<div class="xtend">
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to higher education; amending higher education provisions; establishing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>and modifying certain grants and programs; making technical changes; regulating <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>certain activities and practices; establishing and amending certain scholarships; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>providing a tuition guarantee; regulating board member and trustee nominations <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>and elections; requiring a certificate of need; defining terms; requiring a report; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 135A.08, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>subdivision 1; 135A.25, subdivision 4; 136A.06; 136A.08, subdivision 1, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>adding a subdivision; 136A.101, subdivision 4; 136A.121, subdivisions 5, 6, 9; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>136A.1701, subdivision 10; 136F.02, subdivision 1; 136F.04; 136F.045; 136F.46, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>subdivision 3; 137.0246, subdivision 2; 137.025, subdivision 1; 179A.03, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>subdivision 14; 299A.45, subdivision 4; 340A.404, subdivision 4a; proposing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 135A; 136A; 136F; 137; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 136A.127; 136F.03; 137.0245.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var><b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var><b>HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b>SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Summary by fund.</b> The amounts shown in this section summarize <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>direct appropriations, by fund, made in this article.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2010</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2011</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>Total</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,388,543,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,383,285,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,771,828,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Health Care Access<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">2,157,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">2,157,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">4,314,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Federal Stabilization<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">180,920,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">180,920,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">361,840,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><b>Total</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>1,571,620,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>1,566,362,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>3,137,982,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Summary by agency - all funds.</b> The amounts shown in this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>summarize direct appropriations, by agency, made in this article.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2010</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2011</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>Total</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Minnesota Office of Higher <br />
                  		Education<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">195,358,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">190,049,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">385,407,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Board of Trustees of the <br />
                  		Minnesota State Colleges and <br />
                  		Universities<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">665,883,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">665,883,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,331,766,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Board of Regents of the <br />
                  		University of Minnesota<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">709,079,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">709,079,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,418,158,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Mayo Medical Foundation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,300,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,351,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">2,651,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><b>Total</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>1,571,620,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>1,566,362,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>3,137,982,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 2. <b>HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>for each purpose. The figures "2010" and "2011" used in this article mean that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>June 30, 2011, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2010. "The second year" is fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>year 2011. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2010 and 2011.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>Available for the Year</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>Ending June 30</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2010</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2011</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 3. <b>MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER </b><br />
                  		<b>EDUCATION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>195,358,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>190,049,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.6"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>State Grants</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">149,721,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">144,618,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>If the appropriation in this subdivision for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>for the other year is available for it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>The legislature intends that the Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>Higher Education make full grant awards in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>each year of the biennium.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>For the biennium, the tuition maximum for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>students in four-year programs is $9,938 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>each year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>This appropriation sets the living and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>miscellaneous expense allowance at $6,900 <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>each year.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Safety Officers' Survivors</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>This appropriation is to provide educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>benefits under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>299A.45, to dependent children under age 23 <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>and to the spouses of public safety officers <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>killed in the line of duty.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>If the appropriation in this subdivision for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>for the other year is available for it.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Interstate Tuition Reciprocity</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,750,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,750,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>If the appropriation in this subdivision for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>for the other year is available to meet <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>reciprocity contract obligations.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>State Work Study</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">15,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">15,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Child Care Grants</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,675,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,675,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Indian Scholarships</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,375,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,375,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>The director of the Minnesota Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>Higher Education must contract with at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>one knowledgeable person residing in or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>near the city of Bemidji to assist students <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>with the scholarships under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>Statutes, section 136A.126, and with other <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>information about financial aid for which <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>the students may be eligible. Bemidji State <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>University must provide office space at <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>no cost to the Minnesota Office of Higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>Education for purposes of administering the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>American Indian scholarship program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.126.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 8.<b>Minitex</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,631,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,631,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 9.<b>MnLINK Gateway</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">400,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">400,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 10.<b>Learning Network of Minnesota</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,800,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,800,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 11.<b>Minnesota College Savings Plan</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">700,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">700,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 12.<b>Midwest Higher Education Compact</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">95,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">95,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 13.<b>Other Small Programs</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">853,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">853,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>This appropriation includes funding for <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>student and parent information, information <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>for college attendance, and minority <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>education programs.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 14.<b>TEACH Program</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">300,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">300,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>For the teacher education and compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>helps (TEACH) and the Minnesota early <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>childhood teacher retention programs in <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.126. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 15.<b>Power of You</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>For transfer to MnSCU for the existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>Power of You program and for pilot sites <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>under article 2, section 30.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 16.<b>Technical and Community College </b><br />
                  		<b>Emergency Grants</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>For transfer to the financial aid offices <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>at each of the colleges of the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>State Colleges and Universities to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>emergency aid grants to technical and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>community college students who are <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>experiencing extraordinary economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>circumstances that may result in the students <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>dropping out of school without completing <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>the term or their program.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 17.<b>Veterinary Loan Forgiveness</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">225,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>For the large animal loan forgiveness <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>program under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>136A.1795. This appropriation is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>until expended.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 18.<b>Agency Administration</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,685,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,685,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 19.<b>Balances Forward</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>A balance in the first year under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>does not cancel, but is available for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>second year.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 20.<b>Transfers</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>The Minnesota Office of Higher Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>may transfer unencumbered balances from <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>the appropriations in subdivisions 2 to 7 <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>and 11 to the state grant appropriation, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>safety officer survivors appropriation, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>interstate tuition reciprocity appropriation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>the Minnesota college savings plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>appropriation, the child care appropriation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>and the state work study appropriation.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 21.<b>United Family Medicine Residency </b><br />
                  		<b>Program</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">448,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">467,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>For a grant to the united family medicine <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>residency program. This appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>must be used to support up to 18 resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>physicians each year in family practice at <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>united family medicine residency programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>and must prepare doctors to practice family <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>care medicine in underserved rural and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>urban areas of the state. At least seven <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>of the resident physicians must be at a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>publicly owned rural hospital that has an <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>attached nursing home. The legislature <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>intends for this program to improve health <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>care in underserved communities, provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>affordable access to appropriate medical <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>care, and manage the treatment of patients in <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>a more cost-effective manner.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 22.<b>TANF Work-Study</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>Notwithstanding any rule to the contrary, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>work-study jobs funded by a TANF <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>appropriation do not require employer <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>matching funds.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 23.<b>Reporting</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>By November 1 and February 15, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>Minnesota Office of Higher Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>must provide updated state grant spending <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>projections, taking into account the most <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>current and projected enrollment and tuition <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>and fee information, economic conditions, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>and other relevant factors. Before submitting <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>state grant spending projections, the office <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>must meet and consult with representatives of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>public and private postsecondary education, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>the Department of Finance, the governor's <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>office, legislative staff, and financial aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>administrators.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 24.<b>Accreditation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>The office must work with small institutions <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>to identify cost-effective methods to achieve <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>accreditation necessary to be an eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>institution for state and federal financial aid.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 4. <b>BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE </b><br />
                  		<b>MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND </b><br />
                  		<b>UNIVERSITIES</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>665,883,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>665,883,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Central Office and Shared Services </b><br />
                  		<b>Unit</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">47,328,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">47,328,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>For the Office of the Chancellor and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>Shared Services Division.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>For fiscal years 2012 and 2013 the base for <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>the Central Office and Shared Services Unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>is $44,823,000 each year.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Operations and Maintenance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">553,366,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">553,366,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>(a) It is the intention of the legislature to <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>increase the amount of funding distributed <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>to colleges and universities through the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>allocation model to provide direct support of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>instruction and related functions necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>to protect the core mission of educating <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>(b) Allocations to campuses from <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>appropriations under this section must <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>not be reduced below the allocations for <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>the biennium ending June 30, 2009, after <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>deducting any amount unallotted in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>biennium.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>(c) The Board of Trustees shall submit <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>expenditure reduction plans by March 15, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>2010, to the committees of the legislature <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>with responsibility for higher education <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>finance to achieve the 2012-2013 base <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>established in this section at the central <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>office and at each institution. The plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>submitted by the board must be based on <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>plans developed at each institution detailing <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>reductions to achieve lower base allocations <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>at that institution. Each plan must focus on <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>protecting direct instruction while reducing <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>peripheral programs and services that may <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>benefit students and institutions but are <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>not necessary to the education of students <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>seeking certificates, diplomas, and degrees.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>(d) During the biennium ending  June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>2011, except for positions that are essential to <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>the daily operation of an institution, the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>must not fill administrative and managerial <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>vacancies, existing on the effective date of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>this section, in the central office or at any <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>of the campuses of the Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>Colleges and Universities or use a search firm <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>for any hiring. The board must not authorize <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>any increase in salaries for administrative and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>managerial positions in the Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>Colleges and Universities in the biennium <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>ending June 30, 2011. The board must not <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>charge any of the institutions for reductions <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>under this section to the central office.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>(e) For the biennium ending June 30, 2011, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>the board must not reserve or expend <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>appropriations under this subdivision for <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>competitive salaries, awards of excellence, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>campus and technology initiatives outside the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>allocation model, or other board or chancellor <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>initiatives. All amounts saved under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>paragraph must be added to the allocation <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>model and distributed to the institutions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>(f) For the biennium ending June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>2011, expenditures under this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>must not exceed $40,000,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>technology initiatives, including technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>infrastructure improvements, and $5,000,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>for initiatives to recruit and retain <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>traditionally underrepresented students. All <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>amounts saved under this paragraph must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>added to the allocation model and distributed <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>to the institutions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>(g) $40,000 each year is for the Cook <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>County Higher Education Board to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>educational programs and academic support <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>(h) $1,000,000 each year is for the Northeast <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>Minnesota Higher Education District and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>high schools in its area. Students from area <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>high schools may also access the facilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>and faculty of the Northeast Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>Higher Education District for state-of-the-art <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>technical education opportunities, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>MnSCU's 2+2 Pathways initiative.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>(i) $225,000 each year is to enhance eFolio <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>Minnesota and for a center to provide on-site <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>and Internet-based support and technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>assistance to users of the state's eFolio <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>Minnesota system to promote workforce and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>economic development and to enable access <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>to workforce information generated through <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>the eFolio Minnesota system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>(j) For fiscal years 2012 and 2013 the base for <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>operations and maintenance is $609,631,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>each year.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 4.<b>Federal Stimulus Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">65,189,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">65,189,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>(a) This appropriation is from the fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>stabilization account in the federal fund and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>may be used for modernization, renovation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>or repair of facilities that are primarily used <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>for instruction, research, or student housing <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>but may not be used for maintenance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>systems, equipment, or facilities. Amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>in this subdivision must not be allocated <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>to modernization, renovation, or repair of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>stadiums or other facilities primarily used <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>for athletic contests or exhibitions or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>events for which admission is charged to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>general public and must not be allocated to <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>any facility used for sectarian instruction or <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>religious worship or in which a substantial <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>portion of the functions of the facilities are <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>subsumed in a religious mission. No amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>from this appropriation may be allocated to <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>increase endowment funds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>(b) Appropriations under this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>must be used as a bridge for budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>reductions in the biennium ending June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>2013, and may be used to retain faculty <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>and staff jobs, to provide severance and for <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>early retirement incentives, and to mitigate <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>the rising costs of attendance through <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>minimizing tuition increases and the support <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>of student employment opportunities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>(c) The legislature intends that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>tuition increase for a Minnesota resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>undergraduate student in the Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>Colleges and Universities, must not exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>five percent per year for the biennium ending <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>June 30, 2011. Federal stimulus money <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>under this subdivision must be used to buy <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>down the tuition increase to no more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>two percent per year for these students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>(d) An additional $3,469,000 is appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>in fiscal year 2009 from the fiscal stabilization <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>account in the federal fund.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 5.<b>System Improvements</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>To increase efficiencies and equity for <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>faculty and staff, the Board of Trustees is <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>encouraged to place a priority on identifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>and implementing measures to improve <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>the human resources system used by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>One of the goals of improving the human <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>resources system is to provide seamless <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>information on faculty and employees to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>facilitate transfers between institutions.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 5. <b>BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE </b><br />
                  		<b>UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>709,079,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>709,079,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Operations and Maintenance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">517,623,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">517,623,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>(a) In the biennium ending June 30, 2011, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>board must not use appropriations under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>section to create or fund new administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>positions at the University of Minnesota or to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>increase salaries for administrative positions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>(b) Appropriations under this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>may be used for a new scholarship under <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 137.0225, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>complement the University's Founders <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>scholarship.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>(c) This appropriation includes amounts for <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>an Ojibwe Indian language program on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>Duluth campus.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>(d) This appropriation includes money for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>Dakota language teacher training immersion <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>program on the Twin Cities campus to <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>prepare teachers to teach in Dakota language <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>immersion programs. <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>(e) This appropriation includes $600,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>each year for the Veterinary Diagnostic <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>Laboratory.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>(f) For fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>base for operations and maintenance is <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>$598,124,000 each year.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Health Care Access Fund</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,157,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,157,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>This appropriation is from the health care <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>access fund and is for primary care education <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>initiatives.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Special Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">73,468,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">73,468,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Agriculture and Extension Service</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">52,255,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">52,255,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>(1) This appropriation is for agricultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>research and extension activities as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>in this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>(2) The Agricultural Experiment Stations <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>and Minnesota Extension Service must <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>convene agricultural advisory groups to <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>focus research, education, and extension <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>activities on producer needs and implement <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>an outreach strategy that more effectively <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>and rapidly transfers research results and best <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>practices to producers throughout the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>(3) This appropriation includes funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>for research efforts that demonstrate a <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>renewed emphasis on the needs of the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>production agriculture community. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>following areas should be prioritized and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>carried out in consultation with Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>producer organizations:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>(i) vegetable crop research;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>(ii) fertilizer and soil fertility research and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>development;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>(iii) soil, groundwater, and surface water <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>conservation practices and contaminant <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>reduction research;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>(iv) discovering and developing plant <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>varieties that use nutrients more efficiently;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>(v) breeding and development of turf seed <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>and other biomass resources in all three <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>Minnesota biomes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>(vi) development of new disease-resistant <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>and pest-resistant varieties of turf and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>agronomic crops;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>(vii) utilizing plant and livestock cells to treat <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>and cure human diseases;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>(viii) the development of dairy coproducts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>(ix) a rapid agricultural response fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>current or emerging animal, plant, and insect <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>problems affecting production or food safety;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>(x) crop pest and animal disease research; <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>(xi) developing animal agriculture that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>capable of sustainably feeding the world;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>(xii) consumer food safety education and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>outreach; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>(xiii) programs to meet the research and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>outreach needs of sustainable and organic <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>livestock and crop farmers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>(4) This appropriation includes funding for <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>research and outreach on the production of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>renewable energy from Minnesota biomass <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>resources. The following areas should be <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>prioritized and carried out in consultation <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>with Minnesota producer and bioenergy <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>organizations:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>(i) biofuel and other energy production from <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>perennial crops, small grains, row crops, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>and forestry products in conjunction with <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>the Natural Resources Research Institute <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>(NRRI);<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>(ii) alternative bioenergy crops and cropping <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>systems; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>(iii) biofuel coproducts used for livestock <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>feed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>(5) This appropriation includes funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>for analysis of livestock facility siting and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>regulatory models from other states and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>countries and the following aspects of <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>ethanol production in Minnesota:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>(i) water use trends as compared to other <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>industries and activities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>(ii) the carbon balance of ethanol production;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>(iii) the effect of ethanol blending <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>requirements on transportation fuel prices; <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>(iv) the economic impacts of ethanol <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>production and use including such measures <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>as employment, economic output, and state <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>and local tax revenues.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>(6) This appropriation may be used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>establish and maintain a statewide organic <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>research and education initiative, secure <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>a facility and retain current faculty levels <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>for poultry research currently conducted at <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>UMore Park, develop and implement a dairy <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>producer continuing education program <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>and for scoping a new dairy research and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>teaching facility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>(7) By February 1, 2011, the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>Regents must submit a report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>legislative committees with responsibility <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>for agriculture and higher education finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>on the status and outcomes of research and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>initiatives funded in this section.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(b) <b>Health Sciences</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,275,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,275,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>$346,000 each year is to support up to 12 <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>resident physicians each year in the St. <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>Cloud Hospital family practice residency <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>program. The program must prepare doctors <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>to practice primary care medicine in the rural <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>areas of the state. The legislature intends for <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>this program to improve health care in rural <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>communities, provide affordable access to <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>appropriate medical care, and manage the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>treatment of patients in a more cost-effective <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>manner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>The remainder of this appropriation is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>the rural physicians associates program, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, health <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>sciences research, dental care, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>Biomedical Engineering Center.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(c) <b>Institute of Technology</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,387,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,387,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>For the Geological Survey and the talented <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>youth mathematics program.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(d) <b>System Specials</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,551,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,551,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>For general research, student loans matching <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>money, industrial relations education, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>Natural Resources Research Institute, Center <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>for Urban and Regional Affairs, and the Bell <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>Museum of Natural History.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(e) <b>University of Minnesota and Mayo </b><br />
                  		<b>Foundation Partnership</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>For the direct and indirect expenses of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>collaborative research partnership between <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>the University of Minnesota and the Mayo <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>Foundation for research in biotechnology <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>and medical genomics. This appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>is available until expended. All parties to <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>the partnership and chairs of the senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>and house of representatives committees <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>responsible for higher education finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>must be consulted before the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>Regents reduces the amount allocated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>partnership under this paragraph during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>biennium ending June 30, 2011. An annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>report on the expenditure of these funds must <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>be submitted to the governor and the chairs <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>of the senate and house of representatives <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>committees responsible for higher education <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>and economic development by June 30 of <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>each fiscal year.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 5.<b>Federal Stimulus Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">115,731,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">115,731,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>(a) This appropriation is from the fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>stabilization account in the federal fund and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>may be used for modernization, renovation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>or repair of facilities that are primarily used <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>for instruction, research, or student housing <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>but may not be used for maintenance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>systems, equipment, or facilities. Amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>in this subdivision must not be allocated <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>to modernization, renovation, or repair of <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>stadiums or other facilities primarily used <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>for athletic contests or exhibitions or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>events for which admission is charged to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>general public and must not be allocated to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>any facility used for sectarian instruction or <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>religious worship or in which a substantial <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>portion of the functions of the facilities are <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>subsumed in a religious mission. No amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>from this appropriation may be allocated to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>increase endowment funds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>(b) Appropriations under this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>must be used as a bridge for budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>reductions in the biennium ending June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>2013, and may be used to retain faculty and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>staff jobs, to provide severance and for early <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>retirement incentives and to mitigate rising <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>costs of attendance through minimizing <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>tuition increases and support of student <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>employment opportunities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>(c) The legislature intends that the net <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>tuition increase for a Minnesota resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>undergraduate student at the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>Minnesota must not exceed $300 per year <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>for the biennium ending June 30, 2011. <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>Appropriations of federal stimulus money <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>under this subdivision must be used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>accomplish this goal.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>(d) $400,000 of this appropriation in fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>year 2010 is for a grant to the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>Wildlife Rehabilitation Center for their <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>uncompensated expenses. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>(e) An additional $27,080,000 is appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>in fiscal year 2009 from the stabilization <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>account in the federal fund.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
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            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Academic Health Center</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>The appropriation for Academic Health <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>Center funding under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.35"></a><var>17.35</var>section 297F.10, is $22,250,000 each year.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 7.<b>NRRI Research</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>137.022, subdivision 4, the board may <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>use up to $150,000 of the income credited <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>to the permanent university fund from <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>royalties from mining under state mineral <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>leases to fund research at the Coleraine <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>Minerals Research Laboratory of the Natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>Resources Research Institute by taconite <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>engineers who have been laid off by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>mining industry.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 8.<b>Enrollment Increases</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>Over the biennium ending June 30, 2011, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>the Board of Regents must increase <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>the enrollment of Minnesota resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>freshmen with the goal of reaching at <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>least the proportion of Minnesota resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>undergraduates enrolled in the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>Minnesota in the 2006-2007 academic year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 6. <b>MAYO CLINIC</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>1,300,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>1,351,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
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            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Medical School</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">640,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">665,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>The state must pay a capitation each <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>year for each student who is a resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>of Minnesota. The appropriation may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>transferred between years of the biennium to <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>accommodate enrollment fluctuations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>It is intended that during the biennium the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>Mayo Clinic use the capitation money to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>increase the number of doctors practicing in <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>rural Minnesota areas in need of doctors.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Family Practice and Graduate </b><br />
                  		<b>Residency Program</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">660,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">686,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>The state must pay stipend support for up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>27 residents each year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var><b>RELATED HIGHER EDUCATION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 135A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Course equivalency.</b> The Board of Regents of the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>Minnesota and the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>shall develop and maintain course equivalency guides for use between institutions that <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>have a high frequency of transfer. The course equivalency guides must include information <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>on the course equivalency and awarding of credit for learning acquired as a result of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>the successful completion of formal military courses and occupational training. Course <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>equivalency guides ~~shall~~ are not ~~be~~ required for vocational technical programs that have <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>not been divided into identifiable courses. The governing boards of private institutions <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>that grant associate and baccalaureate degrees and that have a high frequency of transfer <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>students are requested to participate in developing these guides.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 135A.25, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Minnesota Office of Higher Education responsibilities.</b> ~~(a)~~ For private <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>postsecondary institutions, the Minnesota Office of Higher Education must develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>educational materials considering the recommendations by the Minnesota Office of Higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>Education and others and at least annually convene and sponsor meetings and workshops <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>and provide educational strategies for faculty, students, administrators, institutions, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>bookstores to inform all interested parties on strategies for reducing the costs of course <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>materials for students attending postsecondary institutions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(b) The Minnesota Office of Higher Education must identify methods to compile and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>~~distribute information on publishers that sell or distribute course material for classroom use~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>~~in postsecondary institutions in a manner that meets the requirements and complies with~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>~~subdivision 2. The Minnesota Office of Higher Education must also evaluate ways to make~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>~~this information available for use by students and faculty in postsecondary institutions.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>[135A.26] AMERICAN MADE CLOTHING IN COLLEGE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var><b>BOOKSTORES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>A bookstore located on the campus of a public college or university in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>must only offer for sale clothing or articles of apparel that are manufactured in the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>States of America.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.06, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var><b>136A.06 FEDERAL FUNDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>The Minnesota Office of Higher Education is designated the state agency to apply <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>for, receive, accept, and disburse to both public and private institutions of higher education <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>all federal funds which are allocated to the state of Minnesota to support higher education <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>programs, construction, or other activities and which require administration by a state <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>higher education agency under the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, and any <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>amendments thereof, the Higher Education Act of 1965, and any amendments thereof, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>any other law which provides funds for higher education and requires administration by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>state higher education agency as enacted or may be enacted by the Congress of the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>States; provided that no commitment shall be made that shall bind the legislature to make <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>appropriations beyond current allocations of funds. The office may apply for, receive, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>accept, and disburse all administrative funds available to the office for administering <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>federal funds to support higher education programs, construction, or other activities. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>office also may apply for, receive, accept, and disburse any research, planning, or program <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>funds which are available for purposes consistent with the provisions of this chapter. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>making application for and administering federal funds the office may comply with any <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>and all requirements of federal law and federal rules and regulations to enable it to receive <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>and accept such funds. The expenditure of any such funds received shall be governed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>the laws of the state, except insofar as federal regulations may otherwise provide. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>office may contract with both public and private institutions in administering federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>funds, and such contracts shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 16C. All such <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>money received by the office shall be deposited in the state treasury and, subject to section <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>3.3005, are hereby appropriated to it annually for the purpose for which such funds are <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>received. None of such moneys shall cancel but shall be available until expended.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>have the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>(b) "Province" and "provincial" mean the Canadian province of Manitoba.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>(c) "Resident of this state" means a resident student as defined in section 136A.101, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>subdivision 8.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.08, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Appeal; resident status.</b> A student who does not meet the definition of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>resident after residing in Minnesota for 12 months may appeal to the director by providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>documentation on the student's reasons for residing in Minnesota. The director may <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>grant resident status to the student upon determining the documentation establishes that <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>postsecondary education was not the student's principle reason for residing in Minnesota.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.101, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Eligible institution.</b> "Eligible institution" means a postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>educational institution located in this state or in a state with which the office has entered <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>into a higher education reciprocity agreement on state student aid programs that (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>requires, as a condition of enrollment, that each entering Minnesota resident student must <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>complete the federal application for student aid (FAFSA), and is either (2) operated by <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>this state or the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, or ~~(2)~~ (3) is operated <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>privately and, as determined by the office, meets all of the following: (i) maintains <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>academic standards substantially equivalent to those of comparable institutions operated <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>in this state; (ii) is licensed or registered as a postsecondary institution by the office or <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>another state agency; and (iii) by July 1, 2011, is participating in the federal Pell Grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>program under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.121, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Grant stipends.</b> The grant stipend shall be based on a sharing of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>responsibility for covering the recognized cost of attendance by the applicant, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>applicant's family, and the government. The amount of a financial stipend must not <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>exceed a grant applicant's recognized cost of attendance, as defined in subdivision 6, after <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>deducting the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>(1) the assigned student responsibility of at least ~~46~~ 45 percent of the cost of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>attending the institution of the applicant's choosing;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>(2) the assigned family responsibility as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>136A.101</statute_ref>; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>(3) the amount of a federal Pell grant award for which the grant applicant is eligible.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>The minimum financial stipend is $100 per academic year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.121, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Cost of attendance.</b> (a) The recognized cost of attendance consists of <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>allowances specified in law for living and miscellaneous expenses, and an allowance for <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>tuition and fees equal to the lesser of the average tuition and fees charged by the institution, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>or the tuition and fee maximums ~~established in law~~. The tuition and fee maximum for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>student enrolled in a two-year program is the maximum tuition and fee amount charged at <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>a two-year college within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. The tuition and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>fee maximum for a student enrolled in a four-year program shall be set in law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>(b) For a student registering for less than full time, the office shall prorate the cost of <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>attendance to the actual number of credits for which the student is enrolled.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>(c) The recognized cost of attendance for a student who is confined to a Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>correctional institution shall consist of the tuition and fee component in paragraph (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>with no allowance for living and miscellaneous expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>(d) For the purpose of this subdivision, "fees" include only those fees that are <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>mandatory and charged to full-time resident students attending the institution. Fees do <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>not include charges for tools, equipment, computers, or other similar materials where the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>student retains ownership. Fees include charges for these materials if the institution retains <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>ownership. Fees do not include optional or punitive fees.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.121, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Awards.</b> An undergraduate student who meets the office's requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>is eligible to apply for and receive a grant in any year of undergraduate study unless the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>student has obtained a baccalaureate degree or previously has been enrolled full time or <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>the equivalent for ~~eight~~ ten semesters or the equivalent, excluding courses taken from a <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>Minnesota school or postsecondary institution which is not participating in the state grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>program and from which a student transferred no credit. A student who withdraws from <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>enrollment for active military service is entitled to an additional semester or the equivalent <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>of grant eligibility. A student enrolled in a two-year program at a four-year institution is <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>only eligible for the tuition and fee maximums established by law for two-year institutions.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.1701, subdivision 10, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Prohibition on use of state money.</b> Except as provided in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>136A.1787, paragraph (a), no money originating from state sources in the state treasury <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>shall be made available for student loans under this section and all student loans shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>made from money originating from nonstate sources.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. <b>[136A.1787] SELF LOAN REVENUE BONDS ANNUAL CERTIFICATE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var><b>OF NEED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>(a) In order to ensure the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>notes of the office and the continued maintenance of the loan capital fund under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>136A.1785, the office shall annually determine and certify to the governor, on or before <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>December 1, the amount, if any:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>(1) needed to restore the loan capital fund to the minimum amount required by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>resolution or indenture relating to any bonds or notes of the office, not exceeding the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>maximum amount of principal and interest to become due and payable in any subsequent <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>year on all bonds or notes which are then outstanding; <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>(2) determined by the office to be needed in the immediately ensuing fiscal year, with <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>other funds pledged and estimated to be received during that year, for the payment of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>principal and interest due and payable in that year on all outstanding bonds and notes; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>(3) needed to restore any debt service fund securing any outstanding bonds or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>notes of the office to the amount required in a resolution or indenture relating to such <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>outstanding bonds or notes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>(b) The governor shall include and submit the amounts certified by the office in <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>accordance with this section to the legislature in the budget for the following fiscal year, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>in a supplemental budget if the regular budget for that year has previously been approved.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. <b>[136A.1795] LARGE ANIMAL VETERINARIAN LOAN </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var><b>FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>have the meanings given.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>(b) "Veterinarian" means an individual who has been awarded a doctor of veterinary <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>medicine degree from the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>(c) "Designated rural area" means an area in Minnesota outside the counties of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington, excluding the cities of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester, and St. Cloud.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>(d) "Emergency circumstances" means those conditions that make it impossible for <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>the participant to fulfill the service commitment, including death, total and permanent <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>disability, or temporary disability lasting more than two years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>(e) "Qualified educational loan" means a government, commercial, or foundation <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>loan for actual costs paid for tuition, reasonable education expenses, and reasonable living <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>expenses related to the education of a veterinarian.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Establishment; administration.</b> (a) The director of the Minnesota Office <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>of Higher Education shall establish and administer a loan forgiveness program for large <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>animal veterinarians who:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>(1) agree to practice in designated rural areas that are considered underserved; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>(2) work full time in a practice that is at least 50 percent involved with the care of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>food animals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>(b) Appropriations made to the program do not cancel and are available until <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Eligibility.</b> (a) To be eligible to participate in the loan forgiveness program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>an individual must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>(1) be a veterinarian who has been awarded a veterinary medicine degree within <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>three years of submitting an application under this section, or be enrolled in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>veterinarian degree program and making satisfactory progress in the College of Veterinary <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>Medicine, University of Minnesota; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>(2) submit an application to the director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>in the form and manner prescribed by the director.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>(b) An applicant selected to participate must sign a contract agreeing to complete a <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>five-year service obligation to practice as required under subdivision 2, paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Loan forgiveness.</b> (a) The director of the Minnesota Office of Higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>Education may select a maximum of five applicants each year for participation in the loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>forgiveness program, within the limits of available funding. Applicants are responsible for <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>securing their own qualified educational loans.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>(b) The director must select participants based on their suitability for practice serving <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>the designated rural area, as indicated by experience or training. The director must give <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>preference to applicants closest to completing their training.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>(c) The director must make annual disbursements directly to the participant of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>$15,000 or the balance of the participant's qualifying educational loans, whichever is less, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>for each year that a participant meets the service obligation required under subdivision 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>paragraph (b), up to a maximum of five years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>(d) Before receiving loan repayment disbursements and as requested, the participant <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>must complete and return to the director an affidavit of practice form provided by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>director verifying that the participant is practicing as required under subdivision 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>paragraph (a). The participant must provide the director with verification that the full <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>amount of loan repayment disbursement received by the participant has been applied <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>toward the designated loans. After each disbursement, verification must be received by <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.36"></a><var>24.36</var>the director and approved before the next loan repayment disbursement is made.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>(e) Participants who move their practice remain eligible for loan repayment as long <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>as they practice as required under subdivision 2, paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Penalty for nonfulfillment.</b> If a participant does not fulfill the required <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>minimum commitment of service required under subdivision 3, paragraph (b), the director <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education must collect from the participant the total <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>amount paid to the participant under the loan forgiveness program plus interest at a rate <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>established according to section 270C.40. The director must deposit the money collected <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>in the state general fund. The director must allow waivers of all or part of the money owed <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>the director as a result of a nonfulfillment penalty if emergency circumstances prevented <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>fulfillment of the service obligation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Rules.</b> The director may adopt rules to implement this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136F.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1.  <b>Membership.</b> The board consists of 15 members ~~appointed by the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>~~governor~~ elected by the legislature in a joint convention, including three members who are <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>students who have attended an institution for at least one year and are currently enrolled at <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>least half time in a degree, diploma, or certificate program in an institution governed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>the board. The student members shall include one member from a community college, one <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>member from a state university, and one member from a technical college. ~~One member~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>~~representing labor must be appointed after considering the recommendations made under~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>~~section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~136F.045~~</statute_ref>~~. The governor is not bound by the recommendations. Appointments to~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>~~the board are with the advice and consent of the senate.~~ At least one member of the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>must be a resident of each congressional district. All other members must be ~~appointed~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>elected to represent the state at large. ~~In selecting appointees, the governor must consider~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>~~the needs of the board of trustees and the balance of the board membership with respect to~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>~~labor and business representation and racial, gender, geographic, and ethnic composition.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136F.04, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var><b>136F.04 STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SELECTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Responsibility.</b> ~~Notwithstanding section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~136F.03~~</statute_ref>~~,~~ The State <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>University Student Association and the State College Student Association shall each have <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>the responsibility for recruiting, screening, and recommending qualified candidates to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>joint committee for their student members of the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Criteria.</b> ~~After consulting with the Board of Trustees Candidate Advisory~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>~~Council,~~ The student associations shall jointly develop a statement of the selection criteria <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>to be applied to potential candidates.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Recruiting and screening.</b> Each student association shall develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>processes for identifying and recruiting qualified candidates and for screening those <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>candidates.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Recommendations.</b> Each student association shall recommend at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>two and not more than four candidates for its student member. By ~~April 15~~ February 15 <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var> of the even-numbered year in which its members' term expires, each student association <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>shall submit its recommendations to the ~~governor~~ joint committee. ~~The governor is not~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>~~bound by these recommendations.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136F.045, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var><b>136F.045 LABOR ORGANIZATION BOARD MEMBER SELECTION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var><b>PROCESS. </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Minnesota AFL-CIO shall recruit and screen qualified labor candidates to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>recommended to the ~~governor for appointment~~ joint committee for election to the board. <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>The organization must develop a process for selecting candidates, and a statement of <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>selection criteria for board membership that is consistent with the requirements under <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>section 
         <statute_ref>136F.02, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. The organization must recommend at least two and no <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>more than four candidates to the ~~governor~~ joint committee beginning in 2010 and every <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>six years thereafter. Recommendations must be made by ~~April 15~~ February 15 of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>even-numbered year in which the ~~governor makes appointments~~ joint committee makes <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>recommendations for candidates to be elected to the board. ~~The governor is not bound~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>~~by the recommendations.~~ <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. <b>[136F.047] TRUSTEE NOMINATION AND ELECTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Joint legislative committee. </b> The joint legislative committee consists <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>of the members of the higher education budget and policy divisions in each body of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>legislature. The chairs of the divisions from each body shall be cochairs of the joint <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>legislative committee. A majority of the members from each body is a quorum of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>joint committee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Meeting.</b> By March 15 of each odd-numbered year, or at a date agreed <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>to by concurrent resolution, the joint legislative committee shall meet to consider <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>recommendations for trustee of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>possible presentation to a joint convention of the legislature. The joint committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>must meet as many times as necessary for the purpose of interviewing candidates, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>recommending candidates for the joint committee to consider, and voting for candidates <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>for recommendation to the joint convention.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Recommendations</b> The joint committee may recommend to the joint <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>convention candidates nominated by the joint committee. If a vacancy exists for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>student board member or a member recommended under this section, the joint committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>must consider the recommendations made by the responsible organizations to the joint <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>committee for those vacancies. Candidates for any vacancy may be nominated for <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>consideration by the joint committee only if the nomination receives the support of at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>three house of representatives members of the committee and two senate members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>committee. A candidate must receive a majority vote of members from the house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>representatives on the joint committee and from the senate on the joint committee to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>recommended to the joint convention. The joint committee may recommend no more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>two candidates for each vacancy. In recommending candidates to the joint convention, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>joint committee must consider the needs of the board of trustees and the balance of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>board membership with respect to gender, racial, and ethnic composition.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136F.46, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Solicitation.</b> Efforts to secure payroll deductions authorized in subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>1 may not interfere with, require a modification of, nor be conducted during the period of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>a payroll deduction fund drive for employees authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>~~309.501~~</statute_ref> 43A.50.  <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. <b>[136F.705] UNDERGRADUATE TUITION GUARANTEE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>(a) A Minnesota resident student who first enrolls in a degree program at a state <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>college or university beginning in the fall of 2010 or later must be offered the opportunity <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>to participate in a stable tuition plan, according to this section, for up to four consecutive <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>academic years. <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>(b) For an undergraduate student enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program at a <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>state university, the tuition charged to the student for each semester of enrollment during <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>a four-year period, beginning with the first semester of enrollment, must not exceed the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>amount of tuition that the student was charged for the first semester of enrollment. For a <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>student who continues to be enrolled after four consecutive academic years, the tuition <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>rate for each semester in excess of four years is equal to the tuition rate paid by new <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>enrollees at the state university. <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>(c) For an undergraduate student enrolled in an associate degree program at a college, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>the tuition charged to the student for each semester of enrollment during a two-year period, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>beginning with the first semester of enrollment, must not exceed the amount of tuition that <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>the student was charged for the first semester of enrollment. For a student who continues <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>to be enrolled after two consecutive academic years, the tuition rate for each semester in <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>excess of two years is equal to the tuition rate for new enrollees at the college.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. <b>[137.0225] UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board of Regents may establish a scholarship to help offset the impact of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>rising tuition for Minnesota students from middle-income families. To be eligible for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>scholarship under this section, a student must be a Minnesota resident undergraduate <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>from a family that is not Pell eligible with an annual adjusted gross income not to exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>$100,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 137.0246, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Regent nomination joint committee.</b> (a) The joint legislative committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>consists of the members of the higher education budget and policy divisions in each house <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>of the legislature. The chairs of the divisions from each body shall be cochairs of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>joint legislative committee. A majority of the members from each house is a quorum of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>the joint committee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) By February 28 of each odd-numbered year, or at a date agreed to by concurrent <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>resolution, the joint legislative committee shall meet to consider ~~the advisory council's~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>recommendations for regent of the University of Minnesota for possible presentation to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>joint convention of the legislature.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The joint committee may recommend to the joint convention candidates <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>~~recommended by the advisory council and the other candidates~~ nominated by the joint <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>committee. A candidate ~~other than those recommended by the advisory council~~ may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>nominated for consideration by the joint committee only if the nomination receives the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>support of at least three house of representatives members of the committee and two senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>members of the committee. A candidate must receive a majority vote of members from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>house of representatives and from the senate on the joint committee to be recommended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>the joint convention. The joint committee may recommend no more than ~~one candidate~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>two candidates for each vacancy. In recommending nominees, the joint committee must <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>consider the needs of the board of regents and the balance of the board membership with <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>respect to gender, racial, and ethnic composition.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(d) The joint committee must meet twice, approximately one week apart. The first~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>~~meeting is for the purpose of interviewing candidates and recommending candidates for~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>~~the joint committee to consider. The second meeting is for the purpose of voting for~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>~~candidates for recommendation to the joint convention.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 137.025, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Appropriations not for buildings.</b> ~~The commissioner of finance~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>~~shall pay no money to the University of Minnesota pursuant to a direct appropriation, other~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>~~than an appropriation for buildings, until the university first certifies to the commissioner~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>~~of finance that its aggregate balances in the temporary investment pool, cash, or separate~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>~~investments, resulting from all state maintenance and special appropriations do not~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>~~exceed $7,000,000, or any other amount specified in the act making the appropriation,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>~~plus one-third of all tuition and fee payments from the previous fiscal year. Upon this~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>~~certification,~~ The commissioner of finance shall pay 1/12 of the annual appropriation to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>the university ~~shall be paid at the beginning~~ on the 21st day of each month. ~~Additional~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>~~payments shall be made by the commissioner of finance whenever the state appropriations~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>~~and tuition aggregate balances in the temporary investment pool, cash, or separate~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>~~investments are reduced below the indicated levels.~~ If the 21st day of the month falls on <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>a Saturday or Sunday, the monthly payment shall be made on the Monday immediately <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>following the 21st.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. <b>[137.105] UNDERGRADUATE TUITION GUARANTEE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>A Minnesota resident student who first enrolls in a degree program at the University <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>of Minnesota beginning in the fall of 2010 or later must be offered the opportunity to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>participate in a stable tuition plan, according to this section, for up to four consecutive <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>academic years. For an undergraduate student enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>the tuition charged to the student for each semester of enrollment during a four-year <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>period, beginning with the first semester of enrollment, must not exceed the amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>tuition that the student was charged for the first semester of enrollment. For a student <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>who continues to be enrolled after four consecutive academic years, the tuition rate for <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>each semester in excess of four years is equal to the tuition rate paid by new enrollees <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>at the University of Minnesota.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. <b>[137.701] UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Purpose.</b> In order to support and create environments surrounding <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>the campuses of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and Duluth that are <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>conducive to the purposes of higher education and vital communities, the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>Regents, the city of Minneapolis, and the city of Duluth are requested to create with <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>surrounding neighborhoods an appropriate organization in each city, to cooperate in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>development of those neighborhoods. The purpose of each organization is to improve <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>the university's Minneapolis and Duluth campus area neighborhoods including, without <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>limitation, the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>(1) providing and supporting the development of good quality university <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>neighborhood housing, including housing for students, faculty, employees, alumni, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>others who may wish to live in the university area neighborhoods;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>(2) encouraging and assisting university faculty, staff, students, and others to live in <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>the neighborhood as long-term residents;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>(3) supporting and assisting appropriate business development in commercial areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>of the neighborhood; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>(4) cooperating and coordinating planning and development in all matters affecting <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>the neighborhood with local government, businesses, residents, and other stakeholders in <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>the neighborhood.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Membership.</b> The organization created by the Board of Regents and <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>the city of Minneapolis shall include representatives from the organizations currently <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>represented on the University District Alliance Steering Committee. The Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>Regents and the city of Duluth may establish the membership of an organization for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>purposes of subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Report.</b> The Board of Regents, the city of Minneapolis, and the city <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>of Duluth are requested to report by January 15, 2010, to the chairs of the legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>committees with primary jurisdiction over higher education policy and finance on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>status and activities of the organization that is created.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 179A.03, subdivision 14, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 14. <b>Public employee or employee.</b> "Public employee" or "employee" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>any person appointed or employed by a public employer except:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>(a) elected public officials;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>(b) election officers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>(c) commissioned or enlisted personnel of the Minnesota National Guard;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>(d) emergency employees who are employed for emergency work caused by natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>disaster;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>(e) part-time employees whose service does not exceed the lesser of 14 hours per <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>week or 35 percent of the normal work week in the employee's appropriate unit;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>(f) employees whose positions are basically temporary or seasonal in character and: <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>(1) are not for more than 67 working days in any calendar year; or (2) are not for more <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>than 100 working days in any calendar year and the employees are under the age of 22, are <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>full-time students enrolled in a nonprofit or public educational institution prior to being <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>hired by the employer, and have indicated, either in an application for employment or by <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>being enrolled at an educational institution for the next academic year or term, an intention <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>to continue as students during or after their temporary employment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>(g) employees providing services for not more than two consecutive quarters to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities under the terms of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>professional or technical services contract as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>16C.08, subdivision 1</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>(h) employees of charitable hospitals as defined by section 
         <statute_ref>179.35, subdivision 3</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>(i) full-time undergraduate students employed by the school which they attend under <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>a work-study program or in connection with the receipt of financial aid, irrespective <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>of number of hours of service per week;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>(j) an individual who is employed for less than 300 hours in a fiscal year as an <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>instructor in an adult vocational education program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>(k) an individual hired by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>Universities to teach one course for three or fewer credits for one semester in a year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>(l) with respect to court employees:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>(1) personal secretaries to judges;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>(2) law clerks;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>(3) managerial employees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>(4) confidential employees; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>(5) supervisory employees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>(m) with respect to employees of Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., managerial, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>supervisory, and confidential employees.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>The following individuals are public employees regardless of the exclusions of <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>clauses (e) and (f):<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>(i) An employee hired by a school district or the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>State Colleges and Universities except at the university established in ~~section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~136F.13~~</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>the Twin Cities metropolitan area under section 136F.10 or for community services or <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>community education instruction offered on a noncredit basis: (A) to replace an absent <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>teacher or faculty member who is a public employee, where the replacement employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>is employed more than 30 working days as a replacement for that teacher or faculty <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>member; or (B) to take a teaching position created due to increased enrollment, curriculum <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>expansion, courses which are a part of the curriculum whether offered annually or not, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>other appropriate reasons;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>(ii) An employee hired for a position under clause (f)(1) if that same position has <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>already been filled under clause (f)(1) in the same calendar year and the cumulative <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.36"></a><var>31.36</var>number of days worked in that same position by all employees exceeds 67 calendar days <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>in that year. For the purpose of this paragraph, "same position" includes a substantially <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>equivalent position if it is not the same position solely due to a change in the classification <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>or title of the position; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>(iii) an early childhood family education teacher employed by a school district.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 299A.45, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Renewal.</b> Each award must be given for one academic year and is <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>renewable for a maximum of ~~eight~~ ten semesters or the equivalent. A student who <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>withdraws from enrollment for active military service is entitled to an additional semester <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>or the equivalent of grant eligibility. An award must not be given to a dependent child <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>who is 23 years of age or older on the first day of the academic year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 340A.404, subdivision 4a, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4a. <b>State-owned recreation; entertainment facilities.</b> Notwithstanding any <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>other law, local ordinance, or charter provision, the commissioner may issue on-sale <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>intoxicating liquor licenses:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) to the state agency administratively responsible for, or to an entity holding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>concession or facility management contract with such agency for beverage sales at, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>premises of any Giants Ridge Recreation Area building or recreational improvement area <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>owned by the state in the ~~town of White~~ city of Biwabik, St. Louis County;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) to the state agency administratively responsible for, or to an entity holding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>concession or facility management contract with such agency for beverage sales at, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>premises of any Ironworld Discovery Center building or facility owned by the state at <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>Chisholm; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for events at Northrop <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>Auditorium, the intercollegiate football stadium, or at no more than seven other locations <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>within the boundaries of the University of Minnesota, provided that the Board of Regents <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>has approved an application for a license for the specified location and provided that <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>the application for a stadium or arena location allows for the legal sale of intoxicating <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>liquor throughout the stadium or arena and does not limit the sale of intoxicating liquor to <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>premium seating areas or suites.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner shall charge a fee for licenses issued under this subdivision in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>amount comparable to the fee for comparable licenses issued in surrounding cities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>and applies to applications for an on-sale liquor license made after December 1, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. <b>REPORT; FEDERAL TEXTBOOK INFORMATION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var><b>REQUIREMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>By January 15, 2010, the Minnesota Office of Higher Education must report <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>to the committees of the legislature responsible for higher education finance on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>implementation of textbook information requirements under United States Code, title 20, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>section 1015b, effective July 1, 2010. In preparing the report, the office must work with <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>representatives of textbook publishers, the Student Advisory Council, Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota, and the Private College Council. <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>At a minimum, the report must include a template that publishers may use to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>the required information in a consistent format to all Minnesota campuses, and make <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>recommendations of methods to disseminate pricing information to support students and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>faculty in making well informed decisions about course materials.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. <b>MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGE - SOUTHEAST TECHNICAL; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var><b>AVIATION TRAINING CENTER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 136F.60, subdivision 5, the net <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>proceeds of the sale or disposition of the Aviation Training Center in Winona operated by <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical, after paying all expenses incurred in selling <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>the property and retiring any remaining debt attributable to the project, are appropriated to <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for use in a capital <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>project at the Winona campus and need not be paid to the commissioner of finance, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>would otherwise be required by Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, subdivision 3.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When the sale is complete and the sale proceeds have been applied as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>this section, Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, no longer applies to the property and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>the property is no longer state bond financed property.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. <b>MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES DEGREE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var><b>REQUIREMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>Until July 2, 2012, an associate of applied science degree offered by a college in <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is exempt from the 60-semester <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>credit length limit for an associate degree specified in the Minnesota State Colleges and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>Universities Board Policy number 3.36, part 3, subpart C. The chancellor may consider <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>criteria for waiving the credit length limits under this board policy for emerging or <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>innovative programs. By January 2, 2012, the Minnesota State College Faculty and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>Minnesota State College Student Association must present a joint report to the house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over higher education policy on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>process for reviewing the credit requirements for an associate of applied science degree.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>and applies to associate of applied science degrees whether first offered before, on, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.31.0"></a><a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. <b>POWER OF YOU PILOT PROGRAMS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Power of you pilot programs.</b> The Board of Trustees of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall establish power of you pilot programs in <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>suburban and rural sites. The pilots shall comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 136F.19.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Suburban pilot selection.</b> By July 1, 2009, the board of trustees shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>select one technical college and one community college or community-technical college <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburban area to develop a new power of you pilot program <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>in conjunction with Metropolitan State University. Each college in the pilot program <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>must work with a high school partner selected by the board in the Minneapolis-St. Paul <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>suburban area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Rural pilot selection.</b> By July 1, 2009, the Board of Trustees shall select <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>two rural colleges to participate in the power of you pilot programs. One of the pilot <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>programs must be a multicampus college in an agricultural part of the state and the other a <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>multicampus college in a nonagricultural part of the state dependent on natural resources. <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>Each college in the pilot program must work with a high school partner selected by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.32.0"></a><a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 136A.127; 136F.03; and 137.0245, are repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.33.0"></a><a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>Sections 1 to 5 are effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
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