1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; adjusting certain state grant parameters; appropriating 
1.3 	money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 136A.121, subdivision 5.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 136A.121, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 5.Grant stipends. The grant stipend shall be based on a sharing of responsibility 
1.7 	for covering the recognized cost of attendance by the applicant, the applicant's family, and 
1.8 	the government. The amount of a financial stipend must not exceed a grant applicant's 
1.9 	recognized cost of attendance, as defined in subdivision 6, after deducting the following:
1.10 	(1) the assigned student responsibility of at least 50 47 percent of the cost of attending 
1.11 	the institution of the applicant's choosing;
1.12 	(2) the assigned family responsibility as defined in section 136A.101; and
1.13 	(3) the amount of a federal Pell grant award for which the grant applicant is eligible.
1.14 	The minimum financial stipend is $100 per academic year.

1.15 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.16 	$....... in fiscal year 2022 and $....... in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated from the general 
1.17 	fund to the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education for the state grant program 
1.18 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.121.