1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; requiring the Minnesota State Colleges and 
1.3 	Universities to establish a transfer curriculum;proposing coding for new law 
1.4 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136F.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [136F.302] TRANSFER CURRICULUM.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Policy required. (a) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State 
1.8 	Colleges and Universities shall implement a transfer curriculum policy to facilitate the 
1.9 	transfer of college credit.
1.10 	(b) The transfer curriculum policy must define a list of common general education 
1.11 	goal areas and must require all state colleges and universities to select from the list of goal 
1.12 	areas when imposing general education requirements as part of a degree program. The 
1.13 	policy must define student competency requirements related to each goal area.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Transfer from a state college or university. (a) If any state college or 
1.15 	university has determined that the entire transfer curriculum has been completed by a 
1.16 	student, the entire transfer curriculum shall be accepted as complete at every receiving 
1.17 	state college or university for that student.
1.18 	(b) If any state college or university has determined that a transfer curriculum goal 
1.19 	area has been completed by a student, the goal area shall be accepted as complete at every 
1.20 	receiving state college or university for that student.
1.21 	(c) If any state college or university has determined that a course meets a competency 
1.22 	requirement in a goal area, the course shall be accepted as meeting the same competency 
1.23 	requirement at every state college or university for that student.
2.1 		Subd. 3.Transfer from the University of Minnesota. (a) If the University of 
2.2 	Minnesota has determined that the entire transfer curriculum has been completed for a 
2.3 	student, the entire transfer curriculum shall be accepted as complete at every receiving 
2.4 	state college or university for that student.
2.5 	(b) If a student has not completed the entire transfer curriculum at the University of 
2.6 	Minnesota, the receiving state college or university shall determine how each University 
2.7 	of Minnesota course meets transfer curriculum requirements for that student. Once any 
2.8 	state college or university has determined that a University of Minnesota course meets a 
2.9 	competency requirement in a goal area, the course shall be accepted as meeting the same 
2.10 	competency requirement at every state college or university for that student.
2.11 		Subd. 4.Transfer of postsecondary enrollment credit. If any state college 
2.12 	or university has determined that a course fulfills a transfer curriculum goal area or 
2.13 	competency requirement within a goal area, the goal area or competency requirement 
2.14 	shall be accepted as complete for any student who completed the course and earned the 
2.15 	required grade for the goal area or competency requirement as part of the Postsecondary 
2.16 	Enrollment Options Act, section 124D.09.