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SF 2242

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 06/14/2023 08:49am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to higher education; modifying the Hunger-Free Campus program;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 135A.137,
subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 135A.137, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Competitive grant.

(a) Institutions eligible for a grant under this subdivision
include public postsecondary institutions and Tribal colleges.

(b) The commissioner shall establish a competitive grant program to distribute grants
to eligible institutions to meet and maintain the requirements under subdivision 1, paragraph
(a). Initial grants shall be made to institutions that have not earned the designation and
demonstrate a need for funding to meet the hunger-free campus designation requirements.
Sustaining grants shall be made to institutions that have earned the designation and
demonstrate both a partnership with a local food bank or organization that provides regular,
on-campus food distributions and a need for funds to maintain the requirements under
subdivision 1, paragraph (a).

(c) The commissioner shall give preference to applications for initial grants and to
applications from institutions with the highest number of federal Pell Grant eligible students
enrolled. The commissioner shall consider the head count at the institution when awarding
grants. The maximum grant award for an initial institution designation is deleted text begin $8,000deleted text end new text begin $10,000new text end .
The maximum grant award for sustaining an institution designation is deleted text begin $5,000deleted text end new text begin $8,000new text end .

(d) The commissioner, in collaboration with student associations representing eligible
institutions, shall create an application process and establish selection criteria for awarding
the grants.

Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin $500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education for the Hunger-Free
Campus program under Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.137.
 new text end