SF 4866
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/26/2026 09:31 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to higher education; modifying provisions relating to parental contributions;
modifying cost of attendance provisions; eliminating certain tuition and fee
maximums; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 136A.101,
subdivision 5a; 136A.121, subdivision 6; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter
5, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 136A.101, subdivision 5a, is
amended to read:
Subd. 5a.
Assigned family responsibility.
"Assigned family responsibility" means the
amount of a family's contribution to a student's cost of attendance, as determined by a federal
need analysis. For dependent students, the assigned family responsibility is 95 percent of
the parental contribution. deleted text begin If the parental contribution is between $0 and negative $1,500,
the assigned family responsibility is 50 percent of the parental contribution. If the parental
contribution is less than negative $1,500, the recognized parental contribution is negative
$1,500.deleted text end For independent students with dependents other than a spouse, the assigned family
responsibility is 71 percent of the student contribution. For independent students without
dependents other than a spouse, the assigned family responsibility is 35 percent of the student
contribution. deleted text begin If the student contribution is between $0 and negative $1,500, the assigned
family responsibility is 50 percent of the student contribution. If the student contribution is
less than negative $1,500, the recognized student contribution is negative $1,500.deleted text end For a
student registering for less than full time, the office shall prorate the assigned family
responsibility using the ratio of the number of credits the student is enrolled in to the number
of credits for full-time enrollment.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 136A.121, subdivision 6, is amended
to read:
Subd. 6.
Cost of attendance.
(a) The recognized cost of attendance consists of: (1) an
allowance specified in law for living and miscellaneous expenses, and (2) an allowance for
tuition and fees equal to the lesser of the average tuition and fees charged by the institution,
or a tuition and fee maximum if one is established in law. If no living and miscellaneous
expense allowance is established in law, the allowance is equal to 106 percent of the federal
poverty guidelines for a one person household in Minnesota for nine months. If no tuition
and fee maximum is established in law, the allowance for tuition and fees is equal to the
lesser of: (1) the average tuition and fees charged by the institution, and (2) for two-year
programs, an amount equal to the highest tuition and fees charged at a public new text begin Minnesota
state new text end two-year institution, or for four-year programs, an amount equal to the highest tuition
and fees charged at a public new text begin Minnesota state new text end university.
(b) For a student registering for less than full time, the office shall prorate the cost of
attendance using the ratio of the number of credits the student is enrolled in to the number
of credits for full-time enrollment.
(c) The recognized cost of attendance for a student who is confined to a Minnesota
correctional institution shall consist of the tuition and fee component in paragraph (a), with
no allowance for living and miscellaneous expenses.
(d) For the purpose of this subdivision, "fees" include only those fees that are mandatory
and charged to full-time resident students attending the institution. Fees do not include
charges for tools, equipment, computers, or other similar materials where the student retains
ownership. Fees include charges for these materials if the institution retains ownership. Fees
do not include optional or punitive fees.
Sec. 3.
Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, is
amended to read:
Subd. 2.State Grants
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247,300,000 |
247,300,000 |
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(a) If the appropriation in this subdivision for
either year is insufficient, the appropriation
for the other year is available for it. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2029.
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(b) For purposes of Minnesota Statutes,
section 136A.121, subdivision 6, a tuition and
fee maximum is established for four-year
programs that is the lesser of: (1) the average
tuition and fees charged by the institution; or
(2) an amount equal to the highest tuition and
fees charged at a public university in the
2024-2025 academic year plus two percent
for fiscal year 2026, plus an additional two
percent for fiscal year 2027.
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deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (b)new text end The base for this appropriation is
$238,467,000 in fiscal year 2028 and
thereafter.