as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 04/03/2017 08:49am
A bill for an act
relating to higher education; providing aid for Minnesota state two-year colleges
located outside of the metropolitan area; appropriating money.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall provide
supplemental aid for operations and maintenance to the president of each two-year college
in the system with at least one campus that is not located in a metropolitan county, as defined
in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 4. The board shall transfer $100,000
for each campus not located in a metropolitan county in each year to the president of each
college that includes such a campus, provided that no college may receive more than
$300,000 in total supplemental aid each year. The total supplemental aid received by a
college shall be distributed equally among its campuses that are not located in metropolitan
counties.
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$3,300,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $3,300,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from
the general fund to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
to provide the supplemental aid under section 1.
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