1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; regulating the transfer of credits within institutions 
1.3 	belonging to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system; requiring a 
1.4 	report;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136F.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [136F.302] CREDIT TRANSFER.
1.7 	The board of trustees must develop and maintain a systemwide effective and 
1.8 	efficient mechanism for seamless student transfer between system institutions that has a 
1.9 	goal of minimal loss of credits for transferring students. The Degree Audit and Reporting 
1.10 	System (DARS) and the u.select database and successor databases housed within the 
1.11 	office of the chancellor is the official repository of course equivalencies between system 
1.12 	colleges and universities. Each system college and university is responsible for ensuring 
1.13 	the accuracy and completeness of course equivalencies listed for courses offered by that 
1.14 	college or university. The development and maintenance of the system must, without 
1.15 	limitation, address the following:
1.16 	(1) alignment of institution curriculum and its communication to stakeholders;
1.17 	(2) transfer between similar programs;
1.18 	(3) documentation for transfer-related agreements between institutions;
1.19 	(4) systemwide transfer information on the Internet that is easily accessible and 
1.20 	maintained in a current and accurate status. Each system college and university shall post 
1.21 	course descriptions and course outlines for all courses on their institutional Web sites. The 
1.22 	links for current course outlines and course descriptions shall be submitted to the office of 
1.23 	the chancellor for publication on the minnesotatransfer.org Web site;
2.1 	(5) training for campus-level staff to provide accurate and consistent advice to 
2.2 	students;
2.3 	(6) institutional rather than student obligation to provide prompt required 
2.4 	documentation for course equivalency determinations; and
2.5 	(7) consistency of transfer policies among institutions in compliance with a system 
2.6 	policy.

2.7 	Sec. 2. REPORT OF CREDIT TRANSFER ACTIVITIES.
 2.8 	The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall report 
2.9 	on February 15, 2011, and annually thereafter through 2015, on its activities to achieve 
2.10 	the credit transfer goals of Minnesota Statutes, section 136F.302, and the results of those 
2.11 	activities. The report shall be made to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
2.12 	legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over higher education policy and finance. 
2.13 	The goals of Minnesota Statutes, section 136F.302, should be fully achieved as soon as 
2.14 	possible, but no later than the start of the 2015-2016 academic year.