Bill Text: MN SF924 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Omnibus higher education appropriations and policy provisions modification
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-04 - HF substituted on Special Orders [HF1101] [SF924 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF924-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Omnibus higher education appropriations and policy provisions modification
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-04 - HF substituted on Special Orders [HF1101] [SF924 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF924-Introduced.html
1.2relating to higher education; amending postsecondary education provisions;
1.3appropriating money; requiring a report;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010,
1.4section 136A.121, subdivision 6.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Subdivision 1. Summary By Fund. The amounts shown in this subdivision
1.8summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made in this article.
1.16 Subd. 2. Summary By Agency - All Funds. The amounts shown in this subdivision
1.17summarize direct appropriations, by agency, made in this article.
2.5 The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the
2.6agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the
2.7general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated
2.8for each purpose. The figures "2012" and "2013" used in this article mean that the
2.9appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, or
2.10June 30, 2013, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2012. "The second year" is fiscal
2.11year 2013. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2012 and 2013.
2.19The amounts that may be spent for each
2.20purpose are specified in the following
2.21subdivisions.
2.23If the appropriation in this subdivision for
2.24either year is insufficient, the appropriation
2.25for the other year is available for it.
2.26For the biennium, the tuition maximum is
2.27$....... in each year for students in four-year
2.28programs, and $....... for students in two-year
2.29programs.
2.30This appropriation sets the living and
2.31miscellaneous expense allowance at $.......
2.32each year.
3.1This appropriation is to provide educational
3.2benefits under Minnesota Statutes, section
3.3299A.45, to eligible dependent children and
3.4to the spouses of public safety officers killed
3.5in the line of duty.
3.6If the appropriation in this subdivision for
3.7either year is insufficient, the appropriation
3.8for the other year is available for it.
3.12For scholarships under Minnesota Statutes,
3.13section 136A.127.
3.17For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
3.18136A.861 . Up to $....... of this appropriation
3.19each year may be used for administrative
3.20expenses.
3.23If the appropriation in this subdivision for
3.24either year is insufficient, the appropriation
3.25for the other year is available to meet
3.26reciprocity contract obligations.
4.1A balance in the first year under this section
4.2does not cancel, but is available for the
4.3second year.
4.5The Minnesota Office of Higher Education
4.6may transfer unencumbered balances from
4.7the appropriations in this section to the state
4.8grant appropriation, the interstate tuition
4.9reciprocity appropriation, the child care
4.10grant appropriation, the Indian scholarship
4.11appropriation, the state work-study
4.12appropriation, the public safety officers'
4.13survivors appropriation, and the Minnesota
4.14college savings plan appropriation. Transfers
4.15from the child care or state work-study
4.16appropriations may only be made to the
4.17extent there is a projected surplus in the
4.18appropriation. A transfer may be made
4.19only with prior written notice to the chairs
4.20of the senate and house of representatives
4.21committees with jurisdiction over higher
4.22education finance.
4.24Notwithstanding any rule to the contrary,
4.25work-study jobs funded by a TANF
4.26appropriation do not require employer
4.27matching funds.
5.1The amounts that may be spent for each
5.2purpose are specified in the following
5.3subdivisions.
5.6For the Office of the Chancellor and the
5.7Shared Services Division.
5.11The Board of Trustees, in fulfilling the
5.12requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section
5.13136F.06, by making reductions, approving
5.14programs of study, establishing requirements
5.15for completion of programs, and approving
5.16course offerings and requirements for
5.17credentials, must place the highest priority on
5.18meeting the needs of Minnesota employers
5.19for a skilled workforce. The board must
5.20focus on the efficient delivery of higher
5.21education, eliminate duplication throughout
5.22the system, and streamline the operation
5.23of the system to provide an education that
5.24prepares students for the workforce needs of
5.25Minnesota.
6.1The amounts that may be spent for each
6.2purpose are specified in the following
6.3subdivisions.
6.5This appropriation includes funding for
6.6operation and maintenance of the system.
6.7One percent of the appropriation in this
6.8subdivision is available when the Board
6.9of Regents of the University of Minnesota
6.10demonstrates to the commissioner of
6.11management and budget that the board
6.12has met at least three of the five following
6.13performance goals:
6.14(1) increase financial support to pay the cost
6.15of attendance for students demonstrating
6.16financial need;
6.17(2) maintain or improve the University of
6.18Minnesota's rank in its national share of
6.19total research and development expenditures
6.20reported to the National Science Foundation
6.21over the 2009 ranking;
6.22(3) increase by at least five percent, compared
6.23to fiscal year 2009, the number of degrees
6.24awarded in science, technology, engineering,
6.25mathematics, and health sciences disciplines;
6.26(4) increase by at least five percent, compared
6.27to fiscal year 2009, the amount of financial
6.28support from key funding sources for
6.29renewable energy research; and
6.30(5) increase and improve interaction and
6.31research activity beneficial to business and
6.32industry.
6.33By October 1, 2011, the Board of Regents
6.34and the Office of Higher Education must
7.1agree on specific numerical indicators and
7.2definitions for each of the five goals that will
7.3be used to demonstrate the University of
7.4Minnesota's attainment of each goal.
7.5On or before April 1, 2012, the Board
7.6of Regents must report to the legislative
7.7committees with primary jurisdiction over
7.8higher education finance and policy the
7.9progress of the University of Minnesota
7.10toward attaining the goals.
7.12The Board of Regents, in fulfilling
7.13their governance responsibilities for
7.14the University of Minnesota by making
7.15reductions, approving programs of study,
7.16establishing requirements for completion of
7.17programs, approving course offerings and
7.18requirements for credentials, and authorizing
7.19and funding research are encouraged to place
7.20the highest priority on meeting the needs of
7.21Minnesota employers for a skilled workforce.
7.22The board must focus on the efficient delivery
7.23of higher education, eliminate duplication
7.24and redundancy, streamline administration,
7.25and focus on providing an education that
7.26prepares students for the workforce needs of
7.27Minnesota.
7.29This appropriation is from the health care
7.30access fund.
7.33For the Agricultural Experiment Station and
7.34the Minnesota Extension Service.
8.2$....... each year is to support up to 12 resident
8.3physicians in the St. Cloud Hospital family
8.4practice residency program. The program
8.5must prepare doctors to practice primary care
8.6medicine in the rural areas of the state. The
8.7legislature intends this program to improve
8.8health care in rural communities, provide
8.9affordable access to appropriate medical
8.10care, and manage the treatment of patients in
8.11a more cost-effective manner.
8.12The remainder of this appropriation is for
8.13the rural physicians associates program, the
8.14Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, health
8.15sciences research, dental care, and the
8.16Biomedical Engineering Center.
8.18For the Geological Survey and the talented
8.19youth mathematics program.
8.21For general research, industrial relations
8.22education, Natural Resources Research
8.23Institute, Center for Urban and Regional
8.24Affairs, and the Bell Museum of Natural
8.25History.
8.28For the direct and indirect expenses of the
8.29collaborative research partnership between
8.30the University of Minnesota and the Mayo
8.31Foundation for research in biotechnology
8.32and medical genomics. This appropriation
8.33is available until expended. All parties to
8.34the partnership and chairs of the senate
9.1and house of representatives committees
9.2responsible for higher education finance
9.3must be consulted before the Board of
9.4Regents reduces the amount allocated to the
9.5partnership under this paragraph during the
9.6biennium ending June 30, 2013. An annual
9.7report on the expenditure of these funds must
9.8be submitted to the governor and the chairs
9.9of the senate and house of representatives
9.10committees responsible for higher education
9.11and economic development by June 30 of
9.12each fiscal year.
9.14The appropriation for Academic Health
9.15Center funding under Minnesota Statutes,
9.16section 297F.10, is $22,250,000 each year.
9.19The amounts that may be spent for each
9.20purpose are specified in the following
9.21subdivisions.
9.23The state of Minnesota must pay a capitation
9.24each year for each student who is a resident
9.25of Minnesota. The appropriation may be
9.26transferred between years of the biennium to
9.27accommodate enrollment fluctuations.
9.28It is intended that during the biennium the
9.29Mayo Clinic use the capitation money to
9.30increase the number of doctors practicing in
9.31rural areas in need of doctors.
10.1The state of Minnesota must pay stipend
10.2support for up to 27 residents each year.
10.3 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 136A.121, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
10.4 Subd. 6. Cost of attendance. (a) The recognized cost of attendance consists of (1)
10.5allowances specified in law for living and miscellaneous expenses, and (2) for two-year
10.6programs, an allowance for tuition and fees equal to the lesser of the average tuition
10.7and fees charged by the institution, for four-year programs, the highest average tuition
10.8and fees charged by a Minnesota public university, or for any program the tuition and
10.9fee maximums established in law.
10.10(b) For a student registering for less than full time, the office shall prorate the cost of
10.11attendance to the actual number of credits for which the student is enrolled.
10.12(c) The recognized cost of attendance for a student who is confined to a Minnesota
10.13correctional institution shall consist of the tuition and fee component in paragraph (a),
10.14with no allowance for living and miscellaneous expenses.
10.15(d) For the purpose of this subdivision, "fees" include only those fees that are
10.16mandatory and charged to full-time resident students attending the institution. Fees do
10.17not include charges for tools, equipment, computers, or other similar materials where the
10.18student retains ownership. Fees include charges for these materials if the institution retains
10.19ownership. Fees do not include optional or punitive fees.
1.3appropriating money; requiring a report;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010,
1.4section 136A.121, subdivision 6.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
| 1.6 |
Section 1. SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS. |
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1.8summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made in this article.
1.16 Subd. 2. Summary By Agency - All Funds. The amounts shown in this subdivision
1.17summarize direct appropriations, by agency, made in this article.
| 2.4 |
Sec. 2. HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS. |
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2.6agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the
2.7general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated
2.8for each purpose. The figures "2012" and "2013" used in this article mean that the
2.9appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, or
2.10June 30, 2013, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2012. "The second year" is fiscal
2.11year 2013. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2012 and 2013.
| 2.12 |
APPROPRIATIONS |
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| 2.13 |
Available for the Year |
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| 2.14 |
Ending June 30 |
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| 2.15 |
2012 |
2013 |
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| 2.16 2.17 |
Sec. 3. MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION |
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| 2.18 |
Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation |
$ |
...,...,000 |
$ |
...,...,000 |
||
2.20purpose are specified in the following
2.21subdivisions.
| 2.22 |
Subd. 2.State Grants |
...,...,000 |
...,...,000 |
||||
2.24either year is insufficient, the appropriation
2.25for the other year is available for it.
2.26For the biennium, the tuition maximum is
2.27$....... in each year for students in four-year
2.28programs, and $....... for students in two-year
2.29programs.
2.30This appropriation sets the living and
2.31miscellaneous expense allowance at $.......
2.32each year.
| 2.33 |
Subd. 3.Safety Officers' Survivors |
...,000 |
...,000 |
||||
3.2benefits under Minnesota Statutes, section
3.3299A.45, to eligible dependent children and
3.4to the spouses of public safety officers killed
3.5in the line of duty.
3.6If the appropriation in this subdivision for
3.7either year is insufficient, the appropriation
3.8for the other year is available for it.
| 3.9 |
Subd. 4.Child Care Grants |
.,...,000 |
.,...,000 |
||||
| 3.10 |
Subd. 5.State Work-Study |
..,...,000 |
..,...,000 |
||||
| 3.11 |
Subd. 6.Achieve Scholarship Program |
.,...,000 |
.,...,000 |
||||
3.13section 136A.127.
| 3.14 |
Subd. 7.Indian Scholarships |
.,...,000 |
.,...,000 |
||||
| 3.15 3.16 |
Subd. 8.Intervention for College Attendance Program Grants |
...,000 |
...,000 |
||||
3.18
3.19each year may be used for administrative
3.20expenses.
| 3.21 |
Subd. 9.Midwest Higher Education Compact |
..,000 |
..,000 |
||||
| 3.22 |
Subd. 10.Interstate Tuition Reciprocity |
.,...,000 |
.,...,000 |
||||
3.24either year is insufficient, the appropriation
3.25for the other year is available to meet
3.26reciprocity contract obligations.
| 3.27 |
Subd. 11.Minnesota College Savings Plan |
...,000 |
...,000 |
||||
| 3.28 |
Subd. 12.MnLINK Gateway and Minitex |
.,...,000 |
.,...,000 |
||||
| 3.29 |
Subd. 13.Other Programs |
...,000 |
...,000 |
||||
| 3.30 |
Subd. 14.Agency Administration |
.,...,000 |
.,...,000 |
||||
| 3.31 |
Subd. 15.Balances Forward |
||||||
4.2does not cancel, but is available for the
4.3second year.
| 4.4 |
Subd. 16.Transfers |
||||||
4.6may transfer unencumbered balances from
4.7the appropriations in this section to the state
4.8grant appropriation, the interstate tuition
4.9reciprocity appropriation, the child care
4.10grant appropriation, the Indian scholarship
4.11appropriation, the state work-study
4.12appropriation, the public safety officers'
4.13survivors appropriation, and the Minnesota
4.14college savings plan appropriation. Transfers
4.15from the child care or state work-study
4.16appropriations may only be made to the
4.17extent there is a projected surplus in the
4.18appropriation. A transfer may be made
4.19only with prior written notice to the chairs
4.20of the senate and house of representatives
4.21committees with jurisdiction over higher
4.22education finance.
| 4.23 |
Subd. 17.TANF Work-Study |
||||||
4.25work-study jobs funded by a TANF
4.26appropriation do not require employer
4.27matching funds.
| 4.28 4.29 4.30 |
Sec. 4. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES |
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| 4.31 |
Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation |
$ |
...,...,000 |
$ |
...,...,000 |
||
| 4.32 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 4.33 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
| 4.34 |
General |
...,...,000 |
...,...,000 |
5.2purpose are specified in the following
5.3subdivisions.
| 5.4 5.5 |
Subd. 2.Central Office and Shared Services Unit |
..,...,000 |
..,...,000 |
||||
5.7Shared Services Division.
| 5.8 |
Subd. 3.Operations and Maintenance |
...,...,000 |
...,...,000 |
||||
| 5.9 |
Subd. 4.Learning Network of Minnesota |
.,...,000 |
.,...,000 |
||||
| 5.10 |
Subd. 5.Education Priorities |
||||||
5.12requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section
5.13136F.06, by making reductions, approving
5.14programs of study, establishing requirements
5.15for completion of programs, and approving
5.16course offerings and requirements for
5.17credentials, must place the highest priority on
5.18meeting the needs of Minnesota employers
5.19for a skilled workforce. The board must
5.20focus on the efficient delivery of higher
5.21education, eliminate duplication throughout
5.22the system, and streamline the operation
5.23of the system to provide an education that
5.24prepares students for the workforce needs of
5.25Minnesota.
| 5.26 5.27 |
Sec. 5. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA |
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| 5.28 |
Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation |
$ |
...,...,000 |
$ |
...,...,000 |
||
| 5.29 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 5.30 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
| 5.31 |
General |
...,...,000 |
...,...,000 |
| 5.32 |
Health Care Access |
.,...,000 |
.,...,000 |
6.2purpose are specified in the following
6.3subdivisions.
| 6.4 |
Subd. 2.Operations and Maintenance |
...,...,000 |
...,...,000 |
||||
6.6operation and maintenance of the system.
6.7One percent of the appropriation in this
6.8subdivision is available when the Board
6.9of Regents of the University of Minnesota
6.10demonstrates to the commissioner of
6.11management and budget that the board
6.12has met at least three of the five following
6.13performance goals:
6.14(1) increase financial support to pay the cost
6.15of attendance for students demonstrating
6.16financial need;
6.17(2) maintain or improve the University of
6.18Minnesota's rank in its national share of
6.19total research and development expenditures
6.20reported to the National Science Foundation
6.21over the 2009 ranking;
6.22(3) increase by at least five percent, compared
6.23to fiscal year 2009, the number of degrees
6.24awarded in science, technology, engineering,
6.25mathematics, and health sciences disciplines;
6.26(4) increase by at least five percent, compared
6.27to fiscal year 2009, the amount of financial
6.28support from key funding sources for
6.29renewable energy research; and
6.30(5) increase and improve interaction and
6.31research activity beneficial to business and
6.32industry.
6.33By October 1, 2011, the Board of Regents
6.34and the Office of Higher Education must
7.1agree on specific numerical indicators and
7.2definitions for each of the five goals that will
7.3be used to demonstrate the University of
7.4Minnesota's attainment of each goal.
7.5On or before April 1, 2012, the Board
7.6of Regents must report to the legislative
7.7committees with primary jurisdiction over
7.8higher education finance and policy the
7.9progress of the University of Minnesota
7.10toward attaining the goals.
| 7.11 |
Subd. 3.Education Priorities |
||||||
7.13their governance responsibilities for
7.14the University of Minnesota by making
7.15reductions, approving programs of study,
7.16establishing requirements for completion of
7.17programs, approving course offerings and
7.18requirements for credentials, and authorizing
7.19and funding research are encouraged to place
7.20the highest priority on meeting the needs of
7.21Minnesota employers for a skilled workforce.
7.22The board must focus on the efficient delivery
7.23of higher education, eliminate duplication
7.24and redundancy, streamline administration,
7.25and focus on providing an education that
7.26prepares students for the workforce needs of
7.27Minnesota.
| 7.28 |
Subd. 4.Primary Care Education Initiatives |
.,...,000 |
.,...,000 |
||||
7.30access fund.
| 7.31 |
Subd. 5.Special Appropriations |
||||||
| 7.32 |
(a) Agriculture and Extension Service |
..,...,000 |
..,...,000 |
||||
7.34the Minnesota Extension Service.
| 8.1 |
(b) Health Sciences |
.,...,000 |
.,...,000 |
||||
8.3physicians in the St. Cloud Hospital family
8.4practice residency program. The program
8.5must prepare doctors to practice primary care
8.6medicine in the rural areas of the state. The
8.7legislature intends this program to improve
8.8health care in rural communities, provide
8.9affordable access to appropriate medical
8.10care, and manage the treatment of patients in
8.11a more cost-effective manner.
8.12The remainder of this appropriation is for
8.13the rural physicians associates program, the
8.14Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, health
8.15sciences research, dental care, and the
8.16Biomedical Engineering Center.
| 8.17 |
(c) Institute of Technology |
.,...,000 |
.,...,000 |
||||
8.19youth mathematics program.
| 8.20 |
(d) System Special |
.,...,000 |
.,...,000 |
||||
8.22education, Natural Resources Research
8.23Institute, Center for Urban and Regional
8.24Affairs, and the Bell Museum of Natural
8.25History.
| 8.26 8.27 |
(e) University of Minnesota and Mayo Foundation Partnership |
.,...,000 |
.,...,000 |
||||
8.29collaborative research partnership between
8.30the University of Minnesota and the Mayo
8.31Foundation for research in biotechnology
8.32and medical genomics. This appropriation
8.33is available until expended. All parties to
8.34the partnership and chairs of the senate
9.1and house of representatives committees
9.2responsible for higher education finance
9.3must be consulted before the Board of
9.4Regents reduces the amount allocated to the
9.5partnership under this paragraph during the
9.6biennium ending June 30, 2013. An annual
9.7report on the expenditure of these funds must
9.8be submitted to the governor and the chairs
9.9of the senate and house of representatives
9.10committees responsible for higher education
9.11and economic development by June 30 of
9.12each fiscal year.
| 9.13 |
Subd. 6.Academic Health Center |
||||||
9.15Center funding under Minnesota Statutes,
9.16section 297F.10, is $22,250,000 each year.
| 9.17 |
Sec. 6. MAYO MEDICAL FOUNDATION |
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| 9.18 |
Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation |
$ |
.,...,000 |
$ |
.,...,000 |
||
9.20purpose are specified in the following
9.21subdivisions.
| 9.22 |
Subd. 2.Medical School |
...,000 |
...,000 |
||||
9.24each year for each student who is a resident
9.25of Minnesota. The appropriation may be
9.26transferred between years of the biennium to
9.27accommodate enrollment fluctuations.
9.28It is intended that during the biennium the
9.29Mayo Clinic use the capitation money to
9.30increase the number of doctors practicing in
9.31rural areas in need of doctors.
| 9.32 9.33 |
Subd. 3.Family Practice and Graduate Residency Program |
...,000 |
...,000 |
||||
10.2support for up to 27 residents each year.
10.3 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 136A.121, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
10.4 Subd. 6. Cost of attendance. (a) The recognized cost of attendance consists of (1)
10.5allowances specified in law for living and miscellaneous expenses, and (2) for two-year
10.6programs, an allowance for tuition and fees equal to the lesser of the average tuition
10.7and fees charged by the institution, for four-year programs, the highest average tuition
10.8and fees charged by a Minnesota public university, or for any program the tuition and
10.9fee maximums established in law.
10.10(b) For a student registering for less than full time, the office shall prorate the cost of
10.11attendance to the actual number of credits for which the student is enrolled.
10.12(c) The recognized cost of attendance for a student who is confined to a Minnesota
10.13correctional institution shall consist of the tuition and fee component in paragraph (a),
10.14with no allowance for living and miscellaneous expenses.
10.15(d) For the purpose of this subdivision, "fees" include only those fees that are
10.16mandatory and charged to full-time resident students attending the institution. Fees do
10.17not include charges for tools, equipment, computers, or other similar materials where the
10.18student retains ownership. Fees include charges for these materials if the institution retains
10.19ownership. Fees do not include optional or punitive fees.
