Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF3809

Requiring the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities
to create a certain number of best in class regional programs to upgrade
technical college training for production tasks in printing and publishing,
specifying certain program requirements; creating a printing and education
partnership committee to replace the Minnesota printing and industry partnership
in spending available funds on designated projects and staff, specifying
membership requirements and duties and providing for funding; requiring and
providing for board best in class designations through a competitive process,
state college and university system institutions to be eligible to apply,
prescribing the request for proposals and selection processes, specifying
certain duties of the partnership committee and providing for a review committee
to make recommendations to the partnership committee, requiring subsequent
partnership committee recommendations to the board; requiring periodic review by
the partnership committee of best in class certifications for continuation
determination purposes; specifying evaluation criteria for best in class
applications; providing for local advisory committees for best in class
programs, specifying certain consultation and reporting requirements; specifying
certain required program curriculum and periodic review and accreditation
requirements; appropriating money to the MnSCU board for the programs, requiring
the use of certain amounts for the purchase of equipment and for facility and
faculty expenses (ra)