1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; appropriating money to the University of Minnesota 
1.3 	to modify tuition structure.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CONTINGENT TUITION 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Tuition schedule certification. (a) To release the appropriation 
1.8 	under subdivision 2, the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota must certify 
1.9 	to the commissioner of management and budget that the board has adopted a tuition 
1.10 	schedule for the 2017-2018 academic year that:
1.11 	(1) sets the nonresident undergraduate tuition rate for a full-time student at the 
1.12 	University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus to a tuition rate equal to the median of 
1.13 	nonresident undergraduate tuition rates for public Big Ten universities for the 2016-2017 
1.14 	academic year;
1.15 	(2) sets the resident undergraduate tuition rate for a full-time student at all University 
1.16 	of Minnesota campuses to an amount equal to or less than the greater of (i) $11,790 per 
1.17 	academic year or (ii) $2,000 less than the annual tuition rate for a full-time student in the 
1.18 	2016-2017 academic year; and
1.19 	(3) sets the resident graduate tuition rate for a full-time student in all programs at all 
1.20 	University of Minnesota campuses to an amount equal to or less than $1,000 less than the 
1.21 	annual tuition rate for a full-time student in the 2016-2017 academic year.
1.22 	(b) For purposes of this section, "public Big Ten university" means the flagship 
1.23 	campus for public universities that are members of the Big Ten Conference.
2.1 		Subd. 2.Appropriation. $....... is appropriated from the general fund the day 
2.2 	following the certification under subdivision 1, in the fiscal year of the certification, to 
2.3 	the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for implementation of the tuition 
2.4 	schedule. This appropriation does not cancel but is available until July 1, 2018.
2.5 		Subd. 3.Expiration. If the tuition schedule certification under subdivision 1 has not 
2.6 	occurred before June 30, 2017, this section expires on June 30, 2017.