1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; adding a representative of private colleges to the 
1.3 	Minnesota Agriculture Education Leadership Council;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2006, section 41D.01, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 41D.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; membership. (a) The Minnesota Agriculture 
1.8 	Education Leadership Council is established. The council is composed of 16 17 members 
1.9 	as follows:
1.10 	(1) the chair of the University of Minnesota agricultural education program;
1.11 	(2) a representative of the commissioner of education;
1.12 	(3) a representative of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities recommended 
1.13 	by the chancellor;
1.14 	(4) the president and the president-elect of the Minnesota Association of Agriculture 
1.15 	Educators;
1.16 	(5) a representative of the Future Farmers of America Foundation;
1.17 	(6) a representative of the commissioner of agriculture;
1.18 	(7) the dean of the College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences at the 
1.19 	University of Minnesota;
1.20 	(8) a representative of the Minnesota Private Colleges Council;
1.21 	(9) two members representing agriculture education and agriculture business 
1.22 	appointed by the governor;
1.23 	(9) (10) the chair of the senate Committee on Agriculture, General Legislation 
1.24 	and Veterans Affairs;
2.1 	(10) (11) the chair of the house Committee on Agriculture;
2.2 	(11) (12)  the ranking minority member of the senate Committee on Agriculture, 
2.3 	General Legislation and Veterans Affairs, and a member of the senate Education 
2.4 	Committee designated by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules 
2.5 	and Administration; and
2.6 	(12) (13) the ranking minority member of the house Agriculture Committee, and a 
2.7 	member of the house Education Committee designated by the speaker.
2.8 	(b) An ex officio member of the council under paragraph (a), clause (1), (4), (7), 
2.9 	(9), (10), (11), or (12), or (13), may designate a permanent or temporary replacement 
2.10 	member representing the same constituency.