<div class="xtend">
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to higher education; establishing a budget for higher education; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>appropriating money to the Office of Higher Education, the Board of Trustees <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the Board of Regents of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>the University of Minnesota, and the Mayo Clinic; appropriating money for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>tuition relief; establishing a year-long student teacher program; establishing a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>teacher shortage loan forgiveness program; regulating the assignment of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>college and university students to remedial courses; regulating state college and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>university transfer pathways; requiring a plan to encourage college completion at
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the University of Minnesota; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>regulating the policies of postsecondary institutions relating to sexual harassment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>and sexual violence;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.322, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>by adding a subdivision; 122A.09, subdivision 4; 135A.15, subdivisions 1, 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>chapters 136A; 136F; 626.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var><b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var><b>HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b>HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>for each purpose. The figures "2016" and "2017" used in this article mean that the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30,
         2016, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>June 30, 2017, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2016. "The second year"
         is fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>year 2017. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2016 and 2017.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom"><b>APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom"><b>Available for the Year</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom"><b>Ending June 30</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>2016</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>2017</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 2. <b>MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER </b><br />
                  		<b>EDUCATION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$ </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>198,086,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$ </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>198,061,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.6"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>State Grants</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">150,281,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">150,281,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>If the appropriation in this subdivision for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>for the other year is available for it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>For the biennium, the tuition maximum is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>$13,000 each year for students in four-year <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>programs, and $5,808 each year for students <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>in two-year programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>The living and miscellaneous expense <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>allowance is $7,900 each year.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Child Care Grants</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,684,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,684,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>State Work-Study</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,502,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,502,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Interstate Tuition Reciprocity</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,018,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,018,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>If the appropriation in this subdivision for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>for the other year is available to meet <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>reciprocity contract obligations.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 6.<b>Safety Officer's Survivors</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>This appropriation is to provide educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>benefits under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>299A.45, to eligible dependent children and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>to the spouses of public safety officers killed <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>in the line of duty.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>If the appropriation in this subdivision for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>for the other year is available for it.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 7.<b>Indian Scholarships</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">3,100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">3,100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>The director must contract with or employ <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>at least one person with demonstrated <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>competence in American Indian culture and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>residing in or near the city of Bemidji to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>assist students with the scholarships under <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.126, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>with other information about financial aid for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>which the students may be eligible. Bemidji <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>State University must provide office space <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>at no cost to the Minnesota Office of Higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>Education for purposes of administering the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>American Indian scholarship program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.126. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>appropriation includes funding to administer <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>the American Indian scholarship program.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 8.<b>Tribal College Grants</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">150,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">150,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>For tribal college assistance grants under <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.1796.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 9.<b>High School-to-College Developmental </b><br />
                  		<b>Transition Grants</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>136A.862, for the high school-to-college <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>developmental transition program grants.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 10.<b>Intervention for College Attendance </b><br />
                  		<b>Program Grants</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">671,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">671,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>For the intervention for college attendance <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>program under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>136A.861.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>This appropriation includes funding to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>administer the intervention for college <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>attendance program grants.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 11.<b>Student-Parent Information</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">122,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">122,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 12.<b>Get Ready</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">180,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">180,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 13.<b>Midwest Higher Education Compact</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">95,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">95,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 14.<b>Minnesota Minority Partnership</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">45,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">45,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 15.<b>United Family Medicine Residency </b><br />
                  		<b>Program </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">500,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>For a grant to United Family Medicine <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>residency program. This appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>shall be used to support up to 18 resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>physicians each year in family practice at <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>United Family Medicine residency programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>and shall prepare doctors to practice family <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>care medicine in underserved rural and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>urban areas of the state. It is intended <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>that this program will improve health <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>care in underserved communities, provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>affordable access to appropriate medical <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>care, and manage the treatment of patients in <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>a cost-effective manner.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 16.<b>MnLINK Gateway and Minitex</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,905,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,905,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 17.<b>Statewide Longitudinal Education </b><br />
                  		<b>Data System</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">882,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">882,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 18.<b>Hennepin County Medical Center</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">645,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">645,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>For transfer to Hennepin County Medical <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>Center for graduate family medical education <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>programs at Hennepin County Medical <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>Center.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 19.<b>Teacher Shortage Loan Forgiveness</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">590,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">565,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>For the loan forgiveness program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.1791.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.799999999999999"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12.2"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 20.<b>Campus Sexual Assault Reporting</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">25,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">25,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>For the sexual assault reporting required <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.15.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 21.<b>Agency Administration</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,491,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,491,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 22.<b>Balances Forward</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>A balance in the first year under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>does not cancel, but is available for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>second year.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 23.<b>Transfers</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>The Minnesota Office of Higher Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>may transfer unencumbered balances from <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>the appropriations in this section to the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>grant appropriation, the interstate tuition <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>reciprocity appropriation, the child care <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>grant appropriation, the Indian scholarship <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>appropriation, the state work-study <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>appropriation, the get ready appropriation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>and the public safety officers' survivors <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>appropriation. Transfers from the child care <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>or state work-study appropriations may only <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>be made to the extent there is a projected <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>surplus in the appropriation. A transfer may <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>be made only with prior written notice to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>the chairs and ranking minority members <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>of the senate and house of representatives <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>committees and divisions with jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>over higher education finance.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 3. <b>BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE </b><br />
                  		<b>MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND </b><br />
                  		<b>UNIVERSITIES</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$ </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>658,498,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$ </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>691,183,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Central Office and Shared Services </b><br />
                  		<b>Unit</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">33,074,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">33,074,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>For the Office of the Chancellor and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>Shared Services Division.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Operations and Maintenance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">621,309,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">653,994,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>This appropriation includes $36,000,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>fiscal year 2016 and $69,000,000 in fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>year 2017 for student tuition relief. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>Board of Trustees must establish tuition rates <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>(1) for the 2015-2016 academic year, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>the tuition rate at universities must not <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>increase by more than three percent over <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>the 2014-2015 academic year rate, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>tuition rate at colleges must not exceed the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>2014-2015 academic year rate; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>(2) for the 2016-2017 academic year, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>tuition rate at universities must not exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>the 2015-2016 academic year rate, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>tuition rate at colleges must be reduced by at <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>least one percent compared to the 2015-2016 <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>academic year rate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>The student tuition relief may not be offset <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>by increases in mandatory fees, charges, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>other assessments to the student.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>This appropriation includes $200,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>fiscal year 2016 to award up to two grants to <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>system institutions with a teacher preparation <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>program approved by the Board of Teaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>to provide a school year-long student <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>teaching pilot program, consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>the student teaching program requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.09, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>subdivision 4, paragraph (d). This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>onetime appropriation. The Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>Trustees must report to the K-12 and higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>education committees of the legislature by <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>March 1, 2017, on the experiences of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>grant recipients and the student teachers <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>with the school year-long student teaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>program, and include any recommendations <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>for amending Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>122A.09, subdivision 4, paragraph (d), based <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>on the experiences of the grant recipients.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>This appropriation includes $115,000 in fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>year 2016 to implement the baccalaureate <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>degree pathways required under article 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>section 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>This appropriation includes $40,000 in fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>year 2016 and $40,000 in fiscal year 2017 <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>to implement the sexual assault policies <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>required under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>135A.15. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>$18,000 each year is for transfer to the Cook <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>County Higher Education Board to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>educational programming and academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>support services to remote regions in <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>northeastern Minnesota. This appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>is in addition to the $102,000 per fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>this project currently receives. The project <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>shall continue to provide information to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>Board of Trustees on the number of students <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>served, credit hours delivered, and services <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>provided to students. The base appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>under this paragraph is $120,000 each year.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Learning Network of Minnesota</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,115,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,115,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 4. <b>BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE </b><br />
                  		<b>UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$ </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>603,256,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$ </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>601,856,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">601,099,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">599,699,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Health Care Access<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,157,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,157,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Operations and Maintenance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">533,011,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">533,011,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>This appropriation includes funding for <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>operation and maintenance of the system.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Primary Care Education Initiatives</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,157,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,157,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>This appropriation is from the health care <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>access fund.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Special Appropriations</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Agriculture and Extension Service</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">42,922,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">42,922,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>For the Agricultural Experiment Station and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>the Minnesota Extension Service:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>(1) the Agricultural Experiment Station <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>and Minnesota Extension Service must <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>convene agricultural advisory groups to <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>focus research, education, and extension <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>activities on producer needs and implement <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>an outreach strategy that more effectively <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>and rapidly transfers research results and best <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>practices to producers throughout the state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>(2) this appropriation includes funding for <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>research and outreach on the production of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>renewable energy from Minnesota biomass <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>resources, including agronomic crops, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>plant and animal wastes, and native plants <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>or trees. The following areas should be <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>prioritized and carried out in consultation <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>with Minnesota producers and renewable <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>energy and bioenergy organizations:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>(i) biofuel and other energy production from <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>perennial crops, small grains, row crops, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>and forestry products in conjunction with <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>the Natural Resources Research Institute <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>(NRRI);<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>(ii) alternative bioenergy crops and cropping <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>systems; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>(iii) biofuel coproducts used for livestock <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>feed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>(3) this appropriation includes funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>for the College of Food, Agricultural and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>Natural Resources Sciences to establish and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>provide leadership for organic agronomic, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>horticultural, livestock, and food systems <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>research, education, and outreach and for <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>the purchase of state-of-the-art laboratory, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>planting, tilling, harvesting, and processing <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>equipment necessary for this project;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>(4) this appropriation includes funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>for research efforts that demonstrate a <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>renewed emphasis on the needs of the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>agriculture community. The following <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>areas should be prioritized and carried <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>out in consultation with Minnesota farm <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>organizations:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>(i) vegetable crop research with priority for <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>extending the Minnesota vegetable growing <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>season;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>(ii) fertilizer and soil fertility research and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>development;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>(iii) soil, groundwater, and surface water <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>conservation practices and contaminant <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>reduction research;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>(iv) discovering and developing plant <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>varieties that use nutrients more efficiently;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>(v) breeding and development of turf seed <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>and other biomass resources in all three <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>Minnesota biomes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>(vi) development of new disease-resistant <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>and pest-resistant varieties of turf and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>agronomic crops;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>(vii) utilizing plant and livestock cells to treat <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>and cure human diseases;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>(viii) the development of dairy coproducts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>(ix) a rapid agricultural response fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>current or emerging animal, plant, and insect <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>problems affecting production or food safety;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>(x) crop pest and animal disease research;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>(xi) developing animal agriculture that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>capable of sustainably feeding the world;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>(xii) consumer food safety education and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>outreach;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>(xiii) programs to meet the research and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>outreach needs of organic livestock and crop <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>farmers; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>(xiv) alternative bioenergy crops and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>cropping systems; and growing, harvesting, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>and transporting biomass plant material; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>(5) by February 1, 2017, the Board of Regents <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>must submit a report to the legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>committees and divisions with jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>over agriculture and higher education finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>on the status and outcomes of research and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>initiatives funded in this section.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(b) <b>Health Sciences</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">9,204,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">9,204,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>$346,000 each year is to support up to 12 <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>resident physicians in the St. Cloud Hospital <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>family practice residency program. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>program must prepare doctors to practice <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>primary care medicine in rural areas of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>state. The legislature intends this program <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>to improve health care in rural communities, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>provide affordable access to appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>medical care, and manage the treatment of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>patients in a more cost-effective manner. <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>The remainder of this appropriation is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>the rural physicians associates program, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, health <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>sciences research, dental care, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>Biomedical Engineering Center.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(c) <b>Institute of Technology</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,140,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,140,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>For the geological survey and the talented <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>youth mathematics program.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(d) <b>System Special</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,181,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,181,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>For general research, the Labor Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>Service, Natural Resources Research <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>Institute, Center for Urban and Regional <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>Affairs, Bell Museum of Natural History, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>the Humphrey exhibit.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(e) <b>University of Minnesota and Mayo </b><br />
                  		<b>Foundation Partnership</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">7,491,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">7,491,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>For the direct and indirect expenses of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>collaborative research partnership between <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>the University of Minnesota and the Mayo <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>Foundation for research in biotechnology <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>and medical genomics. This appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>available until expended. An annual report <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>on the expenditure of these funds must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>submitted to the governor and the chairs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>the legislative committees responsible for <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>higher education finance by June 30 of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>fiscal year.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 5.<b>Crookston Campus; Agricultural </b><br />
                  		<b>Education and Health Sciences</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">750,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">750,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>To reinstate and support the agricultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>education program and enhance the health <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>science program on the Crookston campus.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 6.<b>Morris Campus</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,400,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>This appropriation includes $450,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>fiscal year 2016 to renovate classrooms <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>and small group spaces in the division of <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>education on the Morris campus.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>This appropriation includes $250,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>fiscal year 2016 to improve classroom <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>seating, technology, acoustics, and digital <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>capabilities on the Morris campus.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>This appropriation includes $300,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>fiscal year 2016 to upgrade digital and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>wireless capabilities in the campus library <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>on the Morris campus.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>This appropriation includes $400,000 in fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>year 2016 to upgrade college athletics and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>recreation facilities on the Morris campus.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>This is a onetime appropriation. Funds from <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>this appropriation are available until June <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>30, 2017.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Academic Health Center</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>The appropriation for Academic Health <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>Center funding under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>section 297F.10, is estimated to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>$22,250,000 each year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 5. <b>MAYO CLINIC</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>1,351,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>1,351,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>The amounts that may be spent are specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>in the following subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Medical School</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">665,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">665,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>The state must pay a capitation each year for <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>each student who is a resident of Minnesota. <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>The appropriation may be transferred <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>between each year of the biennium to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>accommodate enrollment fluctuations. It is <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>intended that during the biennium the Mayo <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>Clinic use the capitation money to increase <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>the number of doctors practicing in rural <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>areas in need of doctors.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Family Practice and Graduate </b><br />
                  		<b>Residency Program</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">686,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">686,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>The state must pay stipend support for up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>27 residents each year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var><b>HIGHER EDUCATION POLICIES</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>License and rules.</b> (a) The board must adopt rules to license public school <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>teachers and interns subject to chapter 14.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>(b) The board must adopt rules requiring a person to pass a skills examination in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>reading, writing, and mathematics or attain either a composite score composed of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>average of the scores in English and writing, reading, and mathematics on the ACT
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>Plus Writing recommended by the board, or an equivalent composite score composed <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>of the average of the scores in critical reading, mathematics, and writing on the
         SAT <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>recommended by the board, as a requirement for initial teacher licensure, except that
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>board may issue up to two temporary, one-year teaching licenses to an otherwise qualified
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>candidate who has not yet passed the skills exam or attained the requisite composite
         score <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>on the ACT Plus Writing or SAT. Such rules must require college and universities offering
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>a board-approved teacher preparation program to provide remedial assistance to persons
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>who did not achieve a qualifying score on the skills examination or attain the requisite
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>composite score on the ACT Plus Writing or SAT, including those for whom English is
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>a second language. The requirement to pass a reading, writing, and mathematics skills
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>examination or attain the requisite composite score on the ACT Plus Writing or SAT
         does <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>not apply to nonnative English speakers, as verified by qualified Minnesota school
         district <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>personnel or Minnesota higher education faculty, who, after meeting the content and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>pedagogy requirements under this subdivision, apply for a teaching license to provide
         direct <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>instruction in their native language or world language instruction under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.022, <br />
            		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>. A teacher candidate's official ACT Plus Writing or SAT composite score <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>report to the board must not be more than ten years old at the time of licensure.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>(c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation programs. The board,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>upon the request of a postsecondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>person and a postsecondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person
         or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>of chapter 14.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>(d) The board must provide the leadership and adopt rules for the redesign of teacher
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>education programs to implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective. Among other components, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>teacher preparation programs may use the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>program model to provide a school year-long student teaching program that combines
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>clinical opportunities with academic coursework and in-depth student teaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>experiences to offer students ongoing mentorship, coaching and assessment, help to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>prepare a professional development plan, and structured learning experiences. The board <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>shall implement new systems of teacher preparation program evaluation to assure program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>effectiveness based on proficiency of graduates in demonstrating attainment of program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>outcomes. Teacher preparation programs including alternative teacher preparation <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>programs under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.245</statute_ref>, among other programs, must include a content-specific, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>board-approved, performance-based assessment that measures teacher candidates in three
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>areas: planning for instruction and assessment; engaging students and supporting learning;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>and assessing student learning. The board's redesign rules must include creating flexible,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>specialized teaching licenses, credentials, and other endorsement forms to increase
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>students' participation in language immersion programs, world language instruction,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>career development opportunities, work-based learning, early college courses and careers,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>career and technical programs, Montessori schools, and project and place-based learning,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>among other career and college ready learning offerings.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>(e) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for initial licenses to pass an
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.36"></a><var>14.36</var>examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of licensure-specific
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>teaching skills. The rules shall be effective by September 1, 2001. The rules under
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>paragraph also must require candidates for initial licenses to teach prekindergarten
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>elementary students to pass, as part of the examination of licensure-specific teaching
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>skills, test items assessing the candidates' knowledge, skill, and ability in comprehensive,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>scientifically based reading instruction under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.06</statute_ref>, subdivision 4, and their <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>knowledge and understanding of the foundations of reading development, the development
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>of reading comprehension, and reading assessment and instruction, and their ability
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>integrate that knowledge and understanding.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>(f) The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators to work directly with <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary schools to obtain
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>periodic exposure to the elementary or secondary teaching environment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>(g) The board must grant licenses to interns and to candidates for initial licenses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>based on appropriate professional competencies that are aligned with the board's licensing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>system and students' diverse learning needs. All teacher candidates must have preparation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>in English language development and content instruction for English learners in order
         to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>able to effectively instruct the English learners in their classrooms. The board must
         include <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>these licenses in a statewide differentiated licensing system that creates new leadership
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>roles for successful experienced teachers premised on a collaborative professional
         culture <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>dedicated to meeting students' diverse learning needs in the 21st century, recognizes
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>importance of cultural and linguistic competencies, including the ability to teach
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>communicate in culturally competent and aware ways, and formalizes mentoring and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>induction for newly licensed teachers provided through a teacher support framework.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>(h) The board must design and implement an assessment system which requires a <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>candidate for an initial license and first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>necessary to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at appropriate levels.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>(i) The board must receive recommendations from local committees as established <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>by the board for the renewal of teaching licenses. The board must require licensed
         teachers <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>who are renewing a continuing license to include in the renewal requirements further
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>preparation in English language development and specially designed content instruction
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>in English for English learners.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>(j) The board must grant life licenses to those who qualify according to requirements
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>established by the board, and suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to sections 
         <statute_ref>122A.20</statute_ref> and <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>214.10
         </statute_ref>. The board must not establish any expiration date for application for life licenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>(k) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.36"></a><var>15.36</var>the areas of using positive behavior interventions and in accommodating, modifying,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>adapting curricula, materials, and strategies to appropriately meet the needs of individual
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>students and ensure adequate progress toward the state's graduation rule.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>(l) In adopting rules to license public school teachers who provide health-related
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>services for disabled children, the board shall adopt rules consistent with license
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>registration requirements of the commissioner of health and the health-related boards
         who <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>license personnel who perform similar services outside of the school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>(m) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further reading
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>preparation, consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>122A.06, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. The rules do not take effect <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>until they are approved by law. Teachers who do not provide direct instruction including,
         at <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>least, counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, audiovisual
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>directors and coordinators, and recreation personnel are exempt from this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>(n) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>first, in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>and adolescents and then, during subsequent licensure renewal periods, preparation
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>include providing a more in-depth understanding of students' mental illness trauma,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>accommodations for students' mental illness, parents' role in addressing students'
         mental <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>illness, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, autism, the requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>125A.0942 <br />
            		
         </statute_ref><a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>governing restrictive procedures, and de-escalation methods, among other similar topics.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2016-2017 school year and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. <b>[136A.1791] TEACHER SHORTAGE LOAN FORGIVENESS </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var><b>PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>given them in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>(b) "Qualified educational loan" means a government, commercial, or foundation <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>loan for actual costs paid for tuition, reasonable education expenses, and reasonable
         living <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>expenses related to the education of a teacher.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>(c) "School district" means an independent school district, special school district,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>intermediate district, education district, special education cooperative, service
         cooperative, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>a cooperative center for vocational education, or a charter school located in this
         state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>(d) "Teacher" means an individual holding a teaching license issued under chapter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>122A who is employed by a school district in a nonadministrative teaching position
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>a teacher shortage area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>(e) "Teacher shortage area" means academic teaching disciplines or subject matter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>designated by the commissioner of education as areas in which a shortage of teachers
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>exists in the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Program established; administration.</b> The commissioner shall establish <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>and administer a teacher shortage loan forgiveness program. A teacher is eligible
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>the program if the teacher is teaching in a teacher shortage area and complies with
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>requirements of subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Annual designation of teacher shortage areas.</b> The commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>education shall annually designate the teaching disciplines and subject matter areas
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>experiencing teacher shortages. The commissioner of education shall periodically conduct
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>a survey of school districts and approved teacher preparation programs to determine
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>current teacher shortage areas.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Application for loan forgiveness.</b> Each applicant for loan forgiveness <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>shall, in accordance with the rules of the commissioner, do the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>(1) complete and file an application for teacher shortage loan forgiveness. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>individual shall be responsible for the prompt submission of any information required
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>(2) file a new application and submit information as required by the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>annually on the basis of which the applicant's eligibility for the renewed loan forgiveness
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>will be evaluated and determined; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>(3) complete and return on a form approved by the commissioner an affidavit <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>verifying that the applicant is teaching in a teacher shortage area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Amount of loan forgiveness.</b> Within the limits of available funding, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>annual amount of teacher shortage loan forgiveness for an approved applicant shall
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>exceed $1,000 or the cumulative balance of the applicant's qualified educational loans,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>including principal and interest, whichever amount is less. Applicants are responsible
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>securing their own qualified educational loans. A teacher shall be eligible for the
         loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>forgiveness program for not more than five consecutive years following graduation
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>an approved teacher preparation program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Disbursement.</b> (a) The commissioner must make annual disbursements <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>directly to the participant of the amount for which a participant is eligible, for
         each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>that a participant is eligible.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>(b) Within 60 days of receipt of a disbursement, the participant must provide the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>commissioner with verification that the full amount of loan repayment disbursement
         has <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.35"></a><var>17.35</var>been applied toward the designated loans. A participant that previously received funds
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>under this section but has not provided the commissioner with such verification is
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>eligible to receive additional funds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Penalties.</b> An individual who submits an application or other information <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>to the commissioner under this section which contains false or misleading information
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>may have the individual's teaching license suspended or revoked pursuant to section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>122A.20 and may be subject to discipline by the individual's employing school district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Fund established.</b> A teacher shortage loan forgiveness repayment fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>is created for deposit of money appropriated to or received by the commissioner for
         use <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>under the program. Money deposited in the fund shall not revert to any fund of the
         state at <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>the end of any fiscal year but shall remain in the loan forgiveness repayment fund
         and be <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>continuously available for loan forgiveness under the program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Annual reporting.</b> The commissioner shall annually by February 1 report <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>to the chairs of the higher education committees of the legislature regarding the
         number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>individuals who received loan forgiveness pursuant to this section, which teacher
         shortage <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>areas the teachers taught in, the amount paid to each program participant, and other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>information identified by the commissioner as indicators of outcomes from the program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Rulemaking.</b> The commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 14 <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>to administer this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. <b>[136F.302] REGULATING THE ASSIGNMENT OF STUDENTS TO </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var><b>REMEDIAL COURSES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>ACT college ready score.</b> A state college or university may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>require an individual to take a remedial, noncredit course in a subject area if the
         individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>has received a college ready ACT score in that subject area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Testing process for determining if remediating is necessary.</b> A college <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>or university testing process used to determine whether an individual is placed in
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>remedial, noncredit course must comply with this subdivision. Prior to taking a test,
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>individual must be given reasonable time and opportunity to review materials provided
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>the college or university covering the material to be tested which must include a
         sample <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>test. An individual who is required to take a remedial, noncredit course as a result
         of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>test given by a college or university must be given an opportunity to retake the test
         at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>earliest time determined by the individual when testing is otherwise offered. The
         college <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>or university must provide an individual with study materials for the purpose of retaking
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>and passing the test.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. <b>BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PATHWAYS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Regulate MnSCU baccalaureate transfers.</b> The Board of Trustees <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall implement new transfer pathways
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>for associate of arts degrees, associate of science degrees, and associate of fine
         arts degrees <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>toward baccalaureate degree programs. The implementation must, to the greatest extent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>possible, be done in accordance with the implementation plan, including its timeline,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>developed pursuant to Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 1, section 12.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>New or enhanced bachelor of applied science degrees.</b> The board, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>consultation with system constituency groups, is encouraged to create a plan to enhance
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>develop new bachelor of applied science degree programs in areas of high employment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>need in the state to facilitate transfer pathways for students with associate of applied
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>science degrees.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Report.</b> By March 15, 2016, the board must report to the chairs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over higher
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>education on the status of implementation of transfer pathways under subdivision 1
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>any deviations from the implementation plan.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. <b>COLLEGE COMPLETION; MNSCU.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>(a) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>develop a comprehensive plan to encourage students to complete degrees, diplomas,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>certificates in their fields of study. The board must consult with students, faculty,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>administrators of the state colleges and universities and the Office of Higher Education
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>create a plan that would increase program completion at each state college or university.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>Components of this plan may include, but are not limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>(1) replacing developmental or remedial courses, when appropriate, with corequisite
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>courses in which students with academic deficiencies are placed into introductory
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>credit-bearing coursework while receiving supplemental academic instruction on the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>same subject and during the same term;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>(2) expanding intrusive advising, including the use of early alert systems or requiring
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>the approval of an advisor or counselor to register for certain classes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>(3) developing meta-majors in broad academic disciplines as an alternative to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>undecided majors;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>(4) making available alternative mathematics curriculum, including curriculum most
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>relevant to the student's chosen area of study;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>(5) implementing "opt-out scheduling" by automatically enrolling students in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>schedule of courses chosen by the student's department but allowing students to disenroll
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>from such courses if they wish;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>(6) facilitating the transfer of credits between state colleges and universities;
         and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>(7) strategies to encourage students to enroll full time, including the use of financial
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>assistance to reduce a student's need to work.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>(b) The development of the plan required under this section shall not discourage the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>development or delay the implementation or expansion of existing programs to encourage
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>college completion.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>(c) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>submit a report describing the plan developed under this section and an implementation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>schedule to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over higher education policy
         no <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>later than January 15, 2016. This report must include identification of the financial
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>other resources needed by state colleges or universities to implement the plan developed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. <b>COLLEGE COMPLETION; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>(a) The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota is requested to develop a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>comprehensive plan to encourage students to complete degrees, diplomas, or certificates
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>in their fields of study. The board is requested to consult with students, faculty,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>administrators of the University of Minnesota and the Office of Higher Education to
         create <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>a plan that would increase program completion among University of Minnesota students.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>Components of this plan may include, but are not limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>(1) offering interdisciplinary courses that encourage students to think across <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>disciplinary boundaries and take advantage of the universitywide intellectual expertise;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>(2) expanding undergraduate academic advising, including intrusive advising, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>the use of online advising tools;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>(3) assisting undecided students with personalized services to help them develop a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>plan for major and career selection;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>(4) requiring all students to fill out, and regularly update, their four-year degree
         plans;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>(5) facilitating student transfers to the University of Minnesota through support
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum and other transfer tools;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>(6) developing strategies to encourage students to enroll full time and graduate <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>in four years; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>(7) enhancing financial literacy programs that focus on low-income students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>(b) The development of the plan required under this section shall not discourage the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>development or delay the implementation or expansion of existing programs to encourage
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>college completion.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>(c) The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota shall submit a report <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>describing the plan developed under this section and an implementation schedule to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>legislative committees with jurisdiction over higher education policy no later than
         January <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>15, 2016. This report must include identification of the financial and other resources
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>needed to implement the plan developed under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var><b>ARTICLE 3</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var><b>CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.322, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Campus sexual assault data.</b> Data relating to allegations of sexual assault <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>at a postsecondary institution are classified under section 135A.15.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 135A.15, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Policy required.</b> The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>Colleges and Universities shall, and the University of Minnesota is requested to,
         adopt <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>a clear, understandable written policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>informs victims of their rights under the crime victims bill of rights, including
         the right to <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>assistance from the Crime Victims Reparations Board and the commissioner of public
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>safety. The policy must apply to students and employees and must provide information
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>about their rights and duties. The policy must apply to criminal incidents against a student <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>or employee of a postsecondary institution occurring on property owned or leased by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>postsecondary system or institution in which the victim is a student or employee of that <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>system or institution or at any activity, program, organization, or event sponsored by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>system or institution, including fraternities and sororities. It must include procedures for <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>reporting incidents of sexual harassment or sexual violence and for disciplinary actions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>against violators. During student registration, each technical college, community
         college, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>or state university shall, and the University of Minnesota is requested to, provide
         each <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>student with information regarding its policy. A copy of the policy also shall be
         posted at <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>appropriate locations on campus at all times. Each private postsecondary institution that <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>is an eligible institution as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>136A.155</statute_ref>, must adopt a policy that meets <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>the requirements of this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 135A.15, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>Applicability to private institutions.</b> Each private postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>institution that is an eligible institution as defined in section 136A.103 must comply
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>all of the requirements imposed in this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 135A.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Victims' rights.</b> (a) The policy required under subdivision 1 shall, at <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>a minimum, require that students and employees be informed of the policy, and shall
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>include provisions for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>(1) filing criminal charges with local law enforcement officials in sexual assault
         cases;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>(2) the prompt assistance of campus authorities, at the request of the victim, in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>notifying the appropriate law enforcement officials and disciplinary authorities of
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>sexual assault incident;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>(3) allowing sexual assault victims to decide whether to refer a case to law <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>enforcement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>(4) requiring campus authorities to treat sexual assault victims with dignity;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>(5) requiring campus authorities to offer sexual assault victims fair and respectful
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>health care, counseling services, or referrals to such services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>(6) preventing campus authorities from suggesting a victim of sexual assault is at
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>fault for the crimes or violations that occurred;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>(7) preventing campus authorities from suggesting that a victim of sexual assault
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>should have acted in a different manner to avoid such a crime;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>(8) protecting the privacy of sexual assault victims by, unless otherwise required
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>law, only disclosing data collected under this section to the victim, persons whose
         work <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>assignments reasonably require access, and, at a sexual assault victim's request,
         police <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>conducting a criminal investigation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>(3) (9) an investigation and resolution of a sexual assault complaint by campus <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>disciplinary authorities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>(4) (10) a sexual assault victim's participation in and the presence of the victim's <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>attorney or other support person at any meeting with campus officials concerning a sexual <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>assault complaint or campus disciplinary proceeding concerning a sexual assault complaint;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>(11) ensuring that a sexual assault victim is not required to repeat unnecessarily
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>description of the incident of sexual assault;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>(12) notice to a sexual assault victim of the availability of a campus or local program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>providing sexual assault advocacy services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>(5) (13) notice to a sexual assault victim of the outcome of any campus disciplinary <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>proceeding concerning a sexual assault complaint, consistent with laws relating to
         data <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>practices;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>(6) (14) the complete and prompt assistance of campus authorities, at the direction <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>of law enforcement authorities, in obtaining, securing, and maintaining evidence in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>connection with a sexual assault incident;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>(7) (15) the assistance of campus authorities in preserving for a sexual assault <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>complainant or victim materials relevant to a campus disciplinary proceeding; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>(8) (16) during and after the process of investigating a complaint and conducting <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>a campus disciplinary procedure, the assistance of campus personnel, in cooperation <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>with the appropriate law enforcement authorities, at a sexual assault victim's request,
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>shielding the victim from unwanted contact with the alleged assailant, including transfer
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>of the victim to alternative classes or to alternative college-owned housing, if alternative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>classes or housing are available and feasible.;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>(17) forbidding retaliation, and establishing a process for investigating complaints
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>retaliation, against sexual assault victims by campus authorities, the accused, organizations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>affiliated with the accused, other students, and other employees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>(18) allowing sexual assault victims to practice their religion and exercise their
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>civil rights without interference by the investigative, criminal justice, or student
         conduct <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>process of the institution;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>(19) at the request of the victim, providing students who reported sexual assaults
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>the institution and subsequently choose to transfer to another postsecondary institution
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>with information about resources for victims of sexual assault at the institution
         to which <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>the victim is transferring; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>(20) consistent with laws governing access to student records, providing a student
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>who reported an incident of sexual assault with access to the student's description
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>incident as it was reported to the institution, including if that student transfers
         to another <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>postsecondary institution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>(b) For the purposes of this section, "sexual assault" means forcible sex offenses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, part 668, subpart D, appendix
         A, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>amended.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 135A.15, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Uniform amnesty.</b> The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.35"></a><var>23.35</var>and Universities shall, and the University of Minnesota is requested to, include in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>system's sexual harassment and violence policy a provision that no student who reports,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>in good faith, an act of sexual harassment or sexual violence shall be sanctioned
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>institution for admitting to a violation of the institution's student conduct policy
         on the use <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>of drugs or alcohol as part of the report.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 135A.15, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Coordination with local law enforcement.</b> (a) The Board of Trustees <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall, and the University of Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>is requested to, direct each campus in the system to enter into a memorandum of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>understanding with the primary local law enforcement agencies that serve the campus.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>The memorandum must be entered into no later than January 1, 2017, and updated every
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>two years thereafter. This memorandum shall clearly delineate responsibilities and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>require information sharing, in accordance with applicable state and federal privacy
         laws, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>about certain crimes including, but not limited to, sexual assault. This memorandum
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>of understanding shall provide:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>(1) delineation and sharing protocols of investigative responsibilities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>(2) protocols for investigations, including standards for notification and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>communication and measures to promote evidence preservation; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>(3) a method of sharing information about specific crimes, when directed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>victim, and a method of sharing crime details anonymously in order to better protect
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>overall campus safety.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>(b) Prior to the start of each academic year, the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>State Colleges and Universities shall, and the University of Minnesota is requested
         to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>distribute an electronic copy of the memorandum of understanding to all employees
         on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>campus that are subject to the memorandum.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>(c) A campus is exempt from the requirement that it develop a memorandum of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>understanding under this section if the campus and local or county law enforcement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>agencies establish a sexual assault protocol team to facilitate effective cooperation
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>collaboration between the institution and law enforcement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 135A.15, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Online reporting system.</b> (a) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>State Colleges and Universities shall, and the University of Minnesota is requested
         to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>provide an online reporting system to receive complaints of sexual harassment and
         sexual <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>violence from students and employees. The system must permit anonymous reports, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>provided that the institution is not obligated to investigate an anonymous report,
         unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>a formal report is submitted through the process established in the institution's
         sexual <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>harassment and sexual violence policy or an investigation is otherwise required by
         law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>(b) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>and the University of Minnesota is requested to, provide students making reports under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>this section with information about who will receive and have access to the reports
         filed, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>how the information gathered through the system will be used, and contact information
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>on-campus and off-campus organizations serving victims of sexual violence.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>(c) Data collected under this subdivision is classified as private data on individuals
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>as defined by section 13.02, subdivision 12.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.8.0"></a><a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 135A.15, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Data collection and reporting.</b> (a) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>State Colleges and Universities and the University of Minnesota shall annually report
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>statistics on sexual assault. This report must be prepared in addition to any federally
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>required reporting on campus security, including reports required by the Jeanne Clery
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, United States
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>Code, title 20, section 1092(f). The report must include, but not be limited to, the
         number <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>of incidents of sexual assault reported to the institution in the previous calendar
         year, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>(1) the number that were investigated by the institution;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>(2) the number that were referred for a disciplinary proceeding at the institution;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>(3) the number the victim chose to report to local or state law enforcement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>(4) the number for which a campus disciplinary proceeding is pending, but has not
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>reached a final resolution;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>(5) the number in which the alleged perpetrator was found responsible by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>disciplinary proceeding at the institution;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>(6) the number that resulted in any action by the institution greater than a warning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>issued to the accused;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>(7) the number that resulted in a disciplinary proceeding at the institution that
         closed <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>without resolution;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>(8) the number that resulted in a disciplinary proceeding at the institution that
         closed <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>without resolution because the accused withdrew from the institution;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>(9) the number that resulted in a disciplinary proceeding at the institution that
         closed <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>without resolution because the victim chose not to participate in the procedure; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>(10) the number of reports made through the online reporting system established in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>subdivision 5, excluding reports submitted anonymously.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>(b) If an institution previously submitted a report indicating that one or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>disciplinary proceedings was pending, but had not reached a final resolution, and
         one or <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>more of those disciplinary proceedings reached a final resolution within the previous
         fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>year, that institution must submit an updated report for the previous year that reflects
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>the outcome of the pending case or cases.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>(c) The reports required by this subdivision must be submitted to the Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>Higher Education by October 1 of each year. Each report must contain the data required
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>under paragraphs (a) and (b) from the previous fiscal year. An institution's report
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>this subdivision is classified as private data on individuals as defined by section
         13.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>subdivision 12.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>(d) The commissioner of the Office of Higher Education shall calculate statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>numbers for each data item reported by an institution under this subdivision. The
         statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>numbers should include data from postsecondary institutions that the commissioner
         could <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>not publish due to federal laws governing access to student records.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>(e) The Office of Higher Education shall publish on its Web site:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>(1) the statewide data calculated under paragraph (d); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>(2) consistent with federal laws governing access to student records and in <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>consultation with the applicable institution, the data items required under paragraphs
         (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>and (b) for each postsecondary institution in the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>This data shall be published as summary data as defined by section 13.02, subdivision
         19, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>and shall not identify alleged victims or perpetrators of crimes. Consistent with
         federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>laws governing access to student records, each state college or university shall,
         and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>University of Minnesota is requested to, publish on the institution's Web site the
         data items <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>required under paragraphs (a) and (b) for that institution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>(f) If an institution or the Office of Higher Education is unable to publish data
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>this subdivision due to state or federal laws governing access to student records,
         it must <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>explain in its report why the institution did not publish such data.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.9.0"></a><a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 135A.15, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Access to data; audit trail.</b> (a) Data on incidents of sexual assault shared <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.35"></a><var>26.35</var>with campus security officers or campus administrators responsible for investigating
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>adjudicating complaints of sexual assault are classified as private data on individuals
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>defined by section 13.02, subdivision 12, for the purposes of postsecondary institutions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>subject to the requirements of chapter 13. Postsecondary institutions not otherwise
         subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>to chapter 13 must limit access to the data to only the data subject and persons whose
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>work assignments reasonably require access.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>(b) Only individuals with explicit authorization from an institution may enter, update,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>or access electronic data collected, created, or maintained under this section. The
         ability of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>authorized individuals to enter, update, or access data must be limited through the
         use of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>role-based access that corresponds to the official duties or training level of the
         individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>and the institutional authorization that grants access for that purpose. All actions
         in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>data are entered, updated, accessed, shared, or disseminated outside of the institution
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>must be recorded in a data audit trail. An institution shall immediately and permanently
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>revoke the authorization of any individual determined to have willfully entered, updated,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>accessed, shared, or disseminated data in violation of this subdivision or any provision
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>chapter 13. If an individual is determined to have willfully gained access to data
         without <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>explicit authorization, the matter shall be forwarded to a county attorney for prosecution.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.10.0"></a><a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 135A.15, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Comprehensive training.</b> (a) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>State Colleges and Universities shall, and the University of Minnesota is requested
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>to, provide campus security officers and campus administrators responsible for <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>investigating or adjudicating complaints of sexual assault with comprehensive training
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>preventing and responding to sexual assault in collaboration with the Bureau of Criminal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>Apprehension or another law enforcement agency with expertise in criminal sexual <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>conduct. The training for campus security officers shall include a presentation on
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>dynamics of sexual assault, neurobiological responses to trauma, and best practices
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>preventing, responding to, and investigating sexual assault. The training for campus
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>administrators responsible for investigating or adjudicating complaints on sexual
         assault <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>shall include presentations on preventing sexual assault, responding to incidents
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>sexual assault, the dynamics of sexual assault, neurobiological responses to trauma,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>compliance with state and federal laws on sexual assault.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>(b) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>and the University of Minnesota is requested to, require that the following categories
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>students complete a training on sexual assault:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.35"></a><var>27.35</var>(1) students pursuing a degree or certificate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>(2) students who are taking courses through the Postsecondary Enrollment Options <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>Act; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>(3) any other categories of students determined by the institution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>Students must complete such training no later than ten business days after the start
         of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>student's first semester of classes. Once a student completes such training, institutions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>must document the student's completion of the training and provide proof of training
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>completion to a student at the student's request. Students enrolled at more than one
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>institution within the same system at the same time are only required to complete
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>training once. This training shall include information about topics including, but
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>limited to, sexual assault as defined in subdivision 2; consent as defined in section
         609.341, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>subdivision 4; preventing and reducing the prevalence of sexual assault; procedures
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>reporting campus sexual assault; and campus resources on sexual assault, including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>organizations that support victims of sexual assault.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>(c) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>and the University of Minnesota is requested to, annually train individuals responsible
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>for responding to reports of sexual assault. This training shall include information
         about <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>best practices for interacting with victims of sexual assault, including how to reduce
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>emotional distress resulting from the reporting, investigatory, and disciplinary process.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.11.0"></a><a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 135A.15, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Student health services.</b> (a) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>Colleges and Universities shall, and the University of Minnesota is requested to,
         develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>and implement a policy that requires student health service providers to screen students
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>for incidents of sexual assault and provide care to sexual assault victims. Student
         health <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>service providers shall offer students information on resources available to victims
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>survivors of sexual assault including counseling, mental health services, and procedures
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>for reporting incidents of sexual assault to the institution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>(b) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>the University of Minnesota is requested to, require that each institution offering
         student <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>health or counseling services designate an existing staff member or existing staff
         members <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>as confidential resources for victims of sexual assault. The confidential resource
         must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>available to meet with victims of sexual assault on a walk-in basis. The confidential
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>resource must provide victims of sexual assault with information about locally available
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>resources for victims of sexual assault including, but not limited to, mental health
         services <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>and legal assistance. The confidential resource must provide victims of sexual assault
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>with information about the process for reporting an incident of sexual assault to
         campus <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>authorities or local law enforcement. The victim of sexual assault shall decide whether
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>to report an incident of sexual assault to campus authorities or local law enforcement.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>Confidential resources must be trained in all aspects of responding to incidents of
         sexual <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>assault including, but not limited to, best practices for interacting with victims
         of trauma, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>preserving evidence, campus disciplinary and local legal processes, and locally available
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>resources for victims of sexual assault. Data shared with a confidential resource
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>classified as sexual assault communication data as defined by section 13.822, subdivision
         1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>The policy required under this subdivision must be in place <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>by January 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.12.0"></a><a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. <b>[626.891] COOPERATION WITH POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>Local law enforcement agencies, including law enforcement agencies operated <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>by statutory cities, home rule charter cities, and counties must enter into and honor
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>memoranda of understanding required under section 135A.15.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.13.0"></a><a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>This article is effective August 1, 2016.<br />
         		
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