1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; temporary freezing and permanent limiting of 
1.3 	tuition increases at public higher education institutions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 136F; 137.1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [136F.702] TUITION INCREASE LIMITATIONS.
1.7 	Tuition increases for a Minnesota resident undergraduate student from one academic 
1.8 	year to the next academic year at an institution in the Minnesota State Colleges and 
1.9 	Universities system may not exceed the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price 
1.10 	Index for all urban consumers, published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
1.11 	for the immediately preceding calendar year.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section applies to tuition increases for an academic year 
1.13 	commencing after July 1, 2013.

1.14 	Sec. 2. [137.0227] TUITION INCREASE LIMITATIONS.
1.15 	Tuition increases for a Minnesota resident undergraduate student from one academic 
1.16 	year to the next academic year at the University of Minnesota may not exceed the annual 
1.17 	percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, published by 
1.18 	the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the immediately preceding calendar year.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section applies to tuition increases for an academic year 
1.20 	commencing after July 1, 2013.

2.1 	Sec. 3. TUITION FREEZE AT MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND 
2.2 	UNIVERSITIES.
 2.3 	Tuition at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for Minnesota resident 
2.4 	undergraduate students may not be increased for academic terms commencing between 
2.5 	July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2013.

2.6 	Sec. 4. TUITION FREEZE AT UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
 2.7 	Tuition at the University of Minnesota for a Minnesota resident undergraduate 
2.8 	student may not be increased for academic terms commencing between July 1, 2011, 
2.9 	and June 30, 2013.