Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF1174

Providing for the financing of higher education and related purposes

ARTICLE 1
- APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriating money to the higher education services office
for state and child care grants, for interstate tuition reciprocity, for state
work study, for Minitex and MnLINK, for the learning network, for the college
savings plan, for certain small programs and for agency administration, to the
board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) for
strengthening and expanding the online program, for an increase in capacity for
training nurses, for establishment of an innovations fund, for farm and small
business owners management education needs, for reinvestment in member colleges
and universities and for centers for excellence and competitive salaries, to the
board of regents of the university of Minnesota for the biotechnology and
medical genomics collaborative research partnership with the Mayo foundation,
for certain initiatives, for faculty compensation increases, for research
support, for the agricultural experiment station and Minnesota extension
service, for health sciences, for the institute of technology, for system
specials and for the academic health center and to the Mayo medical foundation
for the medical school and for certain family practice and graduate residency
programs; specifying the state grant private institution maximums; authorizing
certain fund transfers; requiring HESO to develop and implement a process to
measure and report on the effectiveness of post-secondary institutions in the
state and to collect certain state financial aid expenditure data and
periodically report to the legislature

ARTICLE 2 - RELATED
PROVISIONS

Modifying the responsibility of the higher education services office
relating to the collection and maintenance of certain data on students and
certain duties of the higher education and student advisory councils; modifying
student and child care grants eligibility relating to child support arrearages;
modifying the formula for the determination of the cost of attendance for grant
award purposes and extending eligibility for student and child care grants for
students withdrawing from enrollment for active military service; requiring
eligible institutions to provide certain student data to HESO; defining eligible
student for supplemental and additional loans purposes; requiring HESO to
administer an income contingent loan repayment program to assist graduates in
medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, chiropractic medicine, public health and
veterinary medicine and residents graduating from optometry and osteopathy
programs, authorizing the disclosure of applicant data to consumer credit
reporting agencies; authorizing HESO to deposit and hold assets from the
operation of student loan programs in the loan capital fund and providing for
use; requiring and providing for the board of trustees of the Minnesota state
colleges and universities (MnSCU) to designate a certain number of centers of
excellence in manufacturing technology, science/engineering, health care,
information technology, business and teacher education, specifying certain
selection criteria, requiring the centers to create advisory committees and to
biennially report to the governor and legislature on program enrollment, student
demographics and admission, endowment growth, graduation rates and outcomes and
employer involvement; modifying certain provisions governing the college savings
plan, expanding matching grant requirements and distribution method options,
authorizing distribution for attendance at military academies and clarifying a
certain residency requirement; extending eligibility for public safety officer
survivor education benefits for students withdrawing from enrollment for active
military service; authorizing a housing finance agency (HFA) agreement with HESO
for the issuance of student loan bonds; requiring HESO to convene a temporary
advisory task force to study the current post-secondary funding policy and to
recommend alternatives to the governor and legislature by a certain date;
specifying certain term change instructions to the revisor of statues; repealing
the higher education services council and certain rules relating to youth works
post-service benefits and post-secondary education grants for advanced placement
(AP) and international baccalaureate (IB) programs

ARTICLE 3 - PRIVATE CAREER
SCHOOLS

Defining multiple location for private career schools regulation
purposes; increasing the surety bond requirement; clarifying certain provisions;
establishing certain licensure, program, solicitor permit, student transcript
and document copy fees; regulating cancellation refunds for short term programs;
providing for the consideration of students as having withdrawn under certain
nonattendance conditions; requiring the return of tuition upon school closure;
clarifying the authority of the schools to advertise state licensure; regulating
the distribution of funds for financial aid; requiring rather than authorizing
the higher education services office (HESO) to grant a reasonable time for
license or permit holders to correct certain situations leading to license or
permit revocation; classifying data submitted to the office as part of license
applications or renewals

ARTICLE 4 - FACILITIES AUTHORITY MERGER

Repealing
the higher education facilities authority and transferring the authority, duties
and unexpended balance of funds collected by the authority to the higher
education services office (HESO); specifying certain bill preparation
instructions to the revisor of statutes
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