11(j) an individual who is employed for less than 300 hours in a fiscal year as an
32.12instructor in an adult vocational education program;
32.13(k) an individual hired by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and
32.14Universities to teach one course for three or fewer credits for one semester in a year;
32.15(l) with respect to court employees:
32.16(1) personal secretaries to judges;
32.17(2) law clerks;
32.18(3) managerial employees;
32.19(4) confidential employees; and
32.20(5) supervisory employees;
32.21(m) with respect to employees of Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., managerial,
32.22supervisory, and confidential employees.
32.23The following individuals are public employees regardless of the exclusions of
32.24clauses (e) and (f):
32.25(i) An employee hired by a school district or the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota
32.26State Colleges and Universities except at the university established in section
new text begin new text end
32.27
new text begin the Twin Cities metropolitan area under section 136F.10new text end or for community services or
32.28community education instruction offered on a noncredit basis: (A) to replace an absent
32.29teacher or faculty member who is a public employee, where the replacement employee
32.30is employed more than 30 working days as a replacement for that teacher or faculty
32.31member; or (B) to take a teaching position created due to increased enrollment, curriculum
32.32expansion, courses which are a part of the curriculum whether offered annually or not, or
32.33other appropriate reasons;
32.34(ii) An employee hired for a position under clause (f)(1) if that same position has
32.35already been filled under clause (f)(1) in the same calendar year and the cumulative
32.36number of days worked in that same position by all employees exceeds 67 calendar days
33.1in that year. For the purpose of this paragraph, "same position" includes a substantially
33.2equivalent position if it is not the same position solely due to a change in the classification
33.3or title of the position; and
33.4(iii) an early childhood family education teacher employed by a school district.
33.5 Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 299A.45, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
33.6 Subd. 4.
Renewal. Each award must be given for one academic year and is
33.7renewable for a maximum of eight
new text begin ten new text end semesters or the equivalent. A student who
33.8withdraws from enrollment for active military service is entitled to an additional semester
33.9or the equivalent of grant eligibility. An award must not be given to a dependent child
33.10who is 23 years of age or older on the first day of the academic year.
33.11 Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 340A.404, subdivision 4a, is amended to
33.12read:
33.13 Subd. 4a.
State-owned recreation; entertainment facilities. Notwithstanding any
33.14other law, local ordinance, or charter provision, the commissioner may issue on-sale
33.15intoxicating liquor licenses:
33.16 (1) to the state agency administratively responsible for, or to an entity holding a
33.17concession or facility management contract with such agency for beverage sales at, the
33.18premises of any Giants Ridge Recreation Area building or recreational improvement area
33.19owned by the state in the town of White
new text begin city of Biwabiknew text end , St. Louis County;
33.20 (2) to the state agency administratively responsible for, or to an entity holding a
33.21concession or facility management contract with such agency for beverage sales at, the
33.22premises of any Ironworld Discovery Center building or facility owned by the state at
33.23Chisholm; and
33.24 (3) to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for events at Northrop
33.25Auditorium, the intercollegiate football stadium, or at no more than seven other locations
33.26within the boundaries of the University of Minnesota, provided that the Board of Regents
33.27has approved an application for a license for the specified location
new text begin and provided that new text end
33.28
new text begin the application for a stadium or arena location allows for the legal sale of intoxicating new text end
33.29
new text begin liquor throughout the stadium or arena and does not limit the sale of intoxicating liquor to new text end
33.30
new text begin premium seating areas or suitesnew text end .
33.31 The commissioner shall charge a fee for licenses issued under this subdivision in an
33.32amount comparable to the fee for comparable licenses issued in surrounding cities.
33.33
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end
33.34
new text begin and applies to applications for an on-sale liquor license made after December 1, 2008.new text end
34.1 Sec. 28.
new text begin REPORT; FEDERAL TEXTBOOK INFORMATION new text end
34.2
new text begin REQUIREMENTS.new text end
34.3
new text begin By January 15, 2010, the Minnesota Office of Higher Education must report new text end
34.4
new text begin to the committees of the legislature responsible for higher education finance on the new text end
34.5
new text begin implementation of textbook information requirements under United States Code, title 20, new text end
34.6
new text begin section 1015b, effective July 1, 2010. In preparing the report, the office must work with new text end
34.7
new text begin representatives of textbook publishers, the Student Advisory Council, Minnesota State new text end
34.8
new text begin Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota, and the Private College Council. new text end
34.9
new text begin At a minimum, the report must include a template that publishers may use to provide new text end
34.10
new text begin the required information in a consistent format to all Minnesota campuses, and make new text end
34.11
new text begin recommendations of methods to disseminate pricing information to support students and new text end
34.12
new text begin faculty in making well informed decisions about course materials.new text end
34.13 Sec. 29.
new text begin MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGE - SOUTHEAST TECHNICAL; new text end
34.14
new text begin AVIATION TRAINING CENTER.new text end
34.15
new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 136F.60, subdivision 5, the net new text end
34.16
new text begin proceeds of the sale or disposition of the Aviation Training Center in Winona operated by new text end
34.17
new text begin Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical, after paying all expenses incurred in selling new text end
34.18
new text begin the property and retiring any remaining debt attributable to the project, are appropriated to new text end
34.19
new text begin the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for use in a capital new text end
34.20
new text begin project at the Winona campus and need not be paid to the commissioner of finance, as new text end
34.21
new text begin would otherwise be required by Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, subdivision 3.new text end
34.22
new text begin When the sale is complete and the sale proceeds have been applied as provided in new text end
34.23
new text begin this section, Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, no longer applies to the property and new text end
34.24
new text begin the property is no longer state bond financed property.new text end
34.25 Sec. 30.
new text begin MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES DEGREE new text end
34.26
new text begin REQUIREMENTS.new text end
34.27
new text begin Until July 2, 2012, an associate of applied science degree offered by a college in new text end
34.28
new text begin the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is exempt from the 60-semester new text end
34.29
new text begin credit length limit for an associate degree specified in the Minnesota State Colleges and new text end
34.30
new text begin Universities Board Policy number 3.36, part 3, subpart C. The chancellor may consider new text end
34.31
new text begin criteria for waiving the credit length limits under this board policy for emerging or new text end
34.32
new text begin innovative programs. By January 2, 2012, the Minnesota State College Faculty and the new text end
34.33
new text begin Minnesota State College Student Association must present a joint report to the house of new text end
35.1
new text begin representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over higher education policy on a new text end
35.2
new text begin process for reviewing the credit requirements for an associate of applied science degree.new text end
35.3
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end
35.4
new text begin and applies to associate of applied science degrees whether first offered before, on, or new text end
35.5
new text begin after that date.new text end
35.6 Sec. 31.
new text begin POWER OF YOU PILOT PROGRAMS.new text end
35.7
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Power of you pilot programs.new text end new text begin The Board of Trustees of the new text end
35.8
new text begin Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall establish power of you pilot programs in new text end
35.9
new text begin suburban and rural sites. The pilots shall comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 136F.19.new text end
35.10
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Suburban pilot selection.new text end new text begin By July 1, 2009, the board of trustees shall new text end
35.11
new text begin select one technical college and one community college or community-technical college new text end
35.12
new text begin in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburban area to develop a new power of you pilot program new text end
35.13
new text begin in conjunction with Metropolitan State University. Each college in the pilot program new text end
35.14
new text begin must work with a high school partner selected by the board in the Minneapolis-St. Paul new text end
35.15
new text begin suburban area.new text end
35.16
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Rural pilot selection.new text end new text begin By July 1, 2009, the Board of Trustees shall select new text end
35.17
new text begin two rural colleges to participate in the power of you pilot programs. One of the pilot new text end
35.18
new text begin programs must be a multicampus college in an agricultural part of the state and the other a new text end
35.19
new text begin multicampus college in a nonagricultural part of the state dependent on natural resources. new text end
35.20
new text begin Each college in the pilot program must work with a high school partner selected by the new text end
35.21
new text begin board.new text end
35.22
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
35.23 Sec. 32.
new text begin REPEALER.new text end
35.24
new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 136A.127; 136F.03; and 137.0245,new text end new text begin are repealed.new text end
35.25 Sec. 33.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end
35.26
new text begin Sections 1 to 5 are effective the day following final enactment.new text end
