3E Relating to higher education; requiring Minnesota postsecondary institutions to grant an expanded waiver for mandatory student health care coverage under certain conditions; requiring the disclosure of certain Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) course material and course schedule information; clarifying the authority of the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) system to continue operations during a budget impasse; modifying certain duties of the commissioner of management and budget (MMB) under certain conditions; increasing the revenue bond debt ceiling for the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU); modifying the definition of contingent account owner for purposes of a college savings plan; directing a portion of the permanent university fund for a mining engineering program offered through the University of Minnesota at Mesabi Range community and technical college; providing an exemption from state regulations for certain higher education institutions; authorizing a safety officer survivor education benefit for higher education; modifying certain eligibility and award amount provisions; establishing a Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) textbook working group; providing for a University of Minnesota appropriation transfer to the Hennepin county medical center (HCMC); requiring a report with recommendations for eliminating lower priority tests and assessments to offset the fees charged to the students for the teacher performance assessment
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