SF 1045

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to higher education; abolishing the higher 
  1.3             education coordinating board and transferring some of 
  1.4             its duties; creating a higher education services 
  1.5             office and a higher education administrators council; 
  1.6             amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 15A.081, 
  1.7             subdivision 7b; 126.663, subdivision 3; 126A.02, 
  1.8             subdivision 2; 135A.10, subdivision 1; 136A.01; 
  1.9             136A.03; 136A.08; 136A.101, subdivisions 2 and 3; 
  1.10            136A.15, subdivisions 3 and 4; 136A.16, subdivision 1; 
  1.11            136A.233, subdivision 2; 136A.62, subdivision 2; 
  1.12            136C.042, subdivision 1; and 298.2214, subdivision 5; 
  1.13            proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.14            chapters 135A; and 136A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
  1.15            1994, sections 135A.052, subdivisions 2 and 3; 
  1.16            135A.08; 135A.12, subdivision 5; 136A.02; 136A.04; 
  1.17            136A.041; 136A.043; 136A.85; 136A.86; 136A.87; and 
  1.18            136A.88. 
  1.19  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.20     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 15A.081, 
  1.21  subdivision 7b, is amended to read: 
  1.22     Subd. 7b.  [HIGHER EDUCATION OFFICERS.] The higher 
  1.23  education board, state university board, the state board for 
  1.24  community colleges, the state board of technical colleges, and 
  1.25  the higher education coordinating board administrators council 
  1.26  shall set the salary rates for, respectively, the chancellor of 
  1.27  the higher education system, the chancellor of the state 
  1.28  universities, the chancellor of the community colleges, the 
  1.29  chancellor of vocational technical education colleges, and 
  1.30  the executive director of the higher education coordinating 
  1.31  board services office.  The respective board shall submit the 
  1.32  proposed salary increase to the legislative commission on 
  2.1   employee relations for approval, modification, or rejection in 
  2.2   the manner provided in section 3.855.  Salary rates for the 
  2.3   positions specified in this subdivision may not exceed 95 
  2.4   percent of the salary of the governor under section 15A.082, 
  2.5   subdivision 3.  In deciding whether to recommend a salary 
  2.6   increase, the governing board or council shall consider the 
  2.7   performance of the chancellor or director, including the 
  2.8   chancellor's or director's progress toward attaining affirmative 
  2.9   action goals. 
  2.10     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 126.663, 
  2.11  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  2.12     Subd. 3.  [MODEL LEARNER OUTCOMES.] The department shall 
  2.13  develop and maintain model learner outcomes in state board 
  2.14  identified subject areas, including career vocational learner 
  2.15  outcomes.  The department shall make learner outcomes available 
  2.16  upon request by a district.  Learner outcomes shall be for 
  2.17  pupils in early childhood through grade 12.  The department 
  2.18  shall consult with each of the public post-secondary systems and 
  2.19  with the higher education coordinating board in developing model 
  2.20  learner outcomes appropriate for entry into post-secondary 
  2.21  institutions.  Learner outcomes shall include thinking and 
  2.22  problem solving skills. 
  2.23     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 126A.02, 
  2.24  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  2.25     Subd. 2.  [BOARD MEMBERS.] A 17-member board shall advise 
  2.26  the director.  The board is made up of the commissioners of the 
  2.27  department of natural resources; the pollution control agency; 
  2.28  the department of agriculture; the department of education; the 
  2.29  director of the office of strategic and long-range planning; the 
  2.30  chair of the board of water and soil resources; the executive 
  2.31  director of the higher education coordinating board; the 
  2.32  executive secretary of the board of teaching; the director of 
  2.33  the extension service; and eight citizen members representing 
  2.34  diverse interests appointed by the governor.  The governor shall 
  2.35  appoint one citizen member from each congressional district.  
  2.36  The citizen members are subject to section 15.0575.  Two of the 
  3.1   citizen members appointed by the governor must be licensed 
  3.2   teachers currently teaching in the K-12 system.  The governor 
  3.3   shall annually designate a member to serve as chair for the next 
  3.4   year. 
  3.5      Sec. 4.  [135A.047] [HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS 
  3.6   COUNCIL.] 
  3.7      Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHED.] A higher education 
  3.8   administrators council is established.  The council is composed 
  3.9   of the president of the University of Minnesota, the chancellor 
  3.10  of the higher education board, the vice-chancellor of state 
  3.11  universities, the vice-chancellor of community colleges, the 
  3.12  vice-chancellor of technical colleges, the president of the 
  3.13  private college council, and a representative from the Minnesota 
  3.14  association of private post-secondary schools.  The commissioner 
  3.15  of education and the commissioner of finance shall serve as ex 
  3.16  officio, nonvoting members. 
  3.17     Subd. 2.  [DUTIES.] The higher education administrators 
  3.18  council shall: 
  3.19     (1) coordinate higher education services and programs 
  3.20  throughout the state; 
  3.21     (2) engage in short- and long-term planning for higher 
  3.22  education needs in the state; 
  3.23     (3) review and make recommendations related to existing 
  3.24  programs and proposals for new programs on the basis of state 
  3.25  need, duplication, cost, institutional resource capacity, and 
  3.26  relation to system and campus mission; 
  3.27     (4) review and make recommendations related to proposals 
  3.28  for new large-scale sites and centers on the basis of need and 
  3.29  cost; 
  3.30     (5) coordinate credit transfer and resolve related issues 
  3.31  and problems; 
  3.32     (6) provide information and assistance to high schools and 
  3.33  other organizations to help students prepare and plan for 
  3.34  college; 
  3.35     (7) negotiate reciprocity agreements with neighboring 
  3.36  states and provinces, as provided in section 136A.08; 
  4.1      (8) appoint the director of the higher education services 
  4.2   office, as provided in section 136A.01; 
  4.3      (9) appoint a research director, as provided in subdivision 
  4.4   3, and communications personnel, as necessary, to carry out the 
  4.5   provisions of clauses (6) and (11); 
  4.6      (10) consult with the student advisory council, established 
  4.7   in section 136A.011, whenever necessary but at least quarterly; 
  4.8   and 
  4.9      (11) communicate with and make recommendations to the 
  4.10  governor and the legislature regarding issues and needs in 
  4.11  higher education. 
  4.12     Subd. 3.  [RESEARCH.] The higher education administrators 
  4.13  council shall employ research staff to provide research services 
  4.14  to the council and, as necessary, to the executive and 
  4.15  legislative branches, related to issues, conditions, planning, 
  4.16  and needs in higher education.  The research staff hired by the 
  4.17  higher education administrators council are deemed to be, for 
  4.18  administrative purposes, University of Minnesota employees.  The 
  4.19  research staff shall maintain, and provide analysis of, 
  4.20  statewide information on students and programs.  The higher 
  4.21  education administrators council shall ensure cooperation and 
  4.22  assistance of campus and system level offices in the collection 
  4.23  and analysis of data. 
  4.24     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 135A.10, 
  4.25  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  4.26     Subdivision 1.  [POLICY AND PROCEDURES TO AWARD CREDIT.] 
  4.27  The board of regents of the University of Minnesota, the state 
  4.28  university board, and the state board for community colleges 
  4.29  shall each develop a clear and uniform policy for its system for 
  4.30  awarding post-secondary credit toward a degree for a student who 
  4.31  earns an acceptable score on an advanced placement program 
  4.32  examination.  Each policy must include procedures to inform 
  4.33  students and prospective students about credit award and 
  4.34  procedures to assure implementation on each campus.  The higher 
  4.35  education coordinating board shall assist in developing the 
  4.36  policy. 
  5.1      Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 136A.01, is 
  5.2   amended to read: 
  5.3      136A.01 [HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES OFFICE.] 
  5.4      Subdivision 1.  [CREATION.] A coordinating board An office 
  5.5   for higher education in the state of Minnesota, to be known as 
  5.6   the Minnesota higher education coordinating board services 
  5.7   office, is hereby created. 
  5.8      Subd. 2.  [RESPONSIBILITIES.] The higher education services 
  5.9   office is responsible for: 
  5.10     (1) necessary state level administration of financial aid 
  5.11  programs, including accounting, auditing, and disbursing state 
  5.12  and federal financial aid funds; 
  5.13     (2) approval, registration, licensing, and financial aid 
  5.14  eligibility of private collegiate and career schools, under 
  5.15  sections 136A.61 to 136A.71 and chapter 141; 
  5.16     (3) administration of the telecommunications council under 
  5.17  Laws 1993, First Special Session chapter 2, article 5, section 
  5.18  2; 
  5.19     (4) assisting campuses to provide delivery of financial aid 
  5.20  funds at the campus level; 
  5.21     (5) obtaining reports from private post-secondary 
  5.22  institutions receiving state funds on their use of the funds; 
  5.23     (6) prescribing policies, procedures, and rules under 
  5.24  chapter 14 necessary to administer the programs under its 
  5.25  supervision; and 
  5.26     (7) consulting with the higher education administrators 
  5.27  council and, as necessary, with the governor and the legislature.
  5.28     Sec. 7.  [136A.011] [ADVISORY GROUPS.] 
  5.29     Subdivision 1.  [APPOINTMENT.] The director of the higher 
  5.30  education services office may appoint advisory task forces as 
  5.31  necessary to assist in the administration of the higher 
  5.32  education services office responsibilities.  The task forces 
  5.33  expiration and the terms, compensation, and removal of members 
  5.34  are as provided in section 15.059. 
  5.35     Subd. 2.  [STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.] A student advisory 
  5.36  council to the higher education services office is established.  
  6.1   The members of the council shall include the chair of the 
  6.2   University of Minnesota student senate, the state chair of the 
  6.3   Minnesota state university student association, the president of 
  6.4   the Minnesota community college student association, the 
  6.5   president of the Minnesota vocational technical student 
  6.6   association, the president of the Minnesota association of 
  6.7   private college students, and a student who is enrolled in a 
  6.8   private vocational school, to be appointed by the Minnesota 
  6.9   association of private post-secondary schools.  A member may be 
  6.10  represented by a designee.  The council shall select one of its 
  6.11  members to serve as chair. 
  6.12     The director of the higher education services office shall 
  6.13  inform the student advisory council of all matters under 
  6.14  consideration and shall refer all proposals to the council 
  6.15  before taking action or sending the proposals to the governor or 
  6.16  the legislature.  The student advisory council shall report to 
  6.17  the director of the higher education services office quarterly 
  6.18  and at other times that the council considers desirable.  The 
  6.19  council shall determine its meeting times, but the council shall 
  6.20  also meet with the director of the services office within 30 
  6.21  days after the director's request for a council meeting. 
  6.22     The advisory council shall: 
  6.23     (1) bring to the attention of the higher education services 
  6.24  office any matter that the council believes needs the attention 
  6.25  of the office; 
  6.26     (2) make recommendations to the higher education services 
  6.27  office as the council finds appropriate; 
  6.28     (3) appoint student members to the higher education 
  6.29  services office advisory groups as provided in subdivision 3; 
  6.30  and 
  6.31     (4) provide any reasonable assistance to the office. 
  6.32     Subd. 3.  [STUDENT REPRESENTATION.] If requested by the 
  6.33  student advisory council, the director must place at least one 
  6.34  student from an affected educational system on any group created 
  6.35  under subdivision 1.  The student member or members shall be 
  6.36  appointed by the student advisory council. 
  7.1      Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 136A.03, is 
  7.2   amended to read: 
  7.3      136A.03 [EXECUTIVE OFFICERS; EMPLOYEES.] 
  7.4      The higher education coordinating board may appoint an 
  7.5   executive secretary or director as its principal executive 
  7.6   officer, and such other officers and employees as it may deem 
  7.7   necessary to carry out its duties.  The executive secretary or 
  7.8   director shall possess such the powers and perform such the 
  7.9   duties as are delegated prescribed by the board higher education 
  7.10  administrators council and shall serve in the unclassified 
  7.11  service of the state civil service.  The salary of the executive 
  7.12  director shall be established pursuant according to section 
  7.13  15A.081, subdivision 1.  The executive director shall be a 
  7.14  person qualified by training and ability or experience in the 
  7.15  field of higher education or in educational financial aid 
  7.16  administration.  The board director may also appoint other 
  7.17  officers and professional employees who shall serve in the 
  7.18  unclassified service of the state civil service and fix the 
  7.19  salaries thereof which shall be commensurate with salaries in 
  7.20  the classified service.  All other employees shall be in the 
  7.21  classified civil service.  
  7.22     An officer or professional employee in the unclassified 
  7.23  service as provided in this section is a person who has studied 
  7.24  higher education, financial aid, or a related field at the 
  7.25  graduate level or has similar experience and who is qualified 
  7.26  for a career in some aspect of higher education and for 
  7.27  activities in keeping with the planning and administrative 
  7.28  responsibilities of the board office and who is appointed to 
  7.29  assume responsibility for administration of educational programs 
  7.30  or research in matters of higher education. 
  7.31     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 136A.08, is 
  7.32  amended to read: 
  7.33     136A.08 [RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS RELATING TO NONRESIDENT 
  7.34  TUITION WITH OTHER STATES OR PROVINCES.] 
  7.35     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] For the purposes of this 
  7.36  section, the terms "province" and "provincial" mean the Canadian 
  8.1   province of Manitoba. 
  8.2      Subd. 2.  [AUTHORIZATION.] The Minnesota higher education 
  8.3   coordinating board administrators council, in consultation with 
  8.4   the commissioner of finance and each affected public 
  8.5   post-secondary board, may enter into agreements, on subjects 
  8.6   that include remission of nonresident tuition for designated 
  8.7   categories of students at public post-secondary institutions, 
  8.8   with appropriate state or provincial agencies and public 
  8.9   post-secondary institutions in other states or provinces.  The 
  8.10  agreements shall be for the purpose of the mutual improvement of 
  8.11  educational advantages for residents of this state and other 
  8.12  states or provinces with whom agreements are made.  The higher 
  8.13  education services office shall administer any agreement entered 
  8.14  into by the council. 
  8.15     Subd. 3.  [WISCONSIN.] A higher education reciprocity 
  8.16  agreement with the state of Wisconsin may include provision for 
  8.17  the transfer of funds between Minnesota and Wisconsin provided 
  8.18  that an income tax reciprocity agreement between Minnesota and 
  8.19  Wisconsin is in effect for the period of time included under the 
  8.20  higher education reciprocity agreement.  If this provision is 
  8.21  included, the amount of funds to be transferred shall be 
  8.22  determined according to a formula which is mutually acceptable 
  8.23  to the board council and a duly designated agency representing 
  8.24  Wisconsin.  The formula shall recognize differences in tuition 
  8.25  rates between the two states and the number of students 
  8.26  attending institutions in each state under the agreement.  Any 
  8.27  payments to Minnesota by Wisconsin shall be deposited by the 
  8.28  board higher education services office in the general fund of 
  8.29  the state treasury.  The amount required for the payments shall 
  8.30  be certified by the executive director of the higher 
  8.31  education coordinating board services office to the commissioner 
  8.32  of finance annually. 
  8.33     Subd. 4.  [NORTH DAKOTA; SOUTH DAKOTA.] A reciprocity 
  8.34  agreement with North Dakota may include provision for the 
  8.35  transfer of funds between Minnesota and North Dakota.  If 
  8.36  provision for transfer of funds between the two states is 
  9.1   included, the amount of funds to be transferred shall be 
  9.2   determined according to a formula which is mutually acceptable 
  9.3   to the board council and a duly designated agency representing 
  9.4   North Dakota.  In adopting a formula, the board council shall 
  9.5   consider tuition rates in the two states and the number of 
  9.6   students attending institutions in each state under the 
  9.7   agreement.  Any payment to Minnesota by North Dakota shall be 
  9.8   deposited by the board higher education services office in the 
  9.9   general fund.  The amount required for the payments shall be 
  9.10  certified by the executive director of the higher education 
  9.11  coordinating board services office to the commissioner of 
  9.12  finance annually.  All provisions in this subdivision pertaining 
  9.13  to North Dakota shall also be applied to South Dakota, and all 
  9.14  authority and conditions granted for higher education 
  9.15  reciprocity with North Dakota are also granted for higher 
  9.16  education reciprocity with South Dakota. 
  9.17     Subd. 5.  [FINANCIAL AID.] The board council may enter into 
  9.18  an agreement, with a state or province with which it has 
  9.19  negotiated a reciprocity agreement for tuition, to permit 
  9.20  students to receive student aid awards from the student's state 
  9.21  or province of residence for attending an eligible institution 
  9.22  in the other state or province. 
  9.23     Subd. 6.  [APPROVAL.] An agreement made by the board 
  9.24  council under this section is not valid as to a particular 
  9.25  institution without the approval of that institution's state or 
  9.26  provincial governing board.  A valid agreement under this 
  9.27  subdivision that incurs additional financial liability to the 
  9.28  state or to any of the Minnesota public post-secondary boards, 
  9.29  beyond enrollment funding adjustments, must be submitted to the 
  9.30  commissioner of finance and to the chairs of the higher 
  9.31  education finance divisions of the senate and house for review.  
  9.32  The agreement remains valid unless it is disapproved in law. 
  9.33     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 136A.101, 
  9.34  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  9.35     Subd. 2.  "Board" "Office" means the Minnesota higher 
  9.36  education coordinating board services office. 
 10.1      Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 136A.101, 
 10.2   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 10.3      Subd. 3.  "Director" means the executive director of the 
 10.4   Minnesota higher education coordinating board services office. 
 10.5      Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 136A.15, 
 10.6   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 10.7      Subd. 3.  "Board" "Office" means the Minnesota higher 
 10.8   education coordinating board services office. 
 10.9      Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 136A.15, 
 10.10  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 10.11     Subd. 4.  "Director" means the executive director of the 
 10.12  Minnesota higher education coordinating board services office. 
 10.13     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 136A.16, 
 10.14  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 10.15     Subdivision 1.  Notwithstanding chapter 16B, the Minnesota 
 10.16  higher education coordinating board services office is 
 10.17  designated as the administrative agency for carrying out the 
 10.18  purposes and terms of sections 136A.15 to 136A.1702.  The board 
 10.19  office may establish one or more loan programs. 
 10.20     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 136A.233, 
 10.21  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 10.22     Subd. 2.  [DEFINITIONS.] For purposes of sections 136A.231 
 10.23  to 136A.233, the words defined in this subdivision have the 
 10.24  meanings ascribed to them. 
 10.25     (a) "Eligible student" means a Minnesota resident enrolled 
 10.26  or intending to enroll at least half time in a degree, diploma, 
 10.27  or certificate program in a Minnesota post-secondary institution.
 10.28     (b) "Minnesota resident" means a student who meets the 
 10.29  conditions in section 136A.101, subdivision 8. 
 10.30     (c) "Financial need" means the need for financial 
 10.31  assistance in order to attend a post-secondary institution as 
 10.32  determined by a post-secondary institution according to 
 10.33  guidelines established by the higher education coordinating 
 10.34  board services office. 
 10.35     (d) "Eligible employer" means any eligible post-secondary 
 10.36  institution and any nonprofit, nonsectarian agency or state 
 11.1   institution located in the state of Minnesota, including state 
 11.2   hospitals, and also includes a handicapped person or a person 
 11.3   over 65 who employs a student to provide personal services in or 
 11.4   about the residence of the handicapped person or the person over 
 11.5   65. 
 11.6      (e) "Eligible post-secondary institution" means any 
 11.7   post-secondary institution eligible for participation in the 
 11.8   Minnesota state grant program as specified in section 136A.101, 
 11.9   subdivision 4. 
 11.10     (f) "Independent student" has the meaning given it in the 
 11.11  Higher Education Act of 1965, United States Code, title 20, 
 11.12  section 1070a-6, and applicable regulations. 
 11.13     (g) "Half-time" for undergraduates has the meaning given in 
 11.14  section 136A.101, subdivision 7b, and for graduate students is 
 11.15  defined by the institution. 
 11.16     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 136A.62, 
 11.17  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 11.18     Subd. 2.  [BOARD OFFICE.] "Board" "Office" means the 
 11.19  Minnesota higher education coordinating board services office. 
 11.20     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 136C.042, 
 11.21  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 11.22     Subdivision 1.  [BOARD APPROVAL.] The state board may 
 11.23  approve, disapprove, or modify a plan for awarding associate 
 11.24  degrees at a technical college.  The plan shall include 
 11.25  cooperation with a collegiate institution unless cooperation is 
 11.26  not practicable.  All associate degree plans approved by the 
 11.27  state board shall be presented to the higher education 
 11.28  coordinating board administrators council for review and 
 11.29  recommendation pursuant to section 136A.04, subdivision 1, 
 11.30  clause (d) and in accordance with the provisions of this section.
 11.31     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 298.2214, 
 11.32  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 11.33     Subd. 5.  [HECB AND SYSTEM APPROVAL.] A program may not be 
 11.34  offered under a contract executed according to this section 
 11.35  unless it is approved by the higher education coordinating board 
 11.36  and the board of the system offering the program.  
 12.1      Sec. 19.  [TRANSFER.] 
 12.2      On July 1, 1995, the higher education coordinating board is 
 12.3   abolished and the duties and responsibilities of the board 
 12.4   related to financial aid, private institution registration and 
 12.5   private career school licensing, and telecommunications council 
 12.6   functions are transferred to the higher education services 
 12.7   office as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039.  The 
 12.8   transfer includes all classified and unclassified employees of 
 12.9   the administrative services and financial aid divisions, two 
 12.10  unclassified employees and one classified employee in the policy 
 12.11  and program planning division with direct responsibility for 
 12.12  private institution registration or private career school 
 12.13  licensing, and two unclassified employees and one classified 
 12.14  employee in the information management division.  The director 
 12.15  of the administrative services division shall serve as acting 
 12.16  director of the higher education services office until a 
 12.17  permanent director is appointed.  All positions in the higher 
 12.18  education coordinating board that are not transferred to the 
 12.19  higher education services office under this section are 
 12.20  abolished. 
 12.21     All material and property that does not relate directly to 
 12.22  financial aid, private institution registration or private 
 12.23  career school licensing, or telecommunications council functions 
 12.24  shall be transferred to the higher education administrators 
 12.25  council as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039, 
 12.26  subdivision 5. 
 12.27     By January 15, 1996, the director of the higher education 
 12.28  services office, in consultation with the department of finance, 
 12.29  shall provide recommendations to the higher education 
 12.30  administrators council and the education committees of the 
 12.31  legislature on appropriate further changes in complement and 
 12.32  appropriation. 
 12.33     Sec. 20.  [FINANCIAL AID DELIVERY TASK FORCE.] 
 12.34     By July 15, 1995, the higher education administrators 
 12.35  council shall establish a task force to plan and begin 
 12.36  implementing improvements in the delivery of financial aid 
 13.1   services and funds.  The task force shall determine ways to 
 13.2   maximize the financial aid delivery at the campus level while 
 13.3   maintaining data collection, auditing, and other necessary 
 13.4   functions at the state level.  The task force shall include 
 13.5   system and campus representatives from each of the public 
 13.6   post-secondary systems, representatives of the private 
 13.7   collegiate and private vocational sectors, a representative of 
 13.8   the higher education services office, and representatives of the 
 13.9   student advisory council.  The task force shall present its 
 13.10  findings and recommendations to the director of the higher 
 13.11  education services office by December 1, 1995, and to the 
 13.12  education committees of the legislature by January 15, 1996. 
 13.13     Sec. 21.  [INSTRUCTIONS TO REVISOR.] 
 13.14     Subdivision 1.  [RENUMBERING.] In the next edition of 
 13.15  Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall renumber each 
 13.16  section specified in column A with the number set forth in 
 13.17  column B.  The revisor shall make necessary cross-reference 
 13.18  changes consistent with the renumbering. 
 13.19            Column A                 Column B
 13.20            136A.08                  135A.19
 13.21            136A.80                  135A.51
 13.22            136A.81                  135A.52
 13.23     Subd. 2.  [NAME CHANGE.] The revisor of statutes is 
 13.24  directed to change the term "higher education coordinating 
 13.25  board," and similar terms, to "higher education services 
 13.26  office," or similar terms.  The change must be made in the next 
 13.27  edition of Minnesota Statutes. 
 13.28     Sec. 22.  [REPEALER.] 
 13.29     Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 135A.052, subdivisions 2 
 13.30  and 3; 135A.08; 135A.12, subdivision 5; 136A.02; 136A.04; 
 13.31  136A.041; 136A.043; 136A.85; 136A.86; 136A.87; and 136A.88, are 
 13.32  repealed.