Session Year 2001, Special Session 1

Bill Name: HF0006

hf6 Omnibus higher education appropriations bill. ARTICLE APPROPRIATIONS Section
1: Higher education money appropriations summary provided. Sec. 2: Higher
education appropriations detailed by fund, including total appropriations, state
grants, interstate tuition reciprocity, state work study, Minitex library
program, learning network of Minnesota, income contingent loans, Edvest, and
transfers. Sec. 3: Board of trustees of Minnesota state colleges and
universities money appropriations summary provided. Sec. 4: Board of regents of
the University of Minnesota appropriations summary provided. Sec. 5: Mayo
medical foundation appropriations summary provided. Sec. 6: Post secondary
planning systems planning report and accountability provided.ARTICLE 2 RELATED
PROVISIONSSection 1: Minnesota state colleges and universities enterprise
account established. Sec. 2: Appropriations and expenditures modified. Sec. 3:
Academic health center account created. Sec. 4: Conforming changes provided.
Sec. 5: Academic health center expenditure regulations established. Sec. 6: Non
resident tuition agreements authorized and purpose provided. Sec. 7: Advisory
group sunset clarified. Sec. 8: Assigned family responsibility reduced. Sec. 9:
"Resident Student" defined. Sec. 10: Language relating to cost of attendance
updated. Sec. 11: Undergraduate study award authorized and criteria provided.
Sec. 12: Advanced placement and international baccalaureate grant established.
Sec. 13: Child care grant eligibility requirements modified. Sec. 14: Length and
amounts of child care grants modified. Sec. 15: Language related to faculty and
staff modified. Sec. 16: Method of acquisition and real property transaction
procedures clarified. Sec. 17: Resident tuition refund procedures provided. Sec.
18: Tuition refund language modified to refer only to the University of
Minnesota. Sec. 19: Trustees of Minnesota state colleges and universities put in
charge of regulating traffic. Sec. 20: Educational benefits for surviving
children of public safety officers killed in the line of duty modified. Sec. 21:
Tuition award renewal regulations clarified. Sec. 22: Membership retention
language updated to reflect previous changes. Sec. 23: Information supply
language updated to reflect previous changes. Sec. 24: "state university board
or the community college board" replaced with "board of trustees of the
Minnesota state colleges and universities." Sec. 25: Repealer. Sec. 26:
Developmental education demonstration project established. Sec. 27: Lawrence
Hall remodeling project funded. Sec. 28: Commission on University of Minnesota
excellence established. Sec. 29: Repealer. Sec. 30: Effective dates.ARTICLE 3
MINNESOTA COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANSection 1: Minnesota college savings data
classification information provided. Sec. 2: Minnesota college savings plan
established, replacing Edvest. Sec. 3: Related terms defined. Sec. 4: Statutory
reference modified. Sec. 5: Language clarified. Sec. 6: State board of
investment consultation regulations clarified. Sec. 7-8: Technical. Sec. 9:
Certain data classified as private. Sec. 10: State board of investment direction
provided. Sec. 11: Technical. Sec. 12: Minnesota college savings plan account
information detailed. Sec. 13: "Family income" definition modified. Sec. 14:
Residency requirement information provided. Sec. 15: Age and date of birth
determination of beneficiary regulations established. Sec. 16: Budget limits
provided. Sec. 17: Account application procedures established. Sec. 18:
Regulations concerning single beneficiaries with multiple accounts provided.
Sec. 19: Ownership of matching grant funds situations detailed. Sec. 20:
Regulations concerning inactive accounts with matching grants provided. Sec. 21:
Regulations concerning forfeiture of matching grants provided. Sec. 22: Account
distributions provided. Sec. 23: Revisor instructions. Sec. 24: Effective
date.AE