1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; regulating the state grant program;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 136A.101, subdivision 5a.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 136A.101, subdivision 5a, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 5a.Assigned family responsibility. "Assigned family responsibility" means 
1.8 	the amount of a family's contribution to a student's cost of attendance, as determined by a 
1.9 	federal need analysis. For dependent students, the assigned family responsibility is 9679 
1.10 	percent of the parental contribution. For independent students with dependents other than 
1.11 	a spouse, the assigned family responsibility is 8670 percent of the student contribution. 
1.12 	For independent students without dependents other than a spouse, the assigned family 
1.13 	responsibility is 5034 percent of the student contribution.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

1.15 	Sec. 2. STATE GRANT TUITION CAPS; LIVING AND MISCELLANEOUS 
1.16 	EXPENSE ALLOWANCE.
 1.17 	(a) For the purposes of the state grant program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.18 	136A.121, for the biennium ending June 30, 2017, the tuition maximum is $13,620 each 
1.19 	fiscal year of the biennium for students in four-year programs and $5,808 each fiscal year 
1.20 	of the biennium for students in two-year programs.
2.1 	(b) The living and miscellaneous expense allowance for the state grant program 
2.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.121, for the biennium ending June 30, 2017, is set 
2.3 	at $8,858 for fiscal year 2016 and $8,958 for fiscal year 2017.

2.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.