1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; setting minimum counselor requirements for Minnesota 
1.3 	State College campuses; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, 
1.4 	section 136F.20, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 136F.20, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 5.Counselor support. Each two-year college must employ full-time faculty 
1.9 	counselors whose primary assignment is counselor duties. For a campus with fewer than 
1.10 	750 students enrolled at a campus site on the 30th day of an academic year, the campus 
1.11 	must have at least one unlimited full-time faculty counselor. For a campus with more than 
1.12 	750 students enrolled at a campus site on the 30th day of an academic year, the campus 
1.13 	must employ the number of full-time counselors necessary for the number of students per 
1.14 	counselor to be the lesser of:
1.15 	(1) 750; or
1.16 	(2) the number of students per full-time counselor at the campus on February 1, 2022.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

1.18 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.19 	$....... in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Trustees 
1.20 	of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to employ additional faculty counselors 
1.21 	at two-year colleges to achieve campus student-to-counselor ratios of no greater than 750 
1.22 	to one. This amount is added to the base for fiscal years 2024 and later.