SF 1236

CCR--SF1236 - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014)

Posted on 05/16/2013 08:35 p.m.

1.1CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON S.F. No. 1236 1.2A bill for an act 1.3relating to higher education; providing funding for the University of Minnesota, 1.4Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the Minnesota Office of Higher 1.5Education, and for other higher education purposes; regulating the state 1.6grant program; limiting certain tuition increases; regulating bonus payments; 1.7eliminating state regulation of certain online instruction; providing for local bank 1.8deposit of certain MnSCU reserves; requiring the development of strategies to 1.9assist in the completion of post-secondary programs; requiring an assessment 1.10of the feasibility of a state program to refinance student debt; creating a pilot 1.11program for intensive mentoring, counseling, and job placement activities for 1.12certain students; requiring an evaluation of which performance standards should 1.13be used to evaluate institutional eligibility for state student financial aid programs; 1.14requiring the University of Minnesota to develop a plan to reduce administrative 1.15costs; requiring a higher education mental health summit; creating a tribal 1.16college supplemental grant assistance program; recognizing veteran's experience 1.17and training for various higher education purposes; providing a pilot program for 1.18state grant aid to part-time students at MnSCU institutions; appropriating money; 1.19amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 13.47, subdivision 3; 127A.70, 1.20subdivision 2; 135A.61; 136A.031, subdivision 2; 136A.101, subdivisions 3, 5a, 1.219; 136A.121, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 136A.125, subdivisions 1.222, 4; 136A.233, subdivision 2; 136A.62, by adding a subdivision; 136A.646; 1.23136A.65, subdivisions 4, 8; 136A.653, by adding a subdivision; 136F.40, 1.24subdivision 2; 137.027; 141.25, subdivision 7; 141.35; 197.775, subdivisions 1.251, 2, by adding a subdivision; 268.19, subdivision 1; 299A.45, subdivision 4; 1.26proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 135A; 136A; 1.27136F; 137; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.121, subdivision 9b. 1.28May 16, 2013 1.29The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas 1.30President of the Senate 1.31The Honorable Paul Thissen 1.32Speaker of the House of Representatives 1.33We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 1236 report that we have agreed upon 1.34the items in dispute and recommend as follows: 1.35That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 1236 be further 1.36amended as follows: 1.37Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert: 2.1"ARTICLE 1 2.2HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 2.3 Section 1. new text begin SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 2.4     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 subdivision new text end 2.5 new text begin summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made in this article. new text end 2.6 new text begin SUMMARY BY FUND new text end 2.7 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end new text begin Total new text end 2.8 new text begin General new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,393,096,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,422,165,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,815,261,000 new text end 2.9 new text begin Health Care Access new text end new text begin 2,157,000 new text end new text begin 2,157,000 new text end new text begin 4,314,000 new text end 2.10 new text begin Total new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,395,253,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,424,322,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,819,575,000 new text end 2.11     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 2.12 new text begin summarize direct appropriations, by agency, made in this article. new text end 2.13 new text begin SUMMARY BY AGENCY - ALL FUNDS new text end 2.14 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end new text begin Total new text end 2.15 2.16 new text begin Minnesota Office of Higher new text end new text begin Education new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 227,031,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 224,572,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 451,603,000 new text end 2.17 2.18 2.19 new text begin Board of Trustees of the new text end new text begin Minnesota State Colleges and new text end new text begin Universities new text end new text begin 587,915,000 new text end new text begin 605,143,000 new text end new text begin 1,193,058,000 new text end 2.20 2.21 new text begin Board of Regents of the new text end new text begin University of Minnesota new text end new text begin 578,956,000 new text end new text begin 593,256,000 new text end new text begin 1,172,212,000 new text end 2.22 new text begin Mayo Clinic new text end new text begin 1,351,000 new text end new text begin 1,351,000 new text end new text begin 2,702,000 new text end 2.23 new text begin Total new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,395,253,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,424,322,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,819,575,000 new text end 2.24 Sec. 2. new text begin HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 2.25     new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the new text end 2.26 new text begin agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the new text end 2.27 new text begin general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated new text end 2.28 new text begin for each purpose. The figures "2014" and "2015" used in this article mean that the new text end 2.29 new text begin appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, or new text end 2.30 new text begin June 30, 2015, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2014. "The second year" is fiscal new text end 2.31 new text begin year 2015. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2014 and 2015. new text end 2.32 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end 2.33 new text begin Available for the Year new text end 2.34 new text begin Ending June 30 new text end 2.35 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 2.36 2.37 Sec. 3. new text begin MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER new text end new text begin EDUCATION new text end 3.1 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 227,031,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 224,572,000 new text end 3.2 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 3.3 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 3.4 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 3.5 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin State Grants new text end new text begin 179,141,000 new text end new text begin 176,781,000 new text end 3.6 new text begin If the appropriation in this subdivision for new text end 3.7 new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end 3.8 new text begin for the other year is available for it. new text end 3.9 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Child Care Grants new text end new text begin 6,684,000 new text end new text begin 6,684,000 new text end 3.10 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin State Work-Study new text end new text begin 14,502,000 new text end new text begin 14,502,000 new text end 3.11 new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Interstate Tuition Reciprocity new text end new text begin 11,017,000 new text end new text begin 11,018,000 new text end 3.12 new text begin If the appropriation in this subdivision for new text end 3.13 new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end 3.14 new text begin for the other year is available to meet new text end 3.15 new text begin reciprocity contract obligations. new text end 3.16 new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Safety Officer's Survivors new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end 3.17 new text begin This appropriation is to provide educational new text end 3.18 new text begin benefits under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 3.19 new text begin 299A.45, to eligible dependent children and new text end 3.20 new text begin to the spouses of public safety officers killed new text end 3.21 new text begin in the line of duty. new text end 3.22 new text begin If the appropriation in this subdivision for new text end 3.23 new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end 3.24 new text begin for the other year is available for it. new text end 3.25 new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Indian Scholarships new text end new text begin 3,100,000 new text end new text begin 3,100,000 new text end 3.26 new text begin The director must contract with or employ new text end 3.27 new text begin at least one person with demonstrated new text end 3.28 new text begin competence in American Indian culture and new text end 3.29 new text begin residing in or near the city of Bemidji to new text end 3.30 new text begin assist students with the scholarships under new text end 3.31 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.126, and new text end 3.32 new text begin with other information about financial aid for new text end 4.1 new text begin which the students may be eligible. Bemidji new text end 4.2 new text begin State University must provide office space new text end 4.3 new text begin at no cost to the Minnesota Office of Higher new text end 4.4 new text begin Education for purposes of administering the new text end 4.5 new text begin American Indian scholarship program under new text end 4.6 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.126. This new text end 4.7 new text begin appropriation includes funding to administer new text end 4.8 new text begin the American Indian scholarship program. new text end 4.9 new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Tribal College Grants new text end new text begin 150,000 new text end new text begin 150,000 new text end 4.10 new text begin For tribal college assistance grants under new text end 4.11 new text begin new Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.50. new text end 4.12 4.13 new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin High School-to-College Developmental new text end new text begin Transition Grants new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end 4.14 new text begin For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 4.15 new text begin 135A.61, for the high school-to-college new text end 4.16 new text begin developmental transition program grants. new text end 4.17 4.18 new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Intervention for College Attendance new text end new text begin Program Grants new text end new text begin 671,000 new text end new text begin 671,000 new text end 4.19 new text begin For the intervention for college attendance new text end 4.20 new text begin program under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 4.21 new text begin 136A.861. new text end 4.22 new text begin This appropriation includes funding to new text end 4.23 new text begin administer the intervention for college new text end 4.24 new text begin attendance program grants. new text end 4.25 new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Student-Parent Information new text end new text begin 122,000 new text end new text begin 122,000 new text end 4.26 new text begin Subd. 12. new text end new text begin Get Ready new text end new text begin 180,000 new text end new text begin 180,000 new text end 4.27 new text begin Subd. 13. new text end new text begin Midwest Higher Education Compact new text end new text begin 95,000 new text end new text begin 95,000 new text end 4.28 new text begin Subd. 14. new text end new text begin Minnesota Minority Partnership new text end new text begin 45,000 new text end new text begin 45,000 new text end 4.29 4.30 new text begin Subd. 15. new text end new text begin United Family Medicine Residency new text end new text begin Program new text end new text begin 351,000 new text end new text begin 351,000 new text end 4.31 new text begin For a grant to United Family Medicine new text end 4.32 new text begin residency program. This appropriation new text end 4.33 new text begin shall be used to support up to 18 resident new text end 5.1 new text begin physicians each year in family practice at new text end 5.2 new text begin United Family Medicine residency programs new text end 5.3 new text begin and shall prepare doctors to practice family new text end 5.4 new text begin care medicine in underserved rural and new text end 5.5 new text begin urban areas of the state. It is intended new text end 5.6 new text begin that this program will improve health new text end 5.7 new text begin care in underserved communities, provide new text end 5.8 new text begin affordable access to appropriate medical new text end 5.9 new text begin care, and manage the treatment of patients in new text end 5.10 new text begin a cost-effective manner. new text end 5.11 new text begin Subd. 16. new text end new text begin MnLINK Gateway and Minitex new text end new text begin 5,905,000 new text end new text begin 5,905,000 new text end 5.12 5.13 new text begin Subd. 17. new text end new text begin Statewide Longitudinal Education new text end new text begin Data System new text end new text begin 882,000 new text end new text begin 882,000 new text end 5.14 new text begin $582,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $582,000 new text end 5.15 new text begin in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated to the new text end 5.16 new text begin Office of Higher Education for transfer new text end 5.17 new text begin to the Office of Enterprise Technology to new text end 5.18 new text begin maintain infrastructure of the Statewide new text end 5.19 new text begin Longitudinal Education Data System and new text end 5.20 new text begin to acquire additional data through purchase new text end 5.21 new text begin and development. This transfer to the Office new text end 5.22 new text begin of Enterprise Technology is onetime. Any new text end 5.23 new text begin ongoing information technology support new text end 5.24 new text begin or costs for the Statewide Longitudinal new text end 5.25 new text begin Education Data System will be incorporated new text end 5.26 new text begin into the service level agreement and will be new text end 5.27 new text begin paid to the Office of Enterprise Technology new text end 5.28 new text begin by the Office of Higher Education under new text end 5.29 new text begin the rates and mechanism specified in that new text end 5.30 new text begin agreement. new text end 5.31 new text begin Subd. 18. new text end new text begin Hennepin County Medical Center new text end new text begin 645,000 new text end new text begin 645,000 new text end 5.32 new text begin For transfer to Hennepin County Medical new text end 5.33 new text begin Center for graduate family medical education new text end 5.34 new text begin programs at Hennepin County Medical new text end 5.35 new text begin Center. new text end 6.1 new text begin Subd. 19. new text end new text begin Teach for America new text end new text begin 750,000 new text end new text begin 750,000 new text end 6.2 new text begin For the purpose of supporting Teach for new text end 6.3 new text begin America activities in Minnesota and must new text end 6.4 new text begin not be used for teaching services performed new text end 6.5 new text begin outside Minnesota. The appropriation shall new text end 6.6 new text begin be used for: new text end 6.7 new text begin (1) expenses related to the recruitment, new text end 6.8 new text begin selection, and training of Teach for America new text end 6.9 new text begin corps members; new text end 6.10 new text begin (2) ongoing professional development and new text end 6.11 new text begin support of Teach for America corps members; new text end 6.12 new text begin (3) ongoing alumni support; and new text end 6.13 new text begin (4) management and operational support, new text end 6.14 new text begin development, and central services, including new text end 6.15 new text begin finance, technology, and human services. new text end 6.16 new text begin The appropriation for fiscal year 2015 is not new text end 6.17 new text begin available until the appropriation for fiscal new text end 6.18 new text begin year 2014 is matched by $2,121,000 from new text end 6.19 new text begin nonstate sources. new text end 6.20 new text begin Teach for America must by February 1, 2015, new text end 6.21 new text begin report to the chairs and ranking minority new text end 6.22 new text begin members of the legislative committees new text end 6.23 new text begin and divisions with jurisdiction over higher new text end 6.24 new text begin education on activities funded by this new text end 6.25 new text begin appropriation. Specifically, and without new text end 6.26 new text begin limitation, the report must include a report new text end 6.27 new text begin on the number of teachers of color funded new text end 6.28 new text begin and on the success of the teaching activities. new text end 6.29 new text begin To the extent possible, success must be new text end 6.30 new text begin measured using the Minnesota teachers new text end 6.31 new text begin development and evaluation program. new text end 6.32 new text begin Subd. 20. new text end new text begin Prosperity Act. new text end 7.1 new text begin $100,000 in fiscal year 2014 is appropriated new text end 7.2 new text begin from the general fund to the Office of Higher new text end 7.3 new text begin Education for the information technology new text end 7.4 new text begin costs associated with the implementation new text end 7.5 new text begin of the Prosperity Act. This is a onetime new text end 7.6 new text begin appropriation. new text end 7.7 new text begin Subd. 21. new text end new text begin Agency Administration new text end new text begin 2,491,000 new text end new text begin 2,491,000 new text end 7.8 new text begin Subd. 22. new text end new text begin Balances Forward new text end 7.9 new text begin A balance in the first year under this section new text end 7.10 new text begin does not cancel, but is available for the new text end 7.11 new text begin second year. new text end 7.12 new text begin Subd. 23. new text end new text begin Transfers new text end 7.13 new text begin The Minnesota Office of Higher Education new text end 7.14 new text begin may transfer unencumbered balances from new text end 7.15 new text begin the appropriations in this section to the state new text end 7.16 new text begin grant appropriation, the interstate tuition new text end 7.17 new text begin reciprocity appropriation, the child care new text end 7.18 new text begin grant appropriation, the Indian scholarship new text end 7.19 new text begin appropriation, the state work-study new text end 7.20 new text begin appropriation, the get ready appropriation, new text end 7.21 new text begin and the public safety officers' survivors new text end 7.22 new text begin appropriation. Transfers from the child care new text end 7.23 new text begin or state work-study appropriations may only new text end 7.24 new text begin be made to the extent there is a projected new text end 7.25 new text begin surplus in the appropriation. A transfer may new text end 7.26 new text begin be made only with prior written notice to new text end 7.27 new text begin the chairs and ranking minority members new text end 7.28 new text begin of the senate and house of representatives new text end 7.29 new text begin committees and divisions with jurisdiction new text end 7.30 new text begin over higher education finance. new text end 7.31 7.32 7.33 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 UNIVERSITIES new text end 7.34 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 587,915,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 605,143,000 new text end 8.1 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 8.2 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 8.3 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 8.4 8.5 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Central Office and Shared Services new text end new text begin Unit new text end new text begin 33,074,000 new text end new text begin 33,074,000 new text end 8.6 new text begin For the Office of the Chancellor and the new text end 8.7 new text begin Shared Services Division. new text end 8.8 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Operations and Maintenance new text end new text begin 550,726,000 new text end new text begin 567,954,000 new text end 8.9 new text begin This appropriation includes $25,500,000 in new text end 8.10 new text begin fiscal year 2014 and $52,500,000 in fiscal new text end 8.11 new text begin year 2015 for student tuition relief. The new text end 8.12 new text begin Board of Trustees may not set the tuition new text end 8.13 new text begin rate in any undergraduate degree-granting new text end 8.14 new text begin program for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 new text end 8.15 new text begin academic years at a rate greater than the new text end 8.16 new text begin 2012-2013 academic year rate. The student new text end 8.17 new text begin tuition relief may not be offset by increases new text end 8.18 new text begin in mandatory fees, charges, or other new text end 8.19 new text begin assessments to the student. new text end 8.20 new text begin To the extent that appropriations under new text end 8.21 new text begin this subdivision are insufficient to meet new text end 8.22 new text begin obligations contained in a labor or program new text end 8.23 new text begin contract, the Board of Trustees shall fund new text end 8.24 new text begin those obligations through reductions in costs new text end 8.25 new text begin associated with central administration of new text end 8.26 new text begin the system and executive administration of new text end 8.27 new text begin individual campuses, or through reallocation new text end 8.28 new text begin of nonstate funds received by the system. new text end 8.29 new text begin These outstanding obligations may not be new text end 8.30 new text begin funded through reduction in any program or new text end 8.31 new text begin service that directly impacts students or that new text end 8.32 new text begin is newly-authorized by the legislature for the new text end 8.33 new text begin 2014-2015 biennium, or through increased new text end 8.34 new text begin fees or costs directly assessed to students. new text end 9.1 new text begin $17,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 is for new text end 9.2 new text begin retention of talented faculty and staff. No new text end 9.3 new text begin later than April 1, 2014, the Board of Trustees new text end 9.4 new text begin must report to the legislative committees with new text end 9.5 new text begin jurisdiction over higher education finance new text end 9.6 new text begin and policy on the expenditure of these funds. new text end 9.7 new text begin The report must include: new text end 9.8 new text begin (1) the aggregate number of positions retained new text end 9.9 new text begin systemwide, and by individual campus; new text end 9.10 new text begin (2) the criteria used to determine whether a new text end 9.11 new text begin position qualified for retention funds from new text end 9.12 new text begin this appropriation; new text end 9.13 new text begin (3) the allocation of this appropriation new text end 9.14 new text begin among employment categories including, new text end 9.15 new text begin but not limited to, central administrative new text end 9.16 new text begin staff, executive administration on individual new text end 9.17 new text begin campuses, directors or chairs of individual new text end 9.18 new text begin programs and departments, faculty, academic new text end 9.19 new text begin support and student services staff, auxiliary new text end 9.20 new text begin services, and other employment categories as new text end 9.21 new text begin appropriate, and the average compensation new text end 9.22 new text begin increase for positions within each category; new text end 9.23 new text begin (4) an itemized accounting of this new text end 9.24 new text begin appropriation's allocation by individual new text end 9.25 new text begin employment position, including each new text end 9.26 new text begin position's job title, the full compensation new text end 9.27 new text begin and benefit structure for that position before new text end 9.28 new text begin and after this appropriation is allocated, new text end 9.29 new text begin the percent increase in compensation and new text end 9.30 new text begin benefits for that position as a result of new text end 9.31 new text begin this appropriation, and data comparing the new text end 9.32 new text begin compensation and benefit structure offered new text end 9.33 new text begin with similar positions at peer institutions; and new text end 9.34 new text begin (5) the number of talented faculty and staff new text end 9.35 new text begin positions targeted for retention that were not new text end 10.1 new text begin able to be retained, and the reasons those new text end 10.2 new text begin positions were not retained. new text end 10.3 new text begin $18,000 each year is for transfer to the Cook new text end 10.4 new text begin County Higher Education Board to provide new text end 10.5 new text begin educational programming and academic new text end 10.6 new text begin support services to remote regions in new text end 10.7 new text begin northeastern Minnesota. This appropriation new text end 10.8 new text begin is in addition to the $102,000 per fiscal year new text end 10.9 new text begin this project currently receives. The project new text end 10.10 new text begin shall continue to provide information to the new text end 10.11 new text begin Board of Trustees on the number of students new text end 10.12 new text begin served, credit hours delivered, and services new text end 10.13 new text begin provided to students. The base appropriation new text end 10.14 new text begin under this paragraph is $120,000 each year. new text end 10.15 new text begin $7,278,000 in fiscal year 2015 is for a new text end 10.16 new text begin leveraged equipment program. For the new text end 10.17 new text begin purpose of this section, "equipment" means new text end 10.18 new text begin equipment for instructional purposes for new text end 10.19 new text begin programs that the board determines would new text end 10.20 new text begin produce graduates with skills for which there new text end 10.21 new text begin is a high employer need within the state. An new text end 10.22 new text begin equipment acquisition may be made under new text end 10.23 new text begin this appropriation only if matched by cash or new text end 10.24 new text begin in-kind contributions from nonstate sources. new text end 10.25 new text begin No later than January 15, 2015, the Board new text end 10.26 new text begin of Trustees shall submit a report to the new text end 10.27 new text begin legislative committees with oversight over new text end 10.28 new text begin higher education finance and policy on the new text end 10.29 new text begin expenditure of these funds to date. The new text end 10.30 new text begin reports must also list each donor, and the new text end 10.31 new text begin amount contributed by the donor, or in the new text end 10.32 new text begin case of an in-kind contribution, the nature new text end 10.33 new text begin and value of the contribution, received to new text end 10.34 new text begin date for purposes of the required match. new text end 11.1 new text begin $50,000 in fiscal year 2014 is to convene new text end 11.2 new text begin a mental health issues summit. This is a new text end 11.3 new text begin onetime appropriation. new text end 11.4 new text begin Five percent of the fiscal year 2015 new text end 11.5 new text begin appropriation in this subdivision is available new text end 11.6 new text begin in fiscal year 2015 when the Board of new text end 11.7 new text begin Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and new text end 11.8 new text begin Universities (MnSCU) demonstrates to the new text end 11.9 new text begin commissioner of management and budget new text end 11.10 new text begin that the board has met at least three of the new text end 11.11 new text begin following five performance goals: new text end 11.12 new text begin (1) increase by at least four percent in new text end 11.13 new text begin fiscal year 2013, compared to fiscal year new text end 11.14 new text begin 2010, graduates or degrees, diplomas, and new text end 11.15 new text begin certificates conferred; new text end 11.16 new text begin (2) increase by at least one percent the fall new text end 11.17 new text begin 2013 persistence and completion rate for fall new text end 11.18 new text begin 2012 entering students compared to the fall new text end 11.19 new text begin 2010 rate for fall 2009 entering students; new text end 11.20 new text begin (3) increase by at least four percent the fiscal new text end 11.21 new text begin year 2013 related employment rate for 2012 new text end 11.22 new text begin graduates compared to the 2011 rate for 2010 new text end 11.23 new text begin graduates; new text end 11.24 new text begin (4) by 2014, MnSCU must collect data on new text end 11.25 new text begin the number of Open Educational Resources new text end 11.26 new text begin (OER) tools and services offered and new text end 11.27 new text begin formulate a plan to actualize a one percent new text end 11.28 new text begin reduction in expenses directly related to the new text end 11.29 new text begin cost of instruction incurred by students; and new text end 11.30 new text begin (5) reallocate $22,000,000 that became new text end 11.31 new text begin available through expense realignment in new text end 11.32 new text begin fiscal year 2014. new text end 11.33 new text begin "Open Educational Resources" includes, new text end 11.34 new text begin but is not limited to, textbooks, study new text end 12.1 new text begin guides, worksheets, journals, video, audio new text end 12.2 new text begin recordings, massive open online courses, or new text end 12.3 new text begin other innovative course configuration. new text end 12.4 new text begin "Cost of instruction" means average tuition, new text end 12.5 new text begin average fees, average cost to student for new text end 12.6 new text begin textbooks and related course material. new text end 12.7 new text begin By August 1, 2013, the Board of Trustees new text end 12.8 new text begin and the Minnesota Office of Higher new text end 12.9 new text begin Education must agree on specific numerical new text end 12.10 new text begin indicators and definitions for each of the five new text end 12.11 new text begin goals that will be used to demonstrate the new text end 12.12 new text begin Minnesota State Colleges and Universities' new text end 12.13 new text begin attainment of each goal. On or before April new text end 12.14 new text begin 1, 2014, the Board of Trustees must report new text end 12.15 new text begin to the legislative committees with primary new text end 12.16 new text begin jurisdiction over higher education finance and new text end 12.17 new text begin policy the progress of the Minnesota State new text end 12.18 new text begin Colleges and Universities toward attaining new text end 12.19 new text begin the goals. The appropriation base for the new text end 12.20 new text begin next biennium shall include appropriations new text end 12.21 new text begin not made available under this subdivision for new text end 12.22 new text begin failure to meet performance goals. new text end 12.23 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Learning Network of Minnesota new text end new text begin 4,115,000 new text end new text begin 4,115,000 new text end 12.24 12.25 Sec. 5. new text begin BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE new text end new text begin UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA new text end 12.26 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 578,956,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 593,256,000 new text end 12.27 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 12.28 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 12.29 new text begin General new text end new text begin 576,799,000 new text end new text begin 591,099,000 new text end 12.30 new text begin Health Care Access new text end new text begin 2,157,000 new text end new text begin 2,157,000 new text end 12.31 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 12.32 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 12.33 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 12.34 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Operations and Maintenance new text end new text begin 515,211,000 new text end new text begin 529,511,000 new text end 13.1 new text begin This appropriation includes funding for new text end 13.2 new text begin operation and maintenance of the system. new text end 13.3 new text begin This appropriation includes $14,200,000 in new text end 13.4 new text begin fiscal year 2014 and $28,400,000 in fiscal new text end 13.5 new text begin year 2015 for tuition relief. The Board new text end 13.6 new text begin of Regents is requested to maintain the new text end 13.7 new text begin Minnesota resident undergraduate tuition rate new text end 13.8 new text begin for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 academic new text end 13.9 new text begin years at the 2012-2013 academic year rate. new text end 13.10 new text begin $17,775,000 in fiscal year 2014 and new text end 13.11 new text begin $17,875,000 in fiscal year 2015 are for new text end 13.12 new text begin the Minnesota Discovery, Research, and new text end 13.13 new text begin InnoVation Economy (MnDRIVE) funding new text end 13.14 new text begin program. new text end 13.15 new text begin Five percent of the fiscal year 2015 new text end 13.16 new text begin appropriation in this subdivision is available new text end 13.17 new text begin in fiscal year 2015 when the Board of Regents new text end 13.18 new text begin of the University of Minnesota demonstrates new text end 13.19 new text begin to the commissioner of management and new text end 13.20 new text begin budget that the board has met at least three of new text end 13.21 new text begin the following five performance goals: new text end 13.22 new text begin (1) increase by at least one percent the Twin new text end 13.23 new text begin Cities campus undergraduate four-year, new text end 13.24 new text begin five-year, or six-year graduation rates new text end 13.25 new text begin averaged over three years, for low-income new text end 13.26 new text begin students reported in fall 2014 over fall 2012. new text end 13.27 new text begin The average rate for fall 2012 is calculated new text end 13.28 new text begin with the fall 2010, 2011, and 2012 graduation new text end 13.29 new text begin rates; new text end 13.30 new text begin (2) increase by at least three percent the total new text end 13.31 new text begin number of undergraduate STEM degrees, new text end 13.32 new text begin averaged over three years, conferred by the new text end 13.33 new text begin University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus new text end 13.34 new text begin reported in fiscal year 2014 over fiscal year new text end 13.35 new text begin 2012. The averaged number for fall 2012 is new text end 14.1 new text begin calculated with the fall 2010, 2011, and 2012 new text end 14.2 new text begin number; new text end 14.3 new text begin (3) increase by at least one percent the new text end 14.4 new text begin four-year, five-year, or six-year graduation new text end 14.5 new text begin rates, averaged over three years, at the new text end 14.6 new text begin University of Minnesota reported in fall 2014 new text end 14.7 new text begin over fall 2012. The average rate for fall 2012 new text end 14.8 new text begin is calculated with the fall 2010, 2011, and new text end 14.9 new text begin 2012 graduation rates; new text end 14.10 new text begin (4) for fiscal year 2014, decrease new text end 14.11 new text begin administrative costs by $15,000,000; and new text end 14.12 new text begin (5) increase invention disclosures by three new text end 14.13 new text begin percent for fiscal year 2014 over fiscal year new text end 14.14 new text begin 2013 (net of student disclosures). new text end 14.15 new text begin By August 1, 2013, the Board of Regents and new text end 14.16 new text begin the Minnesota Office of Higher Education new text end 14.17 new text begin must agree on specific numerical indicators new text end 14.18 new text begin and definitions for each of the five goals that new text end 14.19 new text begin will be used to demonstrate the University of new text end 14.20 new text begin Minnesota's attainment of each goal. On or new text end 14.21 new text begin before April 1, 2014, the Board of Regents new text end 14.22 new text begin must report to the legislative committees new text end 14.23 new text begin with primary jurisdiction over higher new text end 14.24 new text begin education finance and policy the progress of new text end 14.25 new text begin the University of Minnesota toward attaining new text end 14.26 new text begin the goals. The appropriation base for the new text end 14.27 new text begin next biennium shall include appropriations new text end 14.28 new text begin not made available under this subdivision for new text end 14.29 new text begin failure to meet performance goals. new text end 14.30 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Primary Care Education Initiatives new text end new text begin 2,157,000 new text end new text begin 2,157,000 new text end 14.31 new text begin This appropriation is from the health care new text end 14.32 new text begin access fund. new text end 14.33 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Special Appropriations new text end 14.34 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Agriculture and Extension Service new text end new text begin 42,922,000 new text end new text begin 42,922,000 new text end 15.1 new text begin For the Agricultural Experiment Station and new text end 15.2 new text begin the Minnesota Extension Service: new text end 15.3 new text begin (1) the agricultural experiment stations new text end 15.4 new text begin and Minnesota Extension Service must new text end 15.5 new text begin convene agricultural advisory groups to new text end 15.6 new text begin focus research, education, and extension new text end 15.7 new text begin activities on producer needs and implement new text end 15.8 new text begin an outreach strategy that more effectively new text end 15.9 new text begin and rapidly transfers research results and best new text end 15.10 new text begin practices to producers throughout the state; new text end 15.11 new text begin (2) this appropriation includes funding for new text end 15.12 new text begin research and outreach on the production of new text end 15.13 new text begin renewable energy from Minnesota biomass new text end 15.14 new text begin resources, including agronomic crops, plant new text end 15.15 new text begin and animal wastes, and native plants or trees. new text end 15.16 new text begin The following areas should be prioritized and new text end 15.17 new text begin carried out in consultation with Minnesota new text end 15.18 new text begin producers, renewable energy, and bioenergy new text end 15.19 new text begin organizations: new text end 15.20 new text begin (i) biofuel and other energy production from new text end 15.21 new text begin perennial crops, small grains, row crops, new text end 15.22 new text begin and forestry products in conjunction with new text end 15.23 new text begin the Natural Resources Research Institute new text end 15.24 new text begin (NRRI); new text end 15.25 new text begin (ii) alternative bioenergy crops and cropping new text end 15.26 new text begin systems; and new text end 15.27 new text begin (iii) biofuel coproducts used for livestock new text end 15.28 new text begin feed; new text end 15.29 new text begin (3) this appropriation includes funding new text end 15.30 new text begin for the College of Food, Agricultural, and new text end 15.31 new text begin Natural Resources Sciences to establish and new text end 15.32 new text begin provide leadership for organic agronomic, new text end 15.33 new text begin horticultural, livestock, and food systems new text end 15.34 new text begin research, education, and outreach and for new text end 16.1 new text begin the purchase of state-of-the-art laboratory, new text end 16.2 new text begin planting, tilling, harvesting, and processing new text end 16.3 new text begin equipment necessary for this project; new text end 16.4 new text begin (4) this appropriation includes funding new text end 16.5 new text begin for research efforts that demonstrate a new text end 16.6 new text begin renewed emphasis on the needs of the state's new text end 16.7 new text begin agriculture community. The following new text end 16.8 new text begin areas should be prioritized and carried new text end 16.9 new text begin out in consultation with Minnesota farm new text end 16.10 new text begin organizations: new text end 16.11 new text begin (i) vegetable crop research with priority for new text end 16.12 new text begin extending the Minnesota vegetable growing new text end 16.13 new text begin season; new text end 16.14 new text begin (ii) fertilizer and soil fertility research and new text end 16.15 new text begin development; new text end 16.16 new text begin (iii) soil, groundwater, and surface water new text end 16.17 new text begin conservation practices and contaminant new text end 16.18 new text begin reduction research; new text end 16.19 new text begin (iv) discovering and developing plant new text end 16.20 new text begin varieties that use nutrients more efficiently; new text end 16.21 new text begin (v) breeding and development of turf seed new text end 16.22 new text begin and other biomass resources in all three new text end 16.23 new text begin Minnesota biomes; new text end 16.24 new text begin (vi) development of new disease-resistant new text end 16.25 new text begin and pest-resistant varieties of turf and new text end 16.26 new text begin agronomic crops; new text end 16.27 new text begin (vii) utilizing plant and livestock cells to treat new text end 16.28 new text begin and cure human diseases; new text end 16.29 new text begin (viii) the development of dairy coproducts; new text end 16.30 new text begin (ix) a rapid agricultural response fund for new text end 16.31 new text begin current or emerging animal, plant, and insect new text end 16.32 new text begin problems affecting production or food safety; new text end 16.33 new text begin (x) crop pest and animal disease research; new text end 17.1 new text begin (xi) developing animal agriculture that is new text end 17.2 new text begin capable of sustainably feeding the world; new text end 17.3 new text begin (xii) consumer food safety education and new text end 17.4 new text begin outreach; new text end 17.5 new text begin (xiii) programs to meet the research and new text end 17.6 new text begin outreach needs of organic livestock and crop new text end 17.7 new text begin farmers; and new text end 17.8 new text begin (xiv) alternative bioenergy crops and new text end 17.9 new text begin cropping systems; and growing, harvesting, new text end 17.10 new text begin and transporting biomass plant material; and new text end 17.11 new text begin (5) by February 1, 2015, the Board of Regents new text end 17.12 new text begin must submit a report to the legislative new text end 17.13 new text begin committees and divisions with responsibility new text end 17.14 new text begin for agriculture and higher education finance new text end 17.15 new text begin on the status and outcomes of research and new text end 17.16 new text begin initiatives funded in this section. new text end 17.17 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Health Sciences new text end new text begin 4,854,000 new text end new text begin 4,854,000 new text end 17.18 new text begin $346,000 each year is to support up to 12 new text end 17.19 new text begin resident physicians in the St. Cloud Hospital new text end 17.20 new text begin family practice residency program. The new text end 17.21 new text begin program must prepare doctors to practice new text end 17.22 new text begin primary care medicine in rural areas of the new text end 17.23 new text begin state. The legislature intends this program new text end 17.24 new text begin to improve health care in rural communities, new text end 17.25 new text begin provide affordable access to appropriate new text end 17.26 new text begin medical care, and manage the treatment of new text end 17.27 new text begin patients in a more cost-effective manner. new text end 17.28 new text begin The remainder of this appropriation is for new text end 17.29 new text begin the rural physicians associates program, the new text end 17.30 new text begin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, health new text end 17.31 new text begin sciences research, dental care, and the new text end 17.32 new text begin Biomedical Engineering Center. new text end 17.33 new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Institute of Technology new text end new text begin 1,140,000 new text end new text begin 1,140,000 new text end 18.1 new text begin For the geological survey and the talented new text end 18.2 new text begin youth mathematics program. new text end 18.3 new text begin (d) new text end new text begin System Special new text end new text begin 5,181,000 new text end new text begin 5,181,000 new text end 18.4 new text begin For general research, the Labor Education new text end 18.5 new text begin Service, Natural Resources Research new text end 18.6 new text begin Institute, Center for Urban and Regional new text end 18.7 new text begin Affairs, Bell Museum of Natural History, and new text end 18.8 new text begin the Humphrey exhibit. new text end 18.9 new text begin Of this amount, $125,000 in fiscal year 2014 new text end 18.10 new text begin and $125,000 in fiscal year 2015 are added new text end 18.11 new text begin to the base for the Labor Education Service. new text end 18.12 18.13 new text begin (e) new text end new text begin University of Minnesota and Mayo new text end new text begin Foundation Partnership new text end new text begin 7,491,000 new text end new text begin 7,491,000 new text end 18.14 new text begin For the direct and indirect expenses of the new text end 18.15 new text begin collaborative research partnership between new text end 18.16 new text begin the University of Minnesota and the Mayo new text end 18.17 new text begin Foundation for research in biotechnology new text end 18.18 new text begin and medical genomics. This appropriation is new text end 18.19 new text begin available until expended. An annual report new text end 18.20 new text begin on the expenditure of these funds must be new text end 18.21 new text begin submitted to the governor and the chairs of new text end 18.22 new text begin the legislative committee responsible for new text end 18.23 new text begin higher education finance by June 30 of each new text end 18.24 new text begin fiscal year. new text end 18.25 new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Academic Health Center new text end 18.26 new text begin The appropriation for Academic Health new text end 18.27 new text begin Center funding under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 18.28 new text begin section 297F.10, is estimated to be new text end 18.29 new text begin $22,250,000 each year. new text end 18.30 Sec. 6. new text begin MAYO CLINIC new text end 18.31 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,351,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,351,000 new text end 18.32 new text begin The amounts that may be spent are specified new text end 18.33 new text begin in the following subdivisions. new text end 19.1 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Medical School new text end new text begin 665,000 new text end new text begin 665,000 new text end 19.2 new text begin The state must pay a capitation each year for new text end 19.3 new text begin each student who is a resident of Minnesota. new text end 19.4 new text begin The appropriation may be transferred new text end 19.5 new text begin between each year of the biennium to new text end 19.6 new text begin accommodate enrollment fluctuations. It is new text end 19.7 new text begin intended that during the biennium the Mayo new text end 19.8 new text begin Clinic use the capitation money to increase new text end 19.9 new text begin the number of doctors practicing in rural new text end 19.10 new text begin areas in need of doctors. new text end 19.11 19.12 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Family Practice and Graduate new text end new text begin Residency Program new text end new text begin 686,000 new text end new text begin 686,000 new text end 19.13 new text begin The state must pay stipend support for up to new text end 19.14 new text begin 27 residents each year. new text end 19.15ARTICLE 2 19.16HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY 19.17    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.47, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 19.18    Subd. 3. Dissemination. new text begin (a) new text end Employment and training data may be disseminated by 19.19employment and training service providers: 19.20(a) new text begin (1) new text end to other employment and training service providers to coordinate the 19.21employment and training services for the data subject or to determine eligibility or 19.22suitability for services from other programs; 19.23(b) new text begin (2) new text end to local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the eligibility of the 19.24participant for assistance programs, or for any employment or training program 19.25administered by those agencies; and 19.26(c) new text begin (3) new text end to the commissioner of employment and economic development. 19.27 new text begin (b) The commissioner of employment and economic development may disseminate new text end 19.28 new text begin employment and training data to the Office of Higher Education for purposes of supporting new text end 19.29 new text begin program improvement, system evaluation, and research initiatives including the Statewide new text end 19.30 new text begin Longitudinal Education Data System. new text end 19.31    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.70, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 19.32    Subd. 2. Powers and duties; report. new text begin (a) new text end The partnership shall develop 19.33recommendations to the governor and the legislature designed to maximize the achievement 20.1of all P-20 students while promoting the efficient use of state resources, thereby helping 20.2the state realize the maximum value for its investment. These recommendations may 20.3include, but are not limited to, strategies, policies, or other actions focused on: 20.4    (1) improving the quality of and access to education at all points from preschool 20.5through graduate education; 20.6    (2) improving preparation for, and transitions to, postsecondary education and 20.7work; and 20.8    (3) ensuring educator quality by creating rigorous standards for teacher recruitment, 20.9teacher preparation, induction and mentoring of beginning teachers, and continuous 20.10professional development for career teachers. 20.11     new text begin (b) Under the direction of the P-20 Education Partnership Statewide Longitudinal new text end 20.12 new text begin Education Data System Governance Committee, the Office of Higher Education, and new text end 20.13 new text begin the Departments of Education and Employment and Economic Development shall new text end 20.14 new text begin improve and expand the statewide longitudinal education data system (SLEDS) to provide new text end 20.15 new text begin policymakers, education and workforce leaders, researchers, and members of the public new text end 20.16 new text begin with data, research, and reports to: new text end 20.17 new text begin (1) expand reporting on students' educational outcomes; new text end 20.18 new text begin (2) evaluate the effectiveness of educational and workforce programs; and new text end 20.19 new text begin (3) evaluate the relationship between education and workforce outcomes. new text end 20.20 new text begin To the extent possible under federal and state law, research and reports should be new text end 20.21 new text begin accessible to the public on the Internet, and disaggregated by demographic characteristics, new text end 20.22 new text begin organization or organization characteristics, and geography. new text end 20.23 new text begin It is the intent of the legislature that the statewide longitudinal education data system new text end 20.24 new text begin inform public policy and decision-making. The SLEDS governance committee, with new text end 20.25 new text begin assistance from staff of the Office of Higher Education, the Department of Education, and new text end 20.26 new text begin the Department of Employment and Economic Development, shall respond to legislative new text end 20.27 new text begin committee and agency requests on topics utilizing data made available through the new text end 20.28 new text begin statewide longitudinal education data system as resources permit. Any analysis of or new text end 20.29 new text begin report on the data must contain only summary data. new text end 20.30     new text begin (c) new text end By January 15 of each year, the partnership shall submit a report to the governor 20.31and to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and 20.32divisions with jurisdiction over P-20 education policy and finance that summarizes the 20.33partnership's progress in meeting its goals and identifies the need for any draft legislation 20.34when necessary to further the goals of the partnership to maximize student achievement 20.35while promoting efficient use of resources. 21.1    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 135A.031, subdivision 7, is amended to read: 21.2    Subd. 7. Reports. (a) Instructional and noninstructional expenditure data and 21.3enrollment data must be submitted in the biennial budget document under section 21.4. This report must include a description of the methodology for determining 21.5instructional and noninstructional expenditures and estimates of inflation in higher 21.6education and the methodology or index used to determine the inflation rate. new text begin The new text end 21.7 new text begin University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities systems shall new text end 21.8 new text begin include in their biennial budget proposals to the legislature: new text end 21.9     new text begin (1) a five-year history of systemwide expenditures, reported by: new text end 21.10     new text begin (i) functional areas, including instruction, research, public service, student financial new text end 21.11 new text begin aid, and auxiliary services, and including direct costs and indirect costs, such as new text end 21.12 new text begin institutional support, academic support, student services, and facilities management, new text end 21.13 new text begin associated with each functional area; and new text end 21.14     new text begin (ii) objects of expenditure, such as salaries, benefits, supplies, and equipment; new text end 21.15     new text begin (2) a five-year history of the system's total instructional expenditures per full-year new text end 21.16 new text begin equivalent student, by level of instruction, including upper-division undergraduate, new text end 21.17 new text begin lower-division undergraduate, graduate, professional, and other categories of instructional new text end 21.18 new text begin programs offered by the system; new text end 21.19     new text begin (3) a five-year history of the system's total revenues by funding source, including new text end 21.20 new text begin tuition, state operations and maintenance appropriations, state special appropriations, other new text end 21.21 new text begin restricted state funds, federal appropriations, sponsored research funds, gifts, auxiliary new text end 21.22 new text begin revenue, indirect cost recovery, and any other revenue sources; new text end 21.23    (b) By February 1 of each even-numbered year, the Board of Regents of the University 21.24of Minnesota and the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 21.25must submit a report to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 21.26higher education policy and finance. The report must describe the following: 21.27    (1) new text begin (4) an explanation describing new text end how state appropriations made to the system in 21.28the previous odd-numbered year new text begin biennium new text end were allocated and the methodology used to 21.29determine the allocation; 21.30    (2) new text begin (5) new text end data describing how the institution reallocated resources to advance the 21.31priorities set forth in the budget submitted under section 135A.034 and the statewide 21.32objectives under section 135A.011. The information must indicate whether instruction 21.33and support programs received a reduction in or additional resources. The total amount 21.34reallocated must be clearly explained; 21.35    (3) new text begin (6) new text end the tuition rates and fees established by the governing board in each of the 21.36past ten years and comparison data for peer institutions and national averages; 22.1    (4) new text begin (7) new text end data on the number and proportion of students graduating within four, five, 22.2and six years from universities and within three years from colleges as reported in the 22.3integrated postsecondary education data system. These data must be provided for each 22.4institution by race, ethnicity, and gender. Data and information must be submitted that 22.5describe the system's plan and progress toward attaining the goals set forth in the plan 22.6to increase the number and proportion of students that graduate within four, five, or six 22.7years from a university or within three years from a college; 22.8    (5) new text begin (8) new text end data on, and the methodology used to measure, the number of students 22.9traditionally underrepresented in higher education enrolled at the system's institutions. 22.10Data and information must be submitted that describe the system's plan and progress 22.11toward attaining the goals set forth in the plan to increase the recruitment, retention, and 22.12timely graduation of students traditionally underrepresented in higher education; and 22.13    (6) new text begin (9) new text end data on the revenue received from all sources to support research or 22.14workforce development activities or the system's efforts to license, sell, or otherwise 22.15market products, ideas, technology, and related inventions created in whole or in part by 22.16the system. Data and information must be submitted that describe the system's plan and 22.17progress toward attaining the goals set forth in the plan to increase the revenue received 22.18to support research or workforce development activities or revenue received from the 22.19licensing, sale, or other marketing and technology transfer activities by the system. 22.20    (c) Instructional expenditure and enrollment data new text begin (b) Data required by this new text end 22.21 new text begin subdivision new text end shall be submitted by the public postsecondary systems to the Minnesota 22.22Office of Higher Education and the Department of Management and Budget and included 22.23in the biennial budget document. The specific data shall be submitted only after the 22.24director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education has consulted with a data advisory 22.25task force to determine the need, content, and detail of the information. new text begin Representatives new text end 22.26 new text begin from each system, in consultation with the commissioner of management and budget new text end 22.27 new text begin and the director of the Office of Higher Education, shall develop consistent reporting new text end 22.28 new text begin practices for this purpose. new text end 22.29     new text begin (c) To the extent practicable, each system shall develop the ability to respond to new text end 22.30 new text begin legislative requests for financial analyses that are more detailed than those required by this new text end 22.31 new text begin subdivision, including but not limited to analyses that show expenditures or revenues by new text end 22.32 new text begin institution or program, or in multiple categories of expenditures or revenues, and analyses new text end 22.33 new text begin that show revenue sources for particular types of expenditures. new text end 22.34    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 135A.61, is amended to read: 23.1135A.61 HIGH SCHOOL-TO-COLLEGE DEVELOPMENTAL TRANSITION 23.2PROGRAMS new text begin PROGRAM GRANTS new text end . 23.3    Subdivision 1. High school-to-college developmental transition programs 23.4 new text begin program grants new text end . All public higher education systems and other higher education 23.5institutions in Minnesota are encouraged to offer new text begin (a) The director of the Minnesota Office of new text end 23.6 new text begin Higher Education shall award competitive matching grants to Minnesota public and private new text end 23.7 new text begin postsecondary institutions offering new text end research-based high school-to-college developmental 23.8transition programs to prepare students for college-level academic coursework. A program 23.9under this section must, at a minimum, include instruction to develop the skills and 23.10abilities necessary to be ready for college-level coursework when the student enrolls in a 23.11degree, diploma, or certificate program and must address the academic skills identified 23.12as needing improvement by a college readiness assessment completed by the student. A 23.13program new text begin Developmental courses new text end offered under this section must not constitute more than 23.14the equivalent of one semester of full-time study occurring in the summer following 23.15high school graduation. The courses completed in a program under this section must be 23.16identified on the student's transcript with a unique identifier to distinguish it new text begin them new text end from 23.17other developmental education courses or programs. new text begin Courses attended will not count new text end 23.18 new text begin towards the limit on postsecondary education used for state financial aid programs under new text end 23.19 new text begin sections 136A.121, subdivision 9, and 136A.125, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (4). new text end 23.20 new text begin Grants must be awarded to programs that provide instruction and services including, new text end 23.21 new text begin but not limited to: new text end 23.22 new text begin (1) summer developmental courses in academic areas requiring remediation; new text end 23.23 new text begin (2) academic advising, mentoring, and tutoring during the summer program and new text end 23.24 new text begin throughout the student's first year of enrollment; new text end 23.25 new text begin (3) interaction with student support services, admissions and financial aid offices; and new text end 23.26 new text begin (4) orientation to college life, such as study skills or time management. new text end 23.27 new text begin (b) Grants shall be awarded to eligible postsecondary institutions as defined in new text end 23.28 new text begin section 136A.103. new text end 23.29 new text begin (c) Grants shall be awarded for one year and may be renewed for a second year new text end 23.30 new text begin with documentation to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education of successful program new text end 23.31 new text begin outcomes. new text end 23.32     new text begin Subd. 1a. new text end new text begin Eligible students. new text end new text begin (a) Eligible students include students who earned a new text end 23.33 new text begin high school diploma or its equivalent during the academic year immediately preceding the new text end 23.34 new text begin summer program and who meet one or more of the following criteria: new text end 23.35 new text begin (1) are counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education new text end 23.36 new text begin Act of 1965 (Title I); new text end 24.1 new text begin (2) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch under the National School Lunch Act; new text end 24.2 new text begin (3) receive assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Law (Title new text end 24.3 new text begin I of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996); or new text end 24.4 new text begin (4) are a member of a group traditionally underrepresented in higher education. new text end 24.5 new text begin (b) Eligible students include those who met the student eligibility criteria in the new text end 24.6 new text begin student's final year of high school and plan to enroll in college the academic year following new text end 24.7 new text begin high school graduation or its equivalency. new text end 24.8     new text begin Subd. 1b. new text end new text begin Application process. new text end new text begin (a) The director of the Minnesota Office of Higher new text end 24.9 new text begin Education shall develop a grant application process. The director shall attempt to support new text end 24.10 new text begin projects in a manner that ensures that eligible students throughout the state have access to new text end 24.11 new text begin program services. new text end 24.12 new text begin (b) The grant application must include, at a minimum, the following information: new text end 24.13 new text begin (1) a description of the characteristics of the students to be served reflective of the new text end 24.14 new text begin need for services listed in subdivision 1; new text end 24.15 new text begin (2) a description of the services to be provided and a timeline for implementation of new text end 24.16 new text begin the activities; new text end 24.17 new text begin (3) a description of how the services provided will improve postsecondary readiness new text end 24.18 new text begin and support postsecondary retention; new text end 24.19 new text begin (4) a description of how the services will be evaluated to determine whether the new text end 24.20 new text begin program goals were met; and new text end 24.21 new text begin (5) other information as identified by the director. new text end 24.22 new text begin Grant recipients must specify both program and student outcome goals, and new text end 24.23 new text begin performance measures for each goal. new text end 24.24     new text begin Subd. 1c. new text end new text begin Match required. new text end new text begin Applicants are required to match the grant amount new text end 24.25 new text begin dollar-for-dollar. The match may be in cash or an in-kind contribution. new text end 24.26     new text begin Subd. 1d. new text end new text begin Review committee. new text end new text begin The director must establish and convene a grant new text end 24.27 new text begin selection committee to review applications and award grants. The members of the new text end 24.28 new text begin committee may include representatives of postsecondary institutions, school districts, new text end 24.29 new text begin organizations providing college outreach services, and others deemed appropriate by the new text end 24.30 new text begin director. new text end 24.31    Subd. 2. High school-to-college developmental transition programs evaluation 24.32report. (a) Institutions that offer a high school-to-college developmental transition 24.33program and enroll students that receive a grant under section 136A.121, subdivision 9b, 24.34 must annually submit data and information about the services provided and program 24.35outcomes to the director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. 25.1(b) The director must establish and convene a data working group to develop: (1) the 25.2data methodology to be used in evaluating the effectiveness of the programs implemented 25.3to improve the academic performance of participants, including the identification of 25.4appropriate comparison groups; and (2) a timeline for institutions to submit data and 25.5information to the director. The data working group must develop procedures that 25.6ensure consistency in the data collected by each institution. Data group members must 25.7have expertise in data collection processes and the delivery of academic programs to 25.8students, and represent the types of institutions that offer a program under this section. 25.9The data group must assist the director in analyzing and synthesizing institutional data 25.10and information to be included in the evaluation report submitted to the legislature under 25.11subdivision 3. 25.12(c) Participating institutions must specify both program and student outcome goals 25.13and the activities implemented to achieve the goals. The goals must be clearly stated and 25.14measurable, and data collected must enable the director to verify the program has met the 25.15outcome goals established for the program. 25.16(d) The data and information submitted must include, at a minimum, the following: 25.17(1) demographic information about program participants; 25.18(2) names of the high schools from which the students graduated; 25.19(3) the college readiness test used to determine the student was not ready for 25.20college-level academic coursework; 25.21(4) the academic content areas assessed and the scores received by the students on 25.22the college readiness test; 25.23(5) a description of the services, including any supplemental noncredit academic 25.24support services, provided to students; 25.25(6) data on the registration load, courses completed, and grades received by students; 25.26(7) the retention of students from the term they participated in the program to the fall 25.27term immediately following graduation from high school; 25.28(8) information about the student's enrollment in subsequent terms; and 25.29(9) other information specified by the director or the data group that facilitates the 25.30evaluation process. 25.31    Subd. 3. Report to legislature. By March 15 of each year, beginning in 2011, 25.32the director shall submit a report to the committees of the legislature with jurisdiction 25.33over higher education finance and policy that evaluates the effectiveness of programs 25.34in improving the academic performance of students who participated in the transition 25.35programs. 26.1 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin The amendments in this section are effective for programs new text end 26.2 new text begin offered in the summer of 2014 and thereafter. new text end 26.3    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.101, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 26.4    Subd. 3. Director new text begin Commissioner new text end . "Director" new text begin "Commissioner" new text end means the director 26.5 new text begin commissioner new text end of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. 26.6    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.101, subdivision 9, is amended to read: 26.7    Subd. 9. Independent student. "Independent student" has the meaning given it in 26.8 new text begin under Title IV of new text end the Higher Education Act of 1965, United States Code, title 20, section 26.91070a-6 new text begin as amended new text end , and applicable regulations. 26.10    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.121, is amended by adding a 26.11subdivision to read: 26.12     new text begin Subd. 20. new text end new text begin Institution reporting. new text end new text begin (a) Each institution receiving financial aid under new text end 26.13 new text begin this section must annually report by December 31 to the office the following for its new text end 26.14 new text begin undergraduate programs: new text end 26.15 new text begin (1) enrollment, persistence, and graduation data for all students, including aggregate new text end 26.16 new text begin information on state and federal Pell grant recipients; new text end 26.17 new text begin (2) the job placement rate and salary and wage information for graduates of each new text end 26.18 new text begin program that is either designed or advertised to lead to a particular type of job or advertised new text end 26.19 new text begin or promoted with a claim regarding job placement, as is practicable; and new text end 26.20 new text begin (3) the student debt to earnings ratio of graduates. new text end 26.21 new text begin (b) The office shall provide the following on its Internet Web site: new text end 26.22 new text begin (1) the information submitted by an institution pursuant to paragraph (a), which shall new text end 26.23 new text begin be made available in a searchable database; and new text end 26.24 new text begin (2) other information and links that are useful to students and parents who are in new text end 26.25 new text begin the process of selecting a college or university. This information may include, but is new text end 26.26 new text begin not limited to, local occupational profiles. new text end 26.27 new text begin (c) The office shall provide a standard format and instructions for supplying the new text end 26.28 new text begin information required under paragraph (a). new text end 26.29    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.125, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 26.30    Subd. 2. Eligible students. (a) An applicant is eligible for a child care grant if 26.31the applicant: 26.32    (1) is a resident of the state of Minnesota; 27.1    (2) has a child 12 years of age or younger, or 14 years of age or younger who is 27.2disabled as defined in section 125A.02, and who is receiving or will receive care on a 27.3regular basis from a licensed or legal, nonlicensed caregiver; 27.4    (3) is income eligible as determined by the office's policies and rules, but is not a 27.5recipient of assistance from the Minnesota family investment program; 27.6    (4) has not earned a baccalaureate degree and has been enrolled full time less than 27.7eight semesters or the equivalent; 27.8    (5) is pursuing a nonsectarian program or course of study that applies to an 27.9undergraduate degree, diploma, or certificate; 27.10    (6) is enrolled at least half time in an eligible institution; and 27.11    (7) is in good academic standing and making satisfactory academic progress. 27.12    (b) A student who withdraws from enrollment for active military service new text begin or for a new text end 27.13 new text begin major illness, while under the care of a medical professional, that substantially limits the new text end 27.14 new text begin student's ability to complete the term new text end is entitled to an additional semester or the equivalent 27.15of grant eligibility and will be considered to be in continuing enrollment status upon return. 27.16    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.125, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 27.17    Subd. 4. Amount and length of grants. (a) The amount of a child care grant 27.18must be based on: 27.19    (1) the income of the applicant and the applicant's spouse; 27.20    (2) the number in the applicant's family, as defined by the office; and 27.21    (3) the number of eligible children in the applicant's family. 27.22    (b) The maximum award to the applicant shall be $2,600 new text begin $2,800 new text end for each eligible 27.23child per academic year, except that the campus financial aid officer may apply to the 27.24office for approval to increase grants by up to ten percent to compensate for higher market 27.25charges for infant care in a community. The office shall develop policies to determine 27.26community market costs and review institutional requests for compensatory grant 27.27increases to ensure need and equal treatment. The office shall prepare a chart to show the 27.28amount of a grant that will be awarded per child based on the factors in this subdivision. 27.29The chart shall include a range of income and family size. 27.30    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.233, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 27.31    Subd. 2. Definitions. For purposes of sections 136A.231 to 136A.233, the words 27.32defined in this subdivision have the meanings ascribed to them. 28.1    (a) "Eligible student" means a Minnesota resident enrolled or intending to enroll at 28.2least half time in a degree, diploma, or certificate program in a Minnesota postsecondary 28.3institution. 28.4    (b) "Minnesota resident" means a student who meets the conditions in section 28.5136A.101, subdivision 8 . 28.6    (c) "Financial need" means the need for financial assistance in order to attend a 28.7postsecondary institution as determined by a postsecondary institution according to 28.8guidelines established by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. 28.9    (d) "Eligible employer" means any eligible postsecondary institution, any nonprofit, 28.10nonsectarian agency or state institution located in the state of Minnesota, a disabled person 28.11or a person over 65 who employs a student to provide personal services in or about the 28.12person's residence, or a private, for-profit employer employing a student as an intern in a 28.13position directly related to the student's field of study that will enhance the student's 28.14knowledge and skills in that field. 28.15    (e) "Eligible postsecondary institution" means any postsecondary institution eligible 28.16for participation in the Minnesota state grant program as specified in section 136A.101, 28.17subdivision 4 . 28.18    (f) "Independent student" has the meaning given it in new text begin under Title IV of new text end the Higher 28.19Education Act of 1965, United States Code, title 20, section 1070a-6 new text begin as amended new text end , and 28.20applicable regulations. 28.21    (g) "Half time" for undergraduates has the meaning given in section 136A.101, 28.22subdivision 7b , and for graduate students is defined by the institution. 28.23    Sec. 11. new text begin [136A.50] TRIBAL COLLEGE SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT new text end 28.24 new text begin ASSISTANCE. new text end 28.25     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Definitions. new text end new text begin (a) As used in this section, the following terms have new text end 28.26 new text begin the meanings given them. new text end 28.27 new text begin (b) "Nonbeneficiary student" means a resident of Minnesota who is enrolled in a new text end 28.28 new text begin tribally controlled college but is not an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian new text end 28.29 new text begin tribe. new text end 28.30 new text begin (c) "Tribally controlled college" means an accredited institution of higher education new text end 28.31 new text begin located in this state that is formally controlled by or has been formally sanctioned or new text end 28.32 new text begin chartered by the governing body of a federally recognized Indian tribe, or a combination new text end 28.33 new text begin of federally recognized Indian tribes. Tribally controlled college does not include any new text end 28.34 new text begin institution or campus subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota new text end 28.35 new text begin State Colleges and Universities or the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota. new text end 29.1     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Eligibility; grant assistance. new text end new text begin (a) A tribally controlled college is eligible to new text end 29.2 new text begin receive supplemental grant assistance from the Office of Higher Education, as provided in new text end 29.3 new text begin this section, for nonbeneficiary student enrollment if the college is not otherwise eligible new text end 29.4 new text begin to receive federal grant funding for those students under United States Code, title 25, new text end 29.5 new text begin section 1808. new text end 29.6 new text begin (b) The office shall make grants to tribally controlled colleges to defray the costs new text end 29.7 new text begin of education associated with the enrollment of nonbeneficiary students. Grants made new text end 29.8 new text begin pursuant to this section must be provided directly to the recipient college. new text end 29.9     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Grant application. new text end new text begin To receive a grant under this section, a tribally new text end 29.10 new text begin controlled college must submit an application in the manner required by the Office of new text end 29.11 new text begin Higher Education. Upon submission of a completed application indicating that the tribally new text end 29.12 new text begin controlled college is eligible, the office shall distribute to the college, during each year of new text end 29.13 new text begin the biennium, a grant of $5,300 for each nonbeneficiary student on a full-time equivalent new text end 29.14 new text begin basis. If the amount appropriated for grants under this section is insufficient to cover new text end 29.15 new text begin the total amount of grant eligibility, the office shall distribute a prorated amount per new text end 29.16 new text begin nonbeneficiary student on a full-time equivalent basis. new text end 29.17     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Reporting by recipient institutions. new text end new text begin Each tribally controlled college new text end 29.18 new text begin receiving a grant under this section shall provide to the Office of Higher Education, new text end 29.19 new text begin on an annual basis, an accurate and detailed account of the expenditures of the grant new text end 29.20 new text begin funds received by the college, and a copy of the college's most recent audit report and new text end 29.21 new text begin documentation of the enrollment status and ethnic status of each nonbeneficiary student new text end 29.22 new text begin for which grant assistance is sought under this section. new text end 29.23    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.62, is amended by adding a 29.24subdivision to read: 29.25     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Online platform service. new text end new text begin An online platform service is a nondegree new text end 29.26 new text begin granting entity that provides online access to schools as defined in subdivision 3, to enable new text end 29.27 new text begin the schools to offer online training, courses, or programs. new text end 29.28    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.646, is amended to read: 29.29136A.646 ADDITIONAL SECURITY. 29.30    (a) In the event any registered institution is notified by the United States Department 29.31of Education that it has fallen below minimum financial standards and that its continued 29.32participation in Title IV will be conditioned upon its satisfying either the Zone Alternative, 29.33Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 668.175, paragraph (f), or a Letter of Credit 29.34Alternative, Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 668.175, paragraph (c), the 30.1institution shall provide a surety bond conditioned upon the faithful performance of all 30.2contracts and agreements with students in a sum equal to the "letter of credit" required by 30.3the United States Department of Education in the Letter of Credit Alternative, but in no 30.4event shall such bond be less than $10,000 nor more than $250,000. 30.5    (b) In lieu of a bond, the applicant may deposit with the commissioner of 30.6management and budget: 30.7    (1) a sum equal to the amount of the required surety bond in cash; or 30.8    (2) securities, as may be legally purchased by savings banks or for trust funds, in an 30.9aggregate market value equal to the amount of the required surety bond. 30.10     new text begin (c) The surety of any bond may cancel it upon giving 60 days' notice in writing to new text end 30.11 new text begin the office and shall be relieved of liability for any breach of condition occurring after new text end 30.12 new text begin the effective date of cancellation. new text end 30.13    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.65, subdivision 8, is amended to read: 30.14    Subd. 8. Disapproval of registration appeal. (a) If a school's degree or use of a 30.15term in its name is disapproved by the office, the school may request a hearing under 30.16chapter 14. The request must be in writing and made to the office within 30 days of the 30.17date the school is notified of the disapproval. 30.18    (b) new text begin (a) new text end The office may refuse to renew, revoke, or suspend registration, approval of 30.19a school's degree, or use of a regulated term in its name by giving written notice and 30.20reasons to the school. The school may request a hearing under chapter 14. If a hearing is 30.21requested, no revocation or suspension shall take effect until after the hearing. 30.22    (c) new text begin (b) new text end Reasons for revocation or suspension of registration or approval may be 30.23for one or more of the following reasons: 30.24    (1) violating the provisions of sections 136A.61 to 136A.71; 30.25    (2) providing false, misleading, or incomplete information to the office; 30.26    (3) presenting information about the school which is false, fraudulent, misleading, 30.27deceptive, or inaccurate in a material respect to students or prospective students; or 30.28    (4) refusing to allow reasonable inspection or to supply reasonable information after 30.29a written request by the office has been received. 30.30     new text begin (c) Any order refusing, revoking, or suspending a school's registration, approval of a new text end 30.31 new text begin school's degree, or use of a regulated term in the school's name is appealable in accordance new text end 30.32 new text begin with chapter 14. The request must be in writing and made to the office within 30 days of the new text end 30.33 new text begin date the school is notified of the action of the office. If a school has been operating and its new text end 30.34 new text begin registration has been revoked, suspended, or refused by the office, the order is not effective new text end 30.35 new text begin until the final determination of the appeal, unless immediate effect is ordered by the court. new text end 31.1    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.653, is amended by adding a 31.2subdivision to read: 31.3     new text begin Subd. 3a. new text end new text begin Tuition-free educational courses. new text end new text begin A school, including a school using an new text end 31.4 new text begin online platform service, offering training, courses, or programs is exempt from sections new text end 31.5 new text begin 136A.61 to 136A.71, to the extent it offers tuition-free courses to students in Minnesota. new text end 31.6 new text begin A course will be considered tuition-free if the school charges no tuition and the required new text end 31.7 new text begin fees and other required charges paid by the student for the course do not exceed two new text end 31.8 new text begin percent of the most recent average undergraduate tuition and required fees as of January new text end 31.9 new text begin 1 of the current year charged for full-time students at all degree-granting institutions as new text end 31.10 new text begin published annually by the United States Department of Education as of January 1 of each new text end 31.11 new text begin year. To qualify for an exemption a school or online platform service must prominently new text end 31.12 new text begin display a notice comparable to the following: "IMPORTANT: Each educational institution new text end 31.13 new text begin makes its own decision regarding whether to accept completed coursework for credit. new text end 31.14 new text begin Check with your university or college." new text end 31.15    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136F.40, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 31.16    Subd. 2. Contracts. (a) The board may enter into a contract with the chancellor, 31.17a vice-chancellor, or a president, containing terms and conditions of employment. The 31.18terms of the contract must be authorized under a plan approved under section 43A.18, 31.19subdivision 3a . 31.20(b) Notwithstanding section 43A.17, subdivision 11, or other law to the contrary, a 31.21contract under this section may provide a liquidated salary amount or other compensation 31.22if a contract is terminated by the board prior to its expiration. 31.23(c) Notwithstanding section 356.24 or other law to the contrary, a contract under 31.24this section may contain a deferred compensation plan made in conformance with section 31.25457(f) of the Internal Revenue Code. 31.26 new text begin (d) Notwithstanding any provision of the plan approved under section 43A.18, new text end 31.27 new text begin subdivision 3a, a contract under this section must not authorize or otherwise provide for a new text end 31.28 new text begin discretionary or mandatory bonus or other performance-based incentive payment. new text end 31.29 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end 31.30 new text begin and applies to contracts entered into on or after that date. new text end 31.31    Sec. 17. new text begin [136F.99] STATEWIDE ELECTRONIC INFRASTRUCTURE; new text end 31.32 new text begin PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS. new text end 31.33     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Collaborative infrastructure. new text end new text begin (a) The Department of Employment new text end 31.34 new text begin and Economic Development, the Department of Education, the Office of Higher new text end 32.1 new text begin Education, the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities new text end 32.2 new text begin shall collaborate to implement an electronic infrastructure to support academic and new text end 32.3 new text begin workforce success statewide. The infrastructure shall first utilize existing assets, tools, and new text end 32.4 new text begin services, including but not limited to efolioMinnesota and GPS LifePlan. To facilitate new text end 32.5 new text begin implementation of this section, the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and new text end 32.6 new text begin Universities shall support efolioMinnesota and GPS LifePlan until at least June 30, 2015. new text end 32.7 new text begin (b) To the extent possible, the basic electronic infrastructure shall be available at no new text end 32.8 new text begin charge to all state residents and to all students attending Minnesota educational institutions. new text end 32.9     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Goals; programs. new text end new text begin The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges new text end 32.10 new text begin and Universities may enhance the efolioMinnesota platform to allow, at a minimum, new text end 32.11 new text begin implementation of: new text end 32.12 new text begin (1) a portfolio-based individual learning plan solution that includes comprehensive new text end 32.13 new text begin academic and life planning instruments, to support student transitions to postsecondary new text end 32.14 new text begin school or to work; and new text end 32.15 new text begin (2) a student-owned proficiency portfolio solution to support student transitions to new text end 32.16 new text begin the workplace and employers seeking first-day-work-ready employees. new text end 32.17     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Resources; accountability reports. new text end new text begin (a) The Board of Trustees of the new text end 32.18 new text begin Minnesota State Colleges and Universities may seek and accept contributions from new text end 32.19 new text begin individuals, businesses, and other organizations to support the goals required by this new text end 32.20 new text begin section. The parties listed in subdivision 1 are not required to contribute. All contributions new text end 32.21 new text begin received are appropriated to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and new text end 32.22 new text begin Universities and shall be administered as directed by the Board of Trustees. new text end 32.23 new text begin (b) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall new text end 32.24 new text begin submit, no later than January 15 of each year, a report to the governor and legislature on new text end 32.25 new text begin the progress of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system's activities related to new text end 32.26 new text begin implementation of this section. new text end 32.27 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 32.28    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 137.027, is amended to read: 32.29137.027 APPROPRIATION; FRINGE BENEFITS. 32.30 new text begin (a) new text end Direct appropriations to the University of Minnesota include money to pay 32.31the employer's share of Social Security, state retirement, and health insurance. Money 32.32provided for these purposes shall be expended only for these purposes and any amounts in 32.33excess of the employer's share shall be returned to the state treasury. 33.1 new text begin (b) Unless otherwise explicitly provided for in law, direct appropriations to the new text end 33.2 new text begin University of Minnesota do not include, and may not be used to pay, any mandatory or new text end 33.3 new text begin discretionary bonus or other performance-based incentive payment provided for in an new text end 33.4 new text begin employment contract with the president or vice-presidents, chancellors, provosts, vice new text end 33.5 new text begin provosts, deans, or directors of individual programs. new text end 33.6    Sec. 19. new text begin [137.71] MINNESOTA DISCOVERY, RESEARCH, AND INNOVATION new text end 33.7 new text begin ECONOMY FUNDING PROGRAM. new text end 33.8     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Establishment. new text end new text begin (a) The Minnesota Discovery, Research, and new text end 33.9 new text begin InnoVation Economy (MnDRIVE) funding program is established to discover new new text end 33.10 new text begin knowledge through scientific research that will: new text end 33.11 new text begin (1) advance the state's economy; new text end 33.12 new text begin (2) leverage opportunities and establish priorities in sectors of state strength and new text end 33.13 new text begin comparative advantage; new text end 33.14 new text begin (3) improve the health and wellbeing of Minnesota's citizens; new text end 33.15 new text begin (4) advance the capacity and competitiveness of existing and emerging food- and new text end 33.16 new text begin manufacturing-related science and technology industries; and new text end 33.17 new text begin (5) build a better Minnesota by driving progress and advancing the common good. new text end 33.18 new text begin (b) The MnDRIVE funding program shall establish priorities by investing in new text end 33.19 new text begin scientific research that promotes: new text end 33.20 new text begin (1) programs that can position Minnesota as a leader in engineering, science, new text end 33.21 new text begin technology, and food-related solutions; new text end 33.22 new text begin (2) initiatives that support the growth of targeted industry clusters and the new text end 33.23 new text begin competitiveness of existing Minnesota engineering, science, technology, and food new text end 33.24 new text begin companies in developing new products and services; new text end 33.25 new text begin (3) initiatives that can result in creating new Minnesota-based companies; new text end 33.26 new text begin (4) initiatives that can improve the quality of life of Minnesota's citizens, decrease new text end 33.27 new text begin the incidence of disease, and transform how we prevent, treat, and cure diseases; and new text end 33.28 new text begin (5) initiatives that can secure a safer environment, seek sustainable energy solutions, new text end 33.29 new text begin and prevent, diagnose, and treat environmental problems associated with Minnesota new text end 33.30 new text begin industry. new text end 33.31     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Funding requests. new text end new text begin The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, new text end 33.32 new text begin acting alone or in partnership with other public or private entities, is requested to submit new text end 33.33 new text begin investment proposals consistent with the goals and objectives of the MnDRIVE funding new text end 33.34 new text begin program as part of the Board of Regents biennial budget request to the legislature. The new text end 33.35 new text begin Board of Regents must give consideration to investments in existing scientific research new text end 34.1 new text begin programs that meet these guidelines but may require additional resources in order to new text end 34.2 new text begin preserve or accelerate Minnesota into a national or global leadership position. The new text end 34.3 new text begin governor shall submit a recommendation to the legislature regarding funding requests new text end 34.4 new text begin submitted by the Board of Regents. new text end 34.5     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Reporting. new text end new text begin By March 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Board of Regents new text end 34.6 new text begin of the University of Minnesota must provide to the chairs and ranking minority members new text end 34.7 new text begin of the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over higher education policy and new text end 34.8 new text begin finance a summary report of investments and accomplishments related to funds received new text end 34.9 new text begin from the state under subdivision 2 from the prior biennium. new text end 34.10 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 34.11    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 141.35, is amended to read: 34.12141.35 EXEMPTIONS. 34.13    Sections 141.21 to 141.32 shall not apply to the following: 34.14    (1) public postsecondary institutions; 34.15    (2) postsecondary institutions registered under sections 136A.61 to 136A.71; 34.16    (3) schools of nursing accredited by the state Board of Nursing or an equivalent 34.17public board of another state or foreign country; 34.18    (4) private schools complying with the requirements of section 120A.22, subdivision 34.194 ; 34.20    (5) courses taught to students in a valid apprenticeship program taught by or 34.21required by a trade union; 34.22    (6) schools exclusively engaged in training physically or mentally disabled persons 34.23for the state of Minnesota; 34.24    (7) schools licensed by boards authorized under Minnesota law to issue licenses 34.25except schools required to obtain a private career school license due to the use of 34.26"academy," "institute," "college," or "university" in their names; 34.27    (8) schools and educational programs, or training programs, contracted for by 34.28persons, firms, corporations, government agencies, or associations, for the training of their 34.29own employees, for which no fee is charged the employee; 34.30    (9) schools engaged exclusively in the teaching of purely avocational, recreational, 34.31or remedial subjects as determined by the office except schools required to obtain a private 34.32career school license due to the use of "academy," "institute," "college," or "university" in 34.33their names unless the school used "academy" or "institute" in its name prior to August 34.341, 2008; 35.1    (10) classes, courses, or programs conducted by a bona fide trade, professional, or 35.2fraternal organization, solely for that organization's membership; 35.3    (11) programs in the fine arts provided by organizations exempt from taxation 35.4under section 290.05 and registered with the attorney general under chapter 309. For 35.5the purposes of this clause, "fine arts" means activities resulting in artistic creation or 35.6artistic performance of works of the imagination which are engaged in for the primary 35.7purpose of creative expression rather than commercial sale or employment. In making 35.8this determination the office may seek the advice and recommendation of the Minnesota 35.9Board of the Arts; 35.10    (12) classes, courses, or programs intended to fulfill the continuing education 35.11requirements for licensure or certification in a profession, that have been approved by a 35.12legislatively or judicially established board or agency responsible for regulating the practice 35.13of the profession, and that are offered exclusively to an individual practicing the profession; 35.14    (13) classes, courses, or programs intended to prepare students to sit for 35.15undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, or occupational licensing and occupational 35.16entrance examinations; 35.17    (14) classes, courses, or programs providing 16 or fewer clock hours of instruction 35.18that are not part of the curriculum for an occupation or entry level employment except 35.19schools required to obtain a private career school license due to the use of "academy," 35.20"institute," "college," or "university" in their names; 35.21    (15) classes, courses, or programs providing instruction in personal development, 35.22modeling, or acting; 35.23    (16) training or instructional programs, in which one instructor teaches an individual 35.24student, that are not part of the curriculum for an occupation or are not intended to prepare 35.25a person for entry level employment; and 35.26    (17) schools with no physical presence in Minnesota, as determined by the office, 35.27engaged exclusively in offering distance instruction that are located in and regulated by 35.28other states or jurisdictions new text begin ; and new text end 35.29     new text begin (18) schools providing exclusively training, instructional programs, or courses new text end 35.30 new text begin where tuition, fees, and any other charges for a student to participate do not exceed $100 new text end . 35.31    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 197.775, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 35.32    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this 35.33section. 35.34(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of veterans affairs. 36.1(c) "State college or university" means a unit of the University of Minnesota or 36.2Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. 36.3 new text begin (d) "Veteran" includes the definition provided in section 197.447, and also includes new text end 36.4 new text begin any person serving in active service, as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5. new text end 36.5    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 197.775, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 36.6    Subd. 2. Recognition of courses. (a) Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 36.7must recognize courses and award educational credits for courses that were part of a 36.8veteran's military training or service if the courses meet the standards of the American 36.9Council on Education or equivalent standards for awarding academic credits. new text begin In new text end 36.10 new text begin recognizing courses and awarding educational credits, consideration must be given to new text end 36.11 new text begin academic skills developed in all aspects of the training or service course curriculum, and new text end 36.12 new text begin may not be limited solely to the physical fitness or activity components of the course. new text end 36.13(b) The University of Minnesota and private colleges and universities in Minnesota 36.14are encouraged to recognize courses and award educational credits for courses that were 36.15part of a veteran's military training or service if the courses meet the standards of the 36.16American Council on Education or equivalent standards for awarding academic credits. 36.17 new text begin In recognizing courses and awarding educational credits, the University of Minnesota new text end 36.18 new text begin and private colleges and universities in Minnesota are encouraged to consider academic new text end 36.19 new text begin skills developed in all aspects of the training or service course curriculum, and not limit new text end 36.20 new text begin consideration solely to the physical fitness or activity components of the course. new text end 36.21    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 197.775, is amended by adding a subdivision 36.22to read: 36.23     new text begin Subd. 2a. new text end new text begin Recognition of veteran status. new text end new text begin (a) With the policy in this subdivision, new text end 36.24 new text begin the state recognizes veterans' selfless sacrifices in service to our nation, and their varied new text end 36.25 new text begin and specialized military education and training, as well as the need for their timely and new text end 36.26 new text begin meaningful reintegration into civilian society. The state also recognizes the special value new text end 36.27 new text begin of veterans in furthering the goal of creating a diverse student population in the state's new text end 36.28 new text begin postsecondary institutions. new text end 36.29 new text begin (b) Minnesota State Colleges and Universities must adopt a policy recognizing, new text end 36.30 new text begin for applicants who are veterans, the applicant's veteran status as a positive factor in new text end 36.31 new text begin determining whether to grant admission to a graduate or professional academic degree new text end 36.32 new text begin program. The Board of Trustees must report to the chairs and ranking minority members new text end 36.33 new text begin of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over higher education policy new text end 37.1 new text begin and finance annually by February 15 on the number of veterans who apply for a graduate new text end 37.2 new text begin or professional academic degree program and the number accepted. new text end 37.3 new text begin (c) The University of Minnesota, and private colleges and universities in Minnesota, new text end 37.4 new text begin are encouraged to adopt a policy recognizing, for applicants who are veterans, the new text end 37.5 new text begin applicant's veteran status as a positive factor in determining whether to grant admission to new text end 37.6 new text begin an undergraduate, graduate, or professional academic degree program. new text end 37.7    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 268.19, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 37.8    Subdivision 1. Use of data. (a) Except as provided by this section, data gathered 37.9from any person under the administration of the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law 37.10are private data on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 37.1113.02 , subdivisions 9 and 12, and may not be disclosed except according to a district court 37.12order or section 13.05. A subpoena is not considered a district court order. These data 37.13may be disseminated to and used by the following agencies without the consent of the 37.14subject of the data: 37.15    (1) state and federal agencies specifically authorized access to the data by state 37.16or federal law; 37.17    (2) any agency of any other state or any federal agency charged with the 37.18administration of an unemployment insurance program; 37.19    (3) any agency responsible for the maintenance of a system of public employment 37.20offices for the purpose of assisting individuals in obtaining employment; 37.21    (4) the public authority responsible for child support in Minnesota or any other 37.22state in accordance with section 256.978; 37.23    (5) human rights agencies within Minnesota that have enforcement powers; 37.24    (6) the Department of Revenue to the extent necessary for its duties under Minnesota 37.25laws; 37.26    (7) public and private agencies responsible for administering publicly financed 37.27assistance programs for the purpose of monitoring the eligibility of the program's recipients; 37.28    (8) the Department of Labor and Industry and the Division of Insurance Fraud 37.29Prevention in the Department of Commerce for uses consistent with the administration of 37.30their duties under Minnesota law; 37.31    (9) local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the eligibility of the data subject 37.32for assistance programs, or for any employment or training program administered by those 37.33agencies, whether alone, in combination with another welfare agency, or in conjunction 37.34with the department or to monitor and evaluate the statewide Minnesota family investment 37.35program by providing data on recipients and former recipients of food stamps or food 38.1support, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child care assistance 38.2under chapter 119B, or medical programs under chapter 256B, 256D, or 256L; 38.3    (10) local and state welfare agencies for the purpose of identifying employment, 38.4wages, and other information to assist in the collection of an overpayment debt in an 38.5assistance program; 38.6    (11) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of ascertaining 38.7the last known address and employment location of an individual who is the subject of 38.8a criminal investigation; 38.9    (12) the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has access to data on 38.10specific individuals and specific employers provided the specific individual or specific 38.11employer is the subject of an investigation by that agency; 38.12    (13) the Department of Health for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations; 38.13    (14) the Department of Corrections for the purpose of preconfinement and 38.14postconfinement employment tracking of committed offenders for the purpose of case 38.15planning; and 38.16    (15) the state auditor to the extent necessary to conduct audits of job opportunity 38.17building zones as required under section 469.3201. new text begin ; and new text end 38.18     new text begin (16) the Office of Higher Education for purposes of supporting program new text end 38.19 new text begin improvement, system evaluation, and research initiatives including the Statewide new text end 38.20 new text begin Longitudinal Education Data System. new text end 38.21    (b) Data on individuals and employers that are collected, maintained, or used by 38.22the department in an investigation under section 268.182 are confidential as to data 38.23on individuals and protected nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 38.2413.02 , subdivisions 3 and 13, and must not be disclosed except under statute or district 38.25court order or to a party named in a criminal proceeding, administrative or judicial, for 38.26preparation of a defense. 38.27    (c) Data gathered by the department in the administration of the Minnesota 38.28unemployment insurance program must not be made the subject or the basis for any 38.29suit in any civil proceedings, administrative or judicial, unless the action is initiated by 38.30the department. 38.31    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299A.45, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 38.32    Subd. 4. Renewal. Each award must be given for one academic year and is 38.33renewable for a maximum of eight semesters or the equivalent. A student who withdraws 38.34from enrollment for active military service new text begin or for a major illness, while under the care new text end 38.35 new text begin of a medical professional, that substantially limits the student's ability to complete the new text end 39.1 new text begin term new text end is entitled to an additional semester or the equivalent of grant eligibility. An award 39.2must not be given to a dependent child who is 23 years of age or older on the first day of 39.3the academic year. 39.4    Sec. 26. new text begin HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPATION IN new text end 39.5 new text begin STATE STUDENT AID PROGRAMS; REPORT. new text end 39.6 new text begin The Minnesota Office of Higher Education must report by February 1, 2014, to the new text end 39.7 new text begin chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with new text end 39.8 new text begin the primary jurisdiction over higher education finance on the available and appropriate new text end 39.9 new text begin data that should be used as statutory criteria to determine whether a higher education new text end 39.10 new text begin institution should be allowed to participate in state financial aid programs. Among other new text end 39.11 new text begin data, the data could include an institution's completion/graduation rates, student debt to new text end 39.12 new text begin income ratios, and employment rates related to field of study. The office must consult new text end 39.13 new text begin regularly with the higher education finance committees or divisions about the purpose new text end 39.14 new text begin and content of the report. new text end 39.15    Sec. 27. new text begin UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA REPORTS. new text end 39.16     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Medical school capacity. new text end new text begin The Board of Regents of the University new text end 39.17 new text begin of Minnesota must report, by November 1, 2013, to the legislative committees and new text end 39.18 new text begin divisions with primary jurisdiction over higher education finance and policy the following new text end 39.19 new text begin information with respect to its medical schools: new text end 39.20 new text begin (1) the number of applicants seeking admission to the school for the academic term new text end 39.21 new text begin commencing in the fall of 2013 and the number admitted; new text end 39.22 new text begin (2) the number of applicants admitted to the school for each of the fall academic new text end 39.23 new text begin terms commencing between 2000 and 2012; new text end 39.24 new text begin (3) the number of school graduates projected for each of the next ten years; new text end 39.25 new text begin (4) the number of school graduates projected to remain and practice in Minnesota new text end 39.26 new text begin after graduation for each of the next ten years; and new text end 39.27 new text begin (5) plans of the university to increase the capacity of the school. new text end 39.28 new text begin The report must include the most recent and accepted analysis concerning the need new text end 39.29 new text begin for physicians in Minnesota in the future, including time frames of the next five, ten, 15, new text end 39.30 new text begin and 20 years. The need must be stated in aggregate and in specialty practice areas. new text end 39.31     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin STEM programs. new text end new text begin The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota new text end 39.32 new text begin must report, by November 1, 2013, to the legislative committees and divisions with new text end 39.33 new text begin primary jurisdiction over higher education finance and policy with respect to its new text end 40.1 new text begin undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs on the Twin new text end 40.2 new text begin Cities campus the following information: new text end 40.3 new text begin (1) the number of applicants seeking admission to those programs for the academic new text end 40.4 new text begin term commencing in the fall of 2013 and the number admitted; new text end 40.5 new text begin (2) the percentage of students that graduate from the programs who remain in new text end 40.6 new text begin Minnesota both historically and projected into the future; and new text end 40.7 new text begin (3) plans to expand the capacity of the programs. new text end 40.8 new text begin The report must include the most recent and accepted analysis of the projected new text end 40.9 new text begin need of employers within the state for graduates of science, technology, engineering, and new text end 40.10 new text begin mathematics programs in the future, including times frames of five, ten, 15, and 20 years. new text end 40.11     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin University administrative costs. new text end new text begin (a) The Board of Regents of the new text end 40.12 new text begin University of Minnesota must, within 45 days of its receipt of the report or study, provide new text end 40.13 new text begin to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions new text end 40.14 new text begin with jurisdiction over higher education finance, a report currently expected to be received new text end 40.15 new text begin by the university in July 2013, concerning what is commonly known as a spans and new text end 40.16 new text begin layers analysis by Sibson Consulting and an administrative services benchmarking and new text end 40.17 new text begin diagnostic study expected to be done in May 2013, by Huron Consulting. new text end 40.18 new text begin (b) The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota must provide to the chairs new text end 40.19 new text begin and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over higher new text end 40.20 new text begin education finance a plan to lower its overall costs based on its work with Huron Consulting new text end 40.21 new text begin concerning administrative services benchmarking and diagnostic study within 90 days new text end 40.22 new text begin of its receipt of the final report from Huron Consulting. The board must periodically new text end 40.23 new text begin update the committees and minority members on the progress of the analysis and any new text end 40.24 new text begin preliminary findings or recommendations. new text end 40.25    Sec. 28. new text begin MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES SUMMIT. new text end 40.26 new text begin The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, in new text end 40.27 new text begin cooperation with the commissioner of human services, shall convene a summit of new text end 40.28 new text begin representatives of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the University of new text end 40.29 new text begin Minnesota, private colleges, mental health professionals, special education representatives, new text end 40.30 new text begin children and adult mental health advocates and providers, and community mental health new text end 40.31 new text begin centers. The summit shall develop a comprehensive workforce development plan to: new text end 40.32 new text begin (1) increase the number of mental health professionals and practitioners; new text end 40.33 new text begin (2) ensure appropriate course work and training experience; and new text end 40.34 new text begin (3) increase the number of culturally diverse mental health professionals and new text end 40.35 new text begin practitioners. new text end 41.1 new text begin The plan required by this section shall be submitted to the chairs and ranking minority new text end 41.2 new text begin members of the legislative committees responsible for health and human services policy new text end 41.3 new text begin and higher education policy no later than January 15, 2015. new text end 41.4 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 41.5    Sec. 29. new text begin REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION. new text end 41.6 new text begin The revisor of statutes shall change the term "director" as it relates to the director new text end 41.7 new text begin of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education to "commissioner" wherever in Minnesota new text end 41.8 new text begin Statutes or Minnesota Rules the term appears. new text end 41.9    Sec. 30. new text begin REPEALER. new text end 41.10 new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 136A.031, subdivision 2; and 136A.121, new text end 41.11 new text begin subdivision 9b, new text end new text begin are repealed. new text end 41.12ARTICLE 3 41.13STATE GRANT 41.14    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.101, subdivision 5a, is amended to 41.15read: 41.16    Subd. 5a. Assigned family responsibility. "Assigned family responsibility" means 41.17the amount of a family's contribution to a student's cost of attendance, as determined by a 41.18federal need analysis. For dependent students, the assigned family responsibility is 96 41.19percent of the parental contribution. For independent students with dependents other than 41.20a spouse, the assigned family responsibility is 86 percent of the student contribution. 41.21For independent students without dependents other than a spouse, the assigned family 41.22responsibility is 68 new text begin 50 new text end percent of the student contribution. 41.23    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.121, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 41.24    Subd. 5. Grant stipends. The grant stipend shall be based on a sharing of 41.25responsibility for covering the recognized cost of attendance by the applicant, the 41.26applicant's family, and the government. The amount of a financial stipend must not 41.27exceed a grant applicant's recognized cost of attendance, as defined in subdivision 6, after 41.28deducting the following: 41.29(1) the assigned student responsibility of at least 46 new text begin 50 new text end percent of the cost of 41.30attending the institution of the applicant's choosing; 41.31(2) the assigned family responsibility as defined in section 136A.101; and 41.32(3) the amount of a federal Pell grant award for which the grant applicant is eligible. 42.1The minimum financial stipend is $100 per academic year. 42.2    Sec. 3. new text begin STATE GRANT TUITION CAPS; LIVING AND MISCELLANEOUS new text end 42.3 new text begin EXPENSE ALLOWANCE. new text end 42.4 new text begin (a) For the purposes of the state grant program under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 42.5 new text begin 136A.121, for the biennium ending June 30, 2015, the tuition maximum is $13,000 each new text end 42.6 new text begin fiscal year of the biennium for students in four-year programs, and $5,808 in each fiscal new text end 42.7 new text begin year of the biennium for students in two-year programs. new text end 42.8 new text begin (b) The living and miscellaneous expense allowance for the state grant program new text end 42.9 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.121, for the biennium ending June 30, 2015, is set new text end 42.10 new text begin at $7,900 for each fiscal year of the biennium. new text end 42.11    Sec. 4. new text begin STATE GRANT AWARD CALCULATION; MNSCU PART-TIME new text end 42.12 new text begin STUDENTS. new text end 42.13 new text begin (a) State grant awards under Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.121, for the biennium new text end 42.14 new text begin ending June 30, 2015, made from appropriations for that biennium for part-time students new text end 42.15 new text begin attending a Minnesota state college and university system institution shall be modified new text end 42.16 new text begin as provided by this section. All other provisions of law and rule applying to state grant new text end 42.17 new text begin awards not inconsistent with this section shall apply to awards to those part-time students. new text end 42.18 new text begin (b) For a student registering for less than full-time, the assigned family responsibility new text end 42.19 new text begin is the amount determined for a full-time student under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 42.20 new text begin 136A.101, subdivision 5a, prorated by the percent of full-time for which a student is new text end 42.21 new text begin enrolled. new text end 42.22ARTICLE 4 42.23PROSPERITY ACT 42.24    Section 1. new text begin [135A.043] RESIDENT TUITION. new text end 42.25 new text begin (a) A student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning of United States new text end 42.26 new text begin Code, title 8, section 1101, subsection (a), paragraph (15), shall qualify for a resident new text end 42.27 new text begin tuition rate or its equivalent at state universities and colleges if the student meets all of the new text end 42.28 new text begin following requirements: new text end 42.29 new text begin (1) high school attendance within the state for three or more years; new text end 42.30 new text begin (2) graduation from a state high school or attainment within the state of the new text end 42.31 new text begin equivalent of high school graduation; and new text end 42.32 new text begin (3) in the case of a student without lawful immigration status: (i) documentation new text end 42.33 new text begin that the student has complied with selective service registration requirements; and (ii) if a new text end 43.1 new text begin federal process exists for the student to obtain lawful immigration status the student must new text end 43.2 new text begin present the higher education institution with documentation from federal immigration new text end 43.3 new text begin authorities that the student has filed an application to obtain lawful immigration status. new text end 43.4 new text begin (b) This section is in addition to any other statute, rule, or higher education new text end 43.5 new text begin institution regulation or policy providing eligibility for a resident tuition rate or its new text end 43.6 new text begin equivalent to a student. new text end 43.7 new text begin (c) The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota is requested to adopt a new text end 43.8 new text begin policy implementing this section. new text end 43.9 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013, and applies to tuition new text end 43.10 new text begin for school terms commencing on or after July 1, 2013. new text end 43.11    Sec. 2. new text begin [135A.044] PRIVATE SCHOLARSHIP AID. new text end 43.12 new text begin A public postsecondary institution may use private sources of funding to provide aid new text end 43.13 new text begin to a student eligible for resident tuition under section 135A.043. This section is in addition new text end 43.14 new text begin to any other authority of an institution to provide financial aid. new text end 43.15 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013, and applies to financial new text end 43.16 new text begin aid for school terms commencing on or after July 1, 2013. new text end 43.17    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.101, subdivision 8, is amended to read: 43.18    Subd. 8. Resident student. "Resident student" means a student who meets one of 43.19the following conditions: 43.20    (1) a student who has resided in Minnesota for purposes other than postsecondary 43.21education for at least 12 months without being enrolled at a postsecondary educational 43.22institution for more than five credits in any term; 43.23    (2) a dependent student whose parent or legal guardian resides in Minnesota at the 43.24time the student applies; 43.25    (3) a student who graduated from a Minnesota high school, if the student was a 43.26resident of Minnesota during the student's period of attendance at the Minnesota high school 43.27and the student is physically attending a Minnesota postsecondary educational institution; 43.28    (4) a student who, after residing in the state for a minimum of one year, earned a 43.29high school equivalency certificate in Minnesota; 43.30    (5) a member, spouse, or dependent of a member of the armed forces of the United 43.31States stationed in Minnesota on active federal military service as defined in section 43.32190.05 , subdivision 5c; 44.1    (6) a spouse or dependent of a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, if the veteran 44.2is a Minnesota resident; 44.3    (7) a person or spouse of a person who relocated to Minnesota from an area that 44.4is declared a presidential disaster area within the preceding 12 months if the disaster 44.5interrupted the person's postsecondary education; or 44.6    (8) a person defined as a refugee under United States Code, title 8, section 44.71101(a)(42), who, upon arrival in the United States, moved to Minnesota and has 44.8continued to reside in Minnesota new text begin ; or new text end 44.9     new text begin (9) a student eligible for resident tuition under section 135A.043 new text end . 44.10 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013, and applies to school new text end 44.11 new text begin terms commencing on or after July 1, 2013. new text end 44.12    Sec. 4. new text begin REPEALER. new text end 44.13 new text begin Minnesota Rules, part 4830.0100, subpart 5, item F, new text end new text begin is repealed. new text end 44.14 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013. new text end " 44.15Delete the title and insert: 44.16"A bill for an act 44.17relating to education; postsecondary; establishing a budget for higher education; 44.18appropriating money to the Office of Higher Education, the Board of Trustees 44.19of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the Board of Regents of the 44.20University of Minnesota, and the Mayo Clinic; appropriating money for tuition 44.21relief; providing for the treatment of undocumented immigrants with respect to 44.22financial aid and tuition; regulating bonus payments; establishing the Minnesota 44.23Discovery, Research, and InnoVation Economy funding program; modifying 44.24provisions related to grants, awards, and aid, school registration, and licensure; 44.25requiring certain information to be provided in higher education budget 44.26proposals; making changes to the state grant program; establishing procedure 44.27for cancellation of required surety bond; repealing Higher Education Advisory 44.28Council; requiring a higher education mental health summit; creating a tribal 44.29college supplemental grant assistance program; recognizing veteran's experience 44.30and training for various higher education purposes; providing statewide electronic 44.31infrastructure; requiring reports;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 44.3213.47, subdivision 3; 127A.70, subdivision 2; 135A.031, subdivision 7; 135A.61; 44.33136A.101, subdivisions 3, 5a, 8, 9; 136A.121, subdivision 5, by adding a 44.34subdivision; 136A.125, subdivisions 2, 4; 136A.233, subdivision 2; 136A.62, by 44.35adding a subdivision; 136A.646; 136A.65, subdivision 8; 136A.653, by adding 44.36a subdivision; 136F.40, subdivision 2; 137.027; 141.35; 197.775, subdivisions 44.371, 2, by adding a subdivision; 268.19, subdivision 1; 299A.45, subdivision 4; 44.38proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 135A; 136A; 44.39136F; 137; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 136A.031, subdivision 2; 44.40136A.121, subdivision 9b; Minnesota Rules, part 4830.0100, subpart 5, item F." 45.1 We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill. 45.2 Senate Conferees: 45.3 ..... ..... 45.4 Terri E. Bonoff Greg D. Clausen 45.5 ..... ..... 45.6 Jeremy R. Miller Sandra L. Pappas 45.7 ..... 45.8 Kent Eken 45.9 House Conferees: 45.10 ..... ..... 45.11 Gene Pelowski Jr. Ryan Winkler 45.12 ..... ..... 45.13 Paul Rosenthal Zachary Dorholt 45.14 ..... 45.15 Bud Nornes