2005 Minnesota Statutes

     135A.031 Appropriations for instructional services. 

    Subdivision 1.    Determination of appropriation.  The 
 direct appropriation to each board for instructional services 
 shall equal 67 percent of the estimated total cost of 
 instruction for the University of Minnesota, the state 
 universities, and the community colleges, and, for technical 
 colleges, at least 67 percent of the estimated total cost of 
 instruction. 

    Subd. 2.    Appropriations for certain enrollments.  The 
 state share of the estimated expenditures for instruction shall 
 vary for some categories of students, as designated in this 
 subdivision. 

    (a) The state must provide at least 67 percent of the 
 estimated expenditures for: 

    (1) students who resided in the state for at least one 
 calendar year prior to applying for admission or dependent 
 students whose parent or legal guardian resides in Minnesota at 
 the time the student applies; 

    (2) Minnesota residents who can demonstrate that they were 
 temporarily absent from the state without establishing residency 
 elsewhere; 

    (3) residents of other states or provinces who are 
 attending a Minnesota institution under a tuition reciprocity 
 agreement; 

    (4) students who have been in Minnesota as migrant 
 farmworkers, as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, 
 title 20, section 633.104, over a period of at least two years 
 immediately before admission or readmission to a Minnesota 
 public postsecondary institution, or students who are dependents 
 of such migrant farmworkers; and 

    (5) persons who:  (i) were employed full time and were 
 relocated to the state by the person's current employer, or (ii) 
 moved to the state for employment purposes and, before moving 
 and before applying for admission to a public postsecondary 
 institution, accepted a job in the state, or students who are 
 spouses or dependents of such persons. 

    (b) The definition of full year equivalent for purposes of 
 the formula calculations in this chapter is twice the normal 
 value for the following enrollments: 

    (1) students who are concurrently enrolled in a public 
 secondary school and for whom the institution is receiving any 
 compensation under the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act; and 

    (2) students enrolled under the student exchange program of 
 the Midwest Compact. 

    Subd. 3.    Determination of instructional services base. 
  The instructional services base for each public postsecondary 
 system is the sum of:  (1) the state share; and (2) the 
 legislatively estimated tuition for the second year of the most 
 recent biennium; and (3) performance as calculated in 
 subdivision 5.  

    Subd. 4.    Enrollments for budgeting.  For all purposes 
 where student enrollment is used for budgeting purposes, student 
 enrollment shall be measured in full-year equivalents and shall 
 include only enrollments in courses that award credit or 
 otherwise satisfy any of the requirements of an academic or 
 vocational program. 

    Subd. 5.    Adjustment for performance.  Each public 
 postsecondary system's instructional services base shall be 
 adjusted, up to one percent, if the system meets the performance 
 standards established by the system's governing board as part of 
 the biennial budget document. 

    Subd. 6.    Adjustment for change items.  The 
 instructional services base may be adjusted for change items as 
 determined by the governor and the legislature after adjustments 
 for inflation, enrollments, and performance.  

    Subd. 7.    Reports.  Instructional expenditure and 
 enrollment data for each instructional category shall be 
 submitted in the biennial budget document. 

    HIST: 1994 c 532 art 3 s 2; 1995 c 212 art 2 s 1; 1Sp2001 c 1 
 art 2 s 6; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 1,2 

*   NOTE:  The amendments to subdivisions 3 and 4 by Laws 2005, 
*chapter 107, article 2, sections 1 and 2, respectively, are 
*effective June 30, 2007.  Laws 2005, chapter 107, article 2, 
*sections 1 and 2, the effective dates.