1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; adjusting state grant program parameters;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 136A.101, subdivision 5a; 136A.121, subdivision 
1.4 	5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 136A.101, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 5a.Assigned family responsibility. "Assigned family responsibility" means the 
1.8 	amount of a family's contribution to a student's cost of attendance, as determined by a federal 
1.9 	need analysis. For dependent students, the assigned family responsibility is 94 86 percent 
1.10 	of the parental contribution for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and 76 percent thereafter. For 
1.11 	independent students with dependents other than a spouse, the assigned family responsibility 
1.12 	is 86 76 percent of the student contribution for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and 66 percent 
1.13 	thereafter. For independent students without dependents other than a spouse, the assigned 
1.14 	family responsibility is 50 40 percent of the student contribution for fiscal years 2018 and 
1.15 	2019, and 30 percent thereafter.

1.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 136A.121, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.17 		Subd. 5.Grant stipends. (a) The "assigned student responsibility" equals the following 
1.18 	percentages of the cost of attending the institution of the applicant's choosing:
1.19 	(1) in fiscal years 2018 and 2019, 47 percent; and
1.20 	(2) 44 percent thereafter.
1.21 	(b) The grant stipend shall be based on a sharing of responsibility for covering the 
1.22 	recognized cost of attendance by the applicant, the applicant's family, and the government. 
2.1 	The amount of a financial stipend must not exceed a grant applicant's recognized cost of 
2.2 	attendance, as defined in subdivision 6, after deducting the following:
2.3 	(1) the assigned student responsibility of at least 50 percent of the cost of attending the 
2.4 	institution of the applicant's choosing described in paragraph (a);
2.5 	(2) the assigned family responsibility as defined in section 136A.101; and
2.6 	(3) the amount of a federal Pell grant award for which the grant applicant is eligible.
2.7 	The minimum financial stipend is $100 per academic year.