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Bill Summary Comparison:Higher Education Policy

Senate File 1236, the secondengrossment

Senate File 1236, the second unofficialengrossment

Article 2: Reform & Pathways toReform

Article 3: Miscellaneous

Article 4: State Grant Program

Article 2: Policy

Prepared by:Senate Counsel, Research and Fiscal Analysis and House Research

May 6, 2013

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Bill Summary ComparisonSenate File 1236

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Section Article 2: Reform and Pathways to Reform Section Article 2: Policy

No comparable Senate provision. 1 Reports. Expands and streamlinereporting requirements for the UnMinnesota and MnSCU.

As part of their biennial budget resystem would newly be required tfive-year history of systemwide exreported by functional area and obexpenditure; (2) a five-year histortotal instructional expenditures peequivalent student; and (3) a five-systems total revenues by source

The systems are required to work commissioner of management andoffice of higher education to devereporting practices. The systems

to develop the ability to respond torequests for financial analyses mothat required by this section.

1 High school to college transition program

grants. Restructures program grants to institutionsrather than students. Requires institutional match.Makes many administrative changes.

No comparable House provision.

No comparable Senate provision. 3 Institution termination. Codifieadministrative rules related to terminstitutions eligibility to participa

financial aid programs. The stand

termination are as provided in the with new allowances for terminati


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following circumstances:

the institution has a consisnoncompliance with Minn

or administrative policies raid programs, or lacks the administer the programs oon a number of listed facto

the institution misapproprifunds

the institution falsifies infoengages in misleading or drelated to administration o

programs

the institution no longer m

requirements for participataid programs in current law

the institution is terminateparticipation in federal finprograms by the U.S. DepEducation due to noncomplaws, regulations, and agre

participation in those prog

No comparable Senate provision. 4 Termination procedure. Codifie

administrative rules related to the terminating an institutions partici


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student aid programs.

No comparable Senate provision. 5 Request for hearing. Codifies exadministrative rules allowing an in

request an administrative hearing termination from participation in sprograms.

No comparable Senate provision. 6 Restriction on awards during teperiod. Permits the Office of Higwithhold further financial aid disbinstitutions subject to termination

participation in state student progrrequirements for use of funds currinstitution for financial aid purpos

No comparable Senate provision. 7 Final decision; orders. Codifies administrative rules related to the decision is made when a terminatiappealed to an administrative law

No comparable Senate provision. 8 Reinstatement of eligibility. Coadministrative rules related to the reinstatement of an institutions el

participate in state student aid pro

No comparable Senate provision. 9 Reinstatement requirements. Cadministrative rules that establish for an institution to be reinstated iin the state student aid programs, wcriteria: the institution must allow

Higher Education to conduct a reiand the institution must be eligible


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federal financial aid programs.

No comparable Senate provision. 10 Response to reinstatement requexisting administrative rules relate

institutions request for reinstatemparticipation in the state student aa new authorization for the OfficeEducation to place an institution ostatus.

No comparable Senate provision. 11 Probationary period. Establisherequirements for an institution sub

probationary reinstatement into stprograms.

No comparable Senate provision. 12 Reinstatement. Requires reinstatinstitution into participation in sta

programs if the institution successprobationary reinstatement periodeligible to participate in the progra

No comparable Senate provision. 13 Student awards after terminatioexisting administrative rules relatedisbursement of student aid fundsinstitution is terminated from partstudent aid programs, and clarifieof SELF loans related to these disb

2 Institution reporting. Requires the reporting ofenrollment, persistence, graduation, job placement,salary, and debt data information to the Office of

Higher Education by institutions participating instate grant programs.



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3 Child care grants. Increases the maximum childcare grant award from $2,600 to $2,800 for eacheligible child per academic year.

Identical language. 15 Amount and length of grants. Imaximum child care grant award $2,800 per academic year.

4 Online platform service. Defines an onlineplatform service as a nondegree granting entity thatprovides online access to schools to enable theschools to offer online training, courses or

programs. Related to section 5.


5 Tuition-free educational courses. Exemptsschools, including a school using an online

platform service offering training, courses, orprograms that offer tuition-free courses to studentsin Minnesota, from regulation by the Office ofHigher Education. Specifies the circumstancesunder which a course is considered to be tuition

free. To qualify for an exemption, a school oronline platform service must prominently display anotice comparable to the following:IMPORTANT: Each educational institutionmakes its own decision regarding whether to acceptcompleted coursework for credit. Check with youruniversity or college.

Stylistic differences.

The Senate language includes additional detail related todetermining whether a course is tuition free, and

requires schools and online platforms to display a notice toparticipants.

19 Free educational courses. Exemprovide exclusively free training oprograms or courses where no tuitcharges are required for participatregistration and degree and name requirements contained in law.

No comparable Senate provision. 20 Statewide electronic infrastructsolutions. Requires the DepartmeEmployment and Economic DeveDepartment of Education, the OffEducation, the University of Minn

Minnesota State Colleges and Unicollaborate to implement an electr


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infrastructure to support academicsuccess. The infrastructure wouldtools, including efolioMinnesota a

At a minimum, the efolioMinnesobe enhanced to allow certain portfsolutions. Other details related toand goals of the system are provid

The director of the Office of Highrequired to submit a report to the legislature by January 15 of each y

progress related to implementing infrastructure.

6 MnSCU reserves project. Subdivisions 1 to 4,establish the MnSCU reserves project, modeledafter a statutory pilot program, to transfer certain

reserve deposits of selected institutions from theState Treasury to a community financialinstitution. Delineates participation requirementsand directs MNSCU and MMB to submit a reportevaluating the program.


7 Exemptions. Exempts from state regulationpostsecondary education providers (licensed by thestate) whose courses are offered for less than $100.

Similar language; House exempts schools that provide freetraining, programs, or courses, Senate exempts schools forwhich tuition, fees, and other charges do not exceed $100.

24 Exemptions. Exempts schools thexclusively free training or instrucor courses where no tuition, fees, are required for participation fromrequirements contained in law.

8 Timely completion of programs. Directs the

Office of Higher Education, in consultation withthe higher education policy and finance committees



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of the legislature, to analyze strategies tofinancially assist students in the timely completionof their program. Specifies issues to be examined,and requires a report.

9 Student loan refinancing analysis. Directs theOffice of Higher Education, in consultation withthe higher education policy and finance committeesof the legislature, to examine the feasibility and

potential components of a program to assistMinnesota residents in refinancing student loans forhigher education. Specifies the issues to beexamined, and requires a report.


10 Pilot program of intensive guidance. Directs theMnSCU Board of Trustees to operate at least one

pilot program at a college and one at a universitythat provides a high level of course advising andguidance, personal financial counseling, and job

placement for students who are at risk of notcompleting their studies. Specifies programobjectives, and requires a report.


11 Higher Ed institutional participation in state aid

programs report. Directs the Office of HigherEducation to report to the chairs and rankingminority members of the legislative committees anddivisions with jurisdiction over higher education

policy and finance on the available and appropriatedata that should be used as statutory criteria todetermine whether a higher education institutionshould be allowed to participate in state financial



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aid programs.

12 University of Minnesota reports. Directs theBoard of Regents to report to the legislative

committees and divisions with primary jurisdictionover higher education finance and policy on thefollowing: (1) specified information about theTwin Cities campus medical school; (2) specifiedinformation about the undergraduate science,technology, engineering, and mathematics

programs on the Twin Cities campus; and (3)specified information obtained from the analysesand reports the board will receive from SibsonConsulting and Huron Consulting on theuniversitys administrative costs.


13 Mental Health Issues summit. Directs theMnSCU Board of Trustees, in cooperation with theCommissioner of Human Services, to convene asummit to develop a comprehensive workforce planto: (1) increase the number of mental health

professionals and practitioners; (2) ensureappropriate course work and training experience;and (3) increase the number of culturally diversemental health professionals and practitioners.


14 Salary study. Directs the MnSCU Board ofTrustees and the Board of Regents of the Universityof Minnesota to conduct a study on assorted issues

pertaining to faculty and administrative staffcompensation.



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15 Repealer. Repeals obsolete high school-to-collegetransition program language.


No comparable Senate provision. 26, para.

(b)

Repealer. Repeals a number of a

rules related to termination of an istate aid eligibility. These rules arecodified into statute in earlier se

Art. 3

1

Dissemination (SLEDS). Authorizes theCommissioner of DEED to release employment andtraining data to the Office of Higher Education.


2 SLEDS powers and duties. Directs the Office ofHigher Education and DEED, under the direction ofthe P-20 Education Partnership SLEDS governancecommittee, to improve and expand the statewidelongitudinal education data system (SLEDS) to

provide data and information to assortedconstituencies.


3 Terrorist relationship prohibited. Directs theBoard of Regents of the University of Minnesotaand the Board of Trustees of MnSCU to develop

policies concerning hosting, expending money on,facilitating travel for, or conferring anacademic honor on behalf of any person who haseither been convicted of an act of terrorism or whohas publicly acknowledged committing or

participating in terrorism.


4 Higher Ed advisory council. Makes the Higher

Education Advisory Council (HEAC) an advisorycouncil to the Governor and Legislature on higher

Senate modifies HEAC structure and membership; House

repeals HEAC.

26, para.

(a)

Higher Ed advisory council. Se

above. The House language repe


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education and workforce needs in the state. Addsthe director of the Office of Higher Education andthe Commissioner of DEED to the councils

membership and provides the option of having a

representative of nonprofit private colleges on thecouncil.

Education Advisory Council in its

5 Commissioner. Changes Directorof theMinnesota Office of Higher Education toCommissioner.


6 Independent student. Makes a technical change. Identical language. 2 Independent student. Clarifies ato federal law in the definition of

student for purposes of state gran

programs.

7 Eligible students. Make conforming changes.Allows an additional term of eligibility for the

receipt of a child care grant and Safety OfficersSurvivor grant if a student has to withdraw due to amajor illness. This policy already applies to stategrant recipients.

Identical language. 14 Eligible student. Provides that a withdraws from enrollment due to

entitled to an additional semester child care grant.

This section only applies to withdstudent is under the care of a medand the illness substantially limits

ability to complete the academic t

8 Research dogs and cats. Requires certainfacilities that use dogs and cats for research to offerthese animals to animal rescue organizations incertain circumstances.


9 Definitions. Makes a technical change. Identical language. 16 Definitions. Clarifies an existing


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law in the definition of independ

purposes of state work-study prog

10 Tribal College supplemental grant assistance.

Subdivisions 1 through 4, establish a program toprovide grants to tribally controlled colleges. Thecolleges must use the grant money to support theeducation of students enrolled at the college whoare a resident of Minnesota, but are not an enrolledmember of a federally recognized Indian tribe.


11 Additional security. Makes a technical changepertaining to the surety bond a private college musthold; lets surety companies know how the bond can

be cancelled.

Identical language. 17 Additional security. Establishescancellation of a required surety bwhere a bond is required because institution has fallen below specifstandards required for participatiofinancial aid programs.

To operate within the state, all priand in some circumstances out-ofinstitutions operating within the stto register with the Office of High

12 Criteria for approval. Require registered privatecolleges and universities to inform certain facultyand staff on the institutions source information andadvice to students regarding the transfer of creditsand students financial aid.


13 Disapproval of registration appeal. Requires theOffice of Higher Education to notify any school

against which the office may take action that theschool has the right to an administrative hearing.

Identical language. 18 Disapproval of registration appright of a school to appeal an orde

Higher Education related to a schoapproved degrees, or use of a term


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name. Appeals of these orders arprovided in the Administrative Pr

If an operating school has its regismay continue to operate until a finis made in the appeal, unless otherthe court.

14 Contracts. Prohibits the inclusion of provisionsthat authorize the payment of bonus in contracts theMnSCU Board of Trustees enters into with thechancellor, a vice-chancellor, or a president.

House prohibits bonus or other performance-basedincentive payment. Senateprohibits bonus payment.

21 Contracts. Prohibits a MnSCU cemployee from including a provisauthorizes or provides for a discremandatory bonus or other performincentive payment.

This section would apply to contraon or after the day following final

15 Appropriation; fringe benefits. Prohibits the use

of direct appropriations to the University ofMinnesota from begin used to pay any mandatoryor discretionary bonus payment provided for in anemployment contract with the president, vice-

presidents, chancellors, provosts, vice provosts,deans, or directors of individual programs.

House prohibits state appropriations from being used for a

bonus or other performance-based incentive payment.Senateprohibits state appropriations for a bonuspayment.

22 Appropriation; fringe benefits.

direct appropriations to the Univedo not include, and may not be usmandatory or discretionary bonus

performance-based incentive paymin an employment contract with ceadministrators.

16 MnDRIVE. Subdivisions 1 through 3, establishthe Minnesota Discovery, Research, and InnovationEconomy Funding (MnDRIVE) program at theUniversity of Minnesota. Specifies the programsactivities, provides for the submission of budgetrequests to the Legislature, and requires a report of

the programs investments and accomplishmentsrelated to funds received from the state.

Identical language. 23 Minnesota Discovery, ResearchEconomy (MnDRIVE) funding p

Establishes the MnDRIVE scientifunding program in statute and promechanism for funding requests.

The Board of Regents is requestedinvestment proposals consistent w


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objectives of the program to the leconsideration. The governor is rerecommendation regarding MnDRrequests to the legislature.

An accountability report must be schairs and ranking minority memblegislative committees with overseducation policy and finance by Modd-numbered year.

17 Minimum standards. Require licensed privatecolleges and universities to make informationavailable to certain faculty and staff on theappropriation source of institutional informationand advice to students regarding the transfer ofcredits and students financial aid.


18 Definitions. Add a definition of veteran relatedto certain education benefits.


19 Recognition of veterans and training courses.Add a definition and specify that in recognizingcourses and awarding educational credits,consideration must be given to academic skillsdeveloped in all aspects of the training or servicecourse curriculum, and may not be limited solely tothe physical fitness or activity components of thecourse.


20 Recognition of veteran status. Directs MnSCU

and the University of Minnesota to adopt policiesrecognizing an applicants veterans status as a



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positive factor in determining whether to grantadmission to a graduate or professional degree

program or in the case of the University ofMinnesotaan undergraduate program.

21 Use of data. Authorizes the release ofunemployment data to the Office of HigherEducation.


22 Safety Officer Survivors. Allows an additionalterm of eligibility for the receipt of Safety Officers

Survivor grant if a student has to withdraw due to amajor illness. This policy already applies to stategrant recipients.

Identical language. 25 Renewal (Public Safety Officer Benefit). Provides that a student wfrom enrollment due to a major illan additional semester of eligibilitsafety officer survivor benefit.

This section only applies to withdstudent is under the care of a medand the illness substantially limits

ability to complete the academic t

23 Revisors instruction. Contains instructions to therevisorregarding title change of director of theOffice of Higher Education to commissioner.


Art. 4

1

Assigned family responsibility. Changes the stategrant program assigned family responsibility forindependent students without dependents other thana spouse, from 68 percent to 50 percent of thestudent contribution.


2 Grant stipends. Changes the state grant programassigned student responsibility from 46 percent to50 percent.



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3 State grant tuition max. States that, for thepurposes of the state grant program, for thebiennium ending June 30, 2015, the tuition and feemaximum for students in four-year programs is

$13,000 in each fiscal year, for students enrolled intwo-year programs $5,808 in each fiscal year; setsthe LME at $7,940 in each fiscal year.

House language does not increase the tuition maximum orliving expense allowance.

Tuition maximum and living exp

Establishes the tuition maximum aexpenses allowances for the biennof calculating a state grant award.

4 State grant/part time students. Specifies themethodology to be used in calculating the stategrant award for part-time students at MnSCUinstitutions.

For the biennium, the Senate language requires the AFR tobe prorated by the percent of full-time enrollment; theHouse language sets new specific AFR amounts forindependent students, based on whether the student hasdependents.

Assigned family responsibility.

calculation of the assigned familyamount for independent students, for purposes of calculating a state

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