1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; providing supplemental financing to the University 
1.3 	of Minnesota to increase access and reduce costs to students; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	(a) $65,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board 
1.7 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota to increase access to higher education and reduce 
1.8 	costs to students. Of this amount:
1.9 	(1) $30,000,000 is to expand the University of Minnesota's systemwide Promise Program 
1.10 	to support students with financial need, including historically underrepresented students;
1.11 	(2) $30,000,000 is for a Greater Minnesota Scholarship at the University of Minnesota 
1.12 	to attract and retain students to the university's Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester 
1.13 	campuses; and
1.14 	(3) $5,000,000 is to increase student academic advising, mental health and well-being, 
1.15 	tutoring needs, and financial literacy services at the University of Minnesota in order to 
1.16 	meet increasing student demands, increase equity through strengthening support for students 
1.17 	with historically low retention and graduation rates, and more proactively address issues 
1.18 	that slow down students' progress toward degree completion.
1.19 	(b) Notwithstanding Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 4, 
1.20 	subdivision 2, paragraph (f), the total operations and maintenance base for the Board of 
1.21 	Regents of the University of Minnesota in fiscal year 2024 and later is $685,818,000.