1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; expanding and making permanent the MnSCU 
1.3 	college occupational scholarship pilot program; appropriating money;amending 
1.4 	Laws 2015, chapter 69, article 1, section 3, subdivision 18; article 3, section 
1.5 	20, subdivision 1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Laws 2015, chapter 69, article 1, section 3, subdivision 18, is amended to 
1.8 	read:

1.91.10
	Subd. 18.MNSCU Two-Year Public College 
Program
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		5,000,000
15,253,000
	
1.11 	(a) $3,993,000 $12,357,000 in fiscal year 
1.12 	2017 is for two-year public college program 
1.13 	grants under article 3, section 20.
1.14 	(b) $782,000 $2,771,000 in fiscal year 2017 
1.15 	is to provide mentoring and outreach as 
1.16 	specified under article 3, section 20.
1.17 	(c) $225,000 $350,000 in fiscal year 
1.18 	2017 is for information technology and 
1.19 	administrative costs associated with 
1.20 	implementation of the grant program.
1.21 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2018 is $3,481,000 
1.22 	and the base for fiscal year 2019 is $0.

1.23 	Sec. 2. Laws 2015, chapter 69, article 3, section 20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.1 		Subdivision 1.Pilot Program administration. The commissioner of the Office 
2.2 	of Higher Education shall administer a pilot program pursuant to this section for the 
2.3 	2016-2017 and 2017-2018 academic years including summer session.

2.4 	Sec. 3. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 2.5 	The revisor of statutes shall codify in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A, the 
2.6 	language governing the MnSCU college occupational scholarship program in Laws 2015, 
2.7 	chapter 69, article 3, section 20, and as amended in section 2.