6E Relating to higher education

ARTICLE 1 - HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the Minnesota office of higher education for state grants, child care grants, state-work study, interstate tuition reciprocity, safety officer survivors, Indian scholarships, tribal college grants, intervention for college attendance program grants, student parent information, Get Ready, Minnesota Education Equity Partnership, Midwest Higher Education Compact; United Family Medicine residency program, MnLINK Gateway and Minitex, statewide longitudinal education data system, Hennepin county medical center, MnSCU two-year public college program, College Possible, large animal veterinarian loan forgiveness program, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury research grant program, summer academic enrichment program, OHE and DOLI dual training competency grants, concurrent enrollment courses, student loan debt counseling, sexual violence and harassment reporting, teacher shortage loan forgiveness, agency administration and authorizing fund transfers; appropriating money to the board of trustees of the Minnesota state college and universities (MnSCU) for the office of the chancellor and the shared services division, funding for operation and maintenance of the system, and the Learning Network of Minnesota; appropriating money to the board of regents of the University of Minnesota (U of M) for funding and maintenance of the system, primary care education initiatives, and certain special appropriations for agriculture and extension service, health services, Institute of Technology, System Special, University of Minnesota and Mayo Foundation collaborative research partnership, and the Academic Health Center; appropriating money to the Mayo Clinic for the medical school and the family practices and graduate residency program; requiring report of the MnSCU presidential selection process; requiring a University of Minnesota budget allocation report; providing for a tuition reciprocity appropriation cancellation

ARTICLE 2 - OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Exempting e-verify requirements for certain contracts relating to credit reporting services; making school year-long student teaching programs part of teacher preparation programs rules curriculum requirements; authorizing incentive programs; requiring the commissioner of education to invite student nominations to serve on task forces; modifying child care grant eligibility and making program changes to facilitate fund distribution; modifying SELF loan program requirements; allowing schools with conditional approval to continue for accreditation; requiring schools to publish location and contact data in the catalog; clarifying the private career school act and eligible institution for veterans benefits; making conforming changes; repealing high school to college developmental transition program grants, certain refunding of resident schools, and University of Minnesota hospital provisions

ARTICLE 3 - HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY

Clarifying postsecondary study abroad program secretary of state report
requirements by requiring additional information; requiring the secretary of
state to electronically publish certain links to federal electronic sites; modifying and delineating certain concurrent enrollment programs reporting requirements for postsecondary institutions; establishing a concurrent enrollment advisory board; setting goals for postsecondary education attainment goals for Minnesota residents; report requirement; establishing the summer academic enrichment program to enable students in grades 3 to 12 to attend academic summer programs sponsored by postsecondary institutions and nonprofit organizations; report requirement; expanding state financial aid eligibility for certain active members; directing the office of higher education to place specified information on the Web site home page and provide an electronic of the information to public and private state high schools and workforce centers operated by the department of employment and economic development (DEED); establishing and providing for a teacher shortage loan forgiveness program for qualified teachers teaching in a teacher shortage area; specifying eligibility requirements and application process; creating an repayment fund; requiring a report; authorizing a program to award grants for the training of employees to achieve the competency standard for an occupation identified by the commissioner of labor and industry; specifying intervention for college attendance program grants be equally distributed to eligible students outside and inside the metropolitan area; establishing a spinal cord and traumatic brain injury research grant program; establishing an advisory council; requiring a report; regulating the process for determining whether a student at the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) requires remedial education; requiring a report prepared by the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) board of trustees on its activities and achievements related to the goal of improving timely completion of degrees and certificates; authorizing the refinancing of University of Minnesota TCF stadium bonds and specifying certain criteria in the refinancing process; requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to identify competency standards for dual training; removing the expiration date for regulating the disposition of research dogs and cats; establishing a Minnesota colleges and universities (MnSCU) college occupational scholarship pilot program, requiring a report; authorizing the implementation of associate degree transfer pathways within the Minnesota state colleges and universities; requiring a report; requiring the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) to develop a comprehensive plan to encourage students to complete degrees, diplomas, or certificates in their fields of study; requesting the board of regents of the university of Minnesota develop a plan; requiring a report; establishing a student loan debt repayment counseling pilot program for certain eligible students; requiring a report; establishing an initial report regarding goals for postsecondary education attainment goals for Minnesota residents; repealing certain obsolete child care grant provisions

ARTICLE 4 - CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT

Providing data classifications; expanding the sexual harassment and violence policy to include leased property, fraternities, sororities, and certain private postsecondary institutions; expanding victims' rights options; providing for drug and alcohol use uniform amnesty for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) and the University of Minnesota (U of M) students under certain reporting conditions; requiring MnSCU and U of M coordination with law enforcement; requiring the U of M and MnSCU to create an online reporting system; restricting access to data; requiring sexual assault annual statistics collection and reporting; requiring training of campus security officers and administrators; requiring institutions to provide health services for sexual assault victims; clarifying mandatory reporting laws for reporters

ARTICLE 5 - STATE GRANT

Clarifying certain living and miscellaneous expense allowances in the postsecondary education state grant program
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