Minnesota Session Laws - 1988, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1988 

                        CHAPTER 653-S.F.No. 1228 
           An act relating to education; appointing a voting 
          student member to the higher education coordinating 
          board; amending Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 
          136A.02, subdivisions 1, 1a, and 7. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 136A.02, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read:  
    Subdivision 1.  The higher education coordinating board 
shall consist of eight citizen members, one from each 
congressional district, to be appointed by the governor with the 
advice and consent of the senate, and three two citizen members 
and one student member also to be appointed by the governor with 
the advice and consent of the senate to represent the state at 
large.  The chair of the student advisory council shall serve as 
a nonvoting member of the board.  The student member must be a 
full-time student enrolled in a Minnesota post-secondary 
institution at the time of appointment or within one year prior 
to appointment.  The student advisory council may recommend 
candidates to the governor for the student member position.  All 
appointees to the board shall be selected for their knowledge of 
and interest in post secondary education and at least one shall 
be selected specifically for knowledge of and interest in 
vocational education.  A voting nonstudent member of the board 
must not be an employee of or receive compensation from a public 
or private post-secondary institution while serving on the 
board.  A student member may receive compensation as a student 
body officer or may be a recipient of financial aid, including 
work study, but must not otherwise be employed or compensated by 
a post-secondary institution while serving on the board.  
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 136A.02, 
subdivision 1a, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 1a.  The term of each voting board member shall be 
six years, except that the student member's term shall be two 
years.  As nearly as possible, one-sixth of the terms of the 
voting board members shall expire each year.  The compensation, 
removal of voting members, and filling of vacancies among voting 
members on the board shall be as provided in section 15.0575, 
subdivisions 3, 4, and 5.  
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 136A.02, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 7.  [STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.] A student advisory 
council to the board is established.  The members of the council 
shall include the chair of the University of Minnesota 
university student senate, the state chair of the Minnesota 
state university student association, the president of the 
Minnesota community college student association, the president 
of the Minnesota vocational technical student association, the 
president of the Minnesota association of private college 
students, and a student who is enrolled in a private vocational 
school registered under this chapter, to be appointed by the 
Minnesota association of private post-secondary schools.  A 
member may be represented by a designee. 
    The advisory council shall: 
    (1) bring to the attention of the board any matter that the 
council believes needs the attention of the board, 
    (2) make recommendations to the board as the council deems 
appropriate, 
    (3) review and comment upon proposals and other matters 
before the board, 
    (4) provide any reasonable assistance to the board, and 
    (5) select one of its members to serve as chair and as a 
nonvoting member of the board.  The board shall inform the 
council of all matters under consideration by the board and 
shall refer all proposals to the council before the board acts 
or sends the proposals to the governor or the legislature.  The 
board shall provide time for a report from the advisory council 
at each meeting of the board. 
    The student advisory council shall report to the board 
quarterly and at other times that the council considers 
desirable.  The council shall determine its meeting time, but 
the council shall also meet with the executive director of the 
board within 30 days after the director's request for a council 
meeting.  The student advisory council shall meet quarterly with 
the higher education advisory council and the board executive 
committee. 
    Sec. 4.  [FIRST STUDENT MEMBER.] 
    The first student member of the board shall be appointed by 
the governor by July 1, 1988.  This appointment shall not 
displace an incumbent at-large board member, but instead shall 
constitute a 12th board member until a vacancy occurs in which 
the incumbent does not reapply or is not reappointed.  When that 
vacancy occurs, the student member shall assume that at-large 
position. 
      Sec. 5.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
     This act is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Approved April 26, 1988