1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; providing aid for Minnesota state two-year colleges 
1.3 	located outside of the metropolitan area; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. SUPPLEMENTAL AID FOR TWO-YEAR MNSCU COLLEGES; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$3,600,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $3,600,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from 
1.8 	the general fund to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 
1.9 	to provide supplemental aid for operations and maintenance of two-year colleges in the 
1.10 	system. In each year, the board shall transfer $100,000 for each campus not located in a 
1.11 	metropolitan county, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 4, to 
1.12 	the president of the college that includes that campus.