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 	The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall provide 
1.7 	supplemental aid for operations and maintenance to the president of each two-year college 
1.8 	in the system with at least one campus that is not located in a metropolitan county, as defined 
1.9 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 4. The board shall transfer $100,000 
1.10 	for each campus not located in a metropolitan county in each year to the president of each 
1.11 	college that includes such a campus, provided that no college may receive more than 
1.12 	$300,000 in total supplemental aid each year. The total supplemental aid received by a 
1.13 	college shall be distributed equally among its campuses that are not located in metropolitan 
1.14 	counties.

1.15 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.16 	$3,300,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $3,300,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from 
1.17 	the general fund to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 
1.18 	to provide the supplemental aid under section 1.