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Minnesota State Colleges and Universities2015 Legislative SessionBill Introductions Related to Higher EducationSF StatusBill TextSummaryChief AuthorHF StatusBill TextSummaryChief AuthorShort asHF284TextSummaryO'DriscollRelating to higher education; providing tuition assistance forstate high school graduates to attend MnSCU colleges;appropriating moneyRelating to health; adding rural mental health professionals,public health nurses, dental therapists, and advanced dentaltherapists to the health professional education loan forgivenessprogram; appropriating moneyRelating to workforce development; requiring the commissionerof labor and industry to identify competency standards for dualtraining; creating a dual training competency grant program;appropriating money;Relating to health occupations; establishing a registrationsystem for speech-language pathology assistants; settingregistration feesRelating to retirement; making administrative changes to theTeachers Retirement Association; changing maximum excludedearnings limits from calendar year to fiscal year; extending theinterest-free period for leave of absence service creditpurchases; making federal conformity changes affecting allstate pension llRelating to retirement; Public Employees RetirementAssociation; making administrative and technical 2TextSummaryKreshaLoonPage 1Relating to economic development; jobs creation; modifyingpermitting efficiency goals; rulemaking reform; allowing asubtraction for certain active business income of pass-throughentities; increasing the rate of and providing for limitedrefundability of the research credit; adopting the Minnesota NewMarkets Jobs Act; providing capital for business growth ineconomically distressed communities; workforce housing;providing for a workforce housing grant program; providing foradditions to taxable income; providing a credit for contributionsto land trusts; promoting the creation of land trusts; providing acredit for new STEM and long-term care employees; depositingrevenue from certain agency penalties in the general fundinstead of dedicated funds; eliminating statutory appropriationsof penalty revenue to agencies; creating a small businesscompliance assistance grant program; imposing penalties;appropriating moneyRelating to education; clarifying conditions for teacher licensureand employment; amending alternative teacher licensure;providing for teacher licensure reciprocity with adjoining states;clarifying the license via portfolio option; clarifying theexemption for technical education instructors; clarifyingdecisions affecting teachers' unrequested leaves of absenceand teaching assignments; prohibiting school administratorsfrom placing students with ineffective teachers; clarifyingteacher skills examination requirements
SF StatusSF396Bill TextTextSummarySummaryChief AuthorClausenHF StatusBill TextSummaryChief cumSF194TextSummarySheranHF198TextSummaryJohnson, 5TextSummaryHilstomSF664TextSummaryTorres extSummarySummaryTorres RayMetzenPage 2Short DescriptionRelating to labor; restricting public union release timeRelating to higher education; requiring a Truth in Enrollmentdisclosure at the time of admissionRelating to education; modifying certain teacher licensureprovisionsRelating to higher education; prohibiting postsecondaryinstitutions from sponsoring certain informational campaignsRelating to state government; providing that laws governingpurchasing from small businesses and targeted groupbusinesses apply to the Minnesota State Colleges andUniversitiesRelating to education; establishing Success for All programRelating to education; establishing additional accountabilitymeasures for charter schools serving at-risk studentpopulationsRelating to capital investment; appropriating money to design,renovate, renew, furnish, and equip laboratory, classroom, andoffice spaces at South Central CollegeRelating to education; modifying requirements for placingteachers on unrequested leave of absence or discontinuing orterminating teachersRelating to education; authorizing 9th and 10th grade studentsto enroll in concurrent enrollment world language coursesRelating to capital investment; appropriating money for St.Cloud State University; authorizing the sale and issuance ofstate bondsRelating to state government; providing for zero-basedbudgetingRelating to cosmetology; providing for cosmetologyapprenticeshipsRelating to higher education; establishing certain duties forprivate for-profit postsecondary schools; requiring certaindisclosuresRelating to higher education; establishing certain requirementsrelated to private education loans; requiring certain disclosuresRelating to education; collecting and reporting data on theefficacy of teacher preparation programs approved by the stateBoard of Teaching; appropriating moneyRelating to taxation; individual income; allowing a tax credit forK-12 teachers who complete a master's degree in a contentarea directly related to their licensure field; appropriatingmoney;Relating to education; reaffirming the importance of teachermentorship programs; appropriating moneyRelating to education; providing for interstate reciprocityagreements for teacher licensureRelating to state government; ratifying labor agreements andcompensation plansRelating to education; amending the definition of publicemployee to include replacement employees who are employedfor more than 60 days as a replacement teacher or facultymember
SF StatusBill TextSummaryChief AuthorHF StatusBill TextSummaryChief y, hy, lowskiHF418TextSummaryScottPage 3Short DescriptionRelating to higher education; requiring student loan originatorsto provide certain disclosuresRelating to employment; modifying payment of wages andpayroll and payroll deductionsRelating to taxation; income; establishing a credit andsubtraction for certain contributions for higher educationexpensesRelating to education; providing for teacher licensureRelating to health; adding rural mental health professionals,public health nurses, dental therapists, and advanced dentaltherapists to the health professional education loan forgivenessprogram; appropriating moneyRelating to higher education; requiring disclosures in certainmaterials disseminated by public postsecondary institutionsRelating to state government; providing that laws governingpurchasing from small businesses and targeted groupbusinesses apply to the Minnesota State Colleges andUniversitiesRelating to education; allowing a tax credit for K-12 teacherswho complete a master's degree in a content area directlyrelated to their licensure field; appropriating moneyRelating to education; making school year-long studentteaching programs part of teacher preparationRelating to higher education; requiring the Board of Trustees ofthe Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to establishsupplemental academic instruction; appropriating moneyRelating to higher education; modifying child care granteligibilityRelating to economic development; appropriating money for agrant to the Minnesota High Tech Association'sSciTechsperience program; providing for science, technology,engineering, and math (STEM) internships.Relating to rural workforce development; providing for ruralworkforce system coordinators; requiring reports; appropriatingmoney for rural workforce system coordinators; appropriatingmoney for the Minnesota youth programRelating to education; modifying certain enrollment optionsprovisionsRelating to education; requiring a study on concurrentenrollment courseRelating to education finance; creating a mobile manufacturinglab program; appropiating moneyRelating to education; integrating service-learning intoMinnesota's education system; establishing an evidence-basedservice-learning grant program; providing for a task force onteacher preparation and licensure requirements related toservice learning; appropriating moneyRelating to capital investment; appropriating money for WinonaState University's education village phase 2; authorizing thesale and issuance of state bonds.Relating to government contracts; requiring submission to anagency or municipality of certain documents maintained by acontractor upon request
SF StatusBill TextSummaryChief AuthorHF StatusBill TextSummaryChief 5TextSummaryJohnson, t DescriptionRelating to state and local government; limiting amount a publicagency may pay to acquire real property or an interest in realpropertyRelating to employment; providing for performance-basedgrants; appropriating moneyRelating to commerce; modifying regulation of interactiveInternet continuing education coursesRelating to higher education; establishing a veterans-toagriculture pilot program; appropriating moneyRelating to workforce development; appropriating money to thecommissioner of employment and economic development forcareer counseling aryO'DriscollSF590TextSummarySparksRelating to retirement; general state employees retirement planof the Minnesota State Retirement System; general employeesretirement plan of the Public Employees RetirementAssociation; Teachers Retirement Association; modifyingprovisions directing criteria for making recommendations toadjust employee and employer contribution ratesRelating to retirement; general state employees retirement plan;correctional state employees retirement plan; State Patrolretirement plan; public employees police and fire retirementplan; Teachers Retirement Association; St. Paul TeachersRetirement Fund Association; modifying the financialsustainability triggers for postretirement adjustmentmechanismsRelating to education; modifying Principals' LeadershipAcademy provisions; appropriating moneyRelating to workforce development; providing grants toemployers for job training; requiring a report; appropriatingmoneyRelating to workforce development; providing a job training taxcredit; requiring a report; appropriating money;Relating to education; amending alternative teacher licensure;allowing for teacher license reciprocityRelating to retirement; general state employees retirement planof the Minnesota State Retirement System; modifying disabilityapplication deadlines in certain instancesRelating to long-term care; providing for long-term careworkforce needs; appropriating moneyJensenRelating to capital investment; appropriating money for highereducation asset preservation and replacement (HEAPR) at theUniversity of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges andUniversities; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.Relating to long-term care; modifying nursing facility employeescholarship costs; expanding the health professionals eligiblefor the health professional education loan forgiveness program;appropriating moneyRelating to education; requiring reports of teacher and principalevaluation resultsRelating to education; clarifying the requirements for issuingMinnesota teaching licenses to out-of-state 645TextSummaryKielPage 4
SF StatusSF682SF893Bill TextTextTextSummarySummarySummaryChief ryHF StatusBill TextSummaryChief amiltonRosenHF955TextSummaryGuntherPage 5Short DescriptionRelating to education; clarifying foreign language proficiencylevels required for proficiency certificates and gold and platinumbilingual and multilingual state seals; directing Minnesota StateColleges and Universities to award academic credit forstudents' demonstrated foreign language proficiency;establishing an advisory task force on assessing students'proficiency in foreign languages when ACTFL assessments areunavailable;Relating to education; clarifying teacher skills examinationrequirementsRelating to higher education; appropriating money for programsto help foreign-born and other students succeed in nursingprograms.Relating to education; ensuring nontraditional instructionalprogram choices; modifying students' personal learning plans;requiring a reportRelating to education finance; providing full funding for thecollege concurrent enrollment program; appropriating money;Relating to education; providing postsecondary enrollmentoptions program information to students and parentsRelating to higher education; appropriating money for tuitionrelief.Relating to health; adding mental health professionals andindependent clinical social workers to the health professionaleducation loan forgiveness program; appropriating moneyRelating to rural workforce development; providing for ruralworkforce system coordinators; requiring reports; appropriatingmoney for rural workforce system coordinators; appropriatingmoney for the Minnesota youth programRelating to higher education; creating a pilot grant program forstudent loan debt repayment counseling; appropriating moneyRelating to capital investment; appropriating money forRiverland Community CollegeRelating to education; postsecondary; providing a teachershortage loan forgiveness program; authorizing rulemaking;appropriating moneyRelating to capital investment; appropriating money for theDakota County Technical College transportation and emergingtechnologies renovation projectRelating to higher education; clarifying regulation ofpostsecondary study abroad programsRelating to higher education; creating a grant program for spinalcord injury and traumatic brain injury research; establishing thespinal cord and traumatic brain injury advisory council;appropriating moneyRelating to economic development; appropriating money forentrepreneurial development; requiring reports
SF StatusBill TextSummaryChief AuthorHF StatusBill TextSummaryChief SummaryScottPage 6Short DescriptionRelating to economic development; appropriating money for theDepartments of Employment and Economic Development,Labor and Industry, and Commerce; the Bureau of MediationServices; Housing Finance Agency; Explore MinnesotaTourism; Boards of Accountancy, AELSLAGID, CosmetologistExaminers, and Barber Examiners; Workers' CompensationCourt of Appeals; and Public Utilities Commission; makingpolicy and technical changes; modifying fees; providingpenalties; requiring reports; modifying data sharingRelating to education; providing funding and policy for earlychildhood and family, prekindergarten through grade 12, andadult education, including general education, educationexcellence, special education, facilities, technology, nutrition,libraries, accounting, early childhood, education, selfsufficiency, lifelong learning, and state agencies; appropriatingmoneyRelating to agriculture; creating the Agriculture Research,Education, and Technology Transfer Board; appropriatingmoneyRelating to education; establishing alternative compensationpreparation revenue; increasing funding for certain districts andcharter schools engaged in teacher development, evaluation,and peer coaching; appropriating moneyRelating to higher education; data practices; requiring changesto campus policies on sexual harassment and sexual violence;encouraging good faith reporting of sexual harassment andsexual violence; requiring coordination between postsecondaryinstitutions and law enforcement; requiring postsecondaryinstitutions to create an online reporting system; restrictingaccess to data; requiring training of campus security officersand administrators; requiring institutions provide student healthservices for victims of sexual assaultRelating to data practices; modifying provisions on personneldata; requiring disclosure of certain sources of remunerationRelating to higher education; requiring the Board of Trustees ofthe Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to disclosecertain information related to consultants providing advice oranalysis to the boardRelating to education; directing the Board of Teaching to adoptstandards for a specialized license, endorsement, or credentialfor project-based learning; requiring a project-based learningproposalRelating to higher education; encouraging saving for highereducation expensesRelating to higher education; establishing a merit-basedacademic excellence grant program for certain Minnesotaundergraduate students; appropriating moneyRelating to data practices; eliminating a restriction on disclosureof data related to a complaint or charge against certain publicemployees
SF StatusSF863Bill TextTextSummarySummaryChief ClausenHF StatusBill TextSummaryChief sHF879TextSummaryAnderson, PHF880TextSummaryAnderson, extSummaryNewtonHF982TextSummaryUrdahlPage 7Short DescriptionRelating to higher education; granting resident status forpurposes of higher education grants and scholarships tomembers of the state's National Guard who reside in the stateRelating to education; postsecondary; establishing a budget forhigher education; appropriating money to the Office of HigherEducation, the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota StateColleges and Universities, the Board of Regents of theUniversity of Minnesota, and the Mayo Clinic; modifying thestate grant deduction; making changes to the assigned familyresponsibilityRelating to education finance; establishing an agriculturaleducator grant program; appropriating money.Relating to education; postsecondary; providing loanforgiveness to individuals teaching in agricultural education;authorizing rulemaking; appropriating moneyRelating to agriculture; appropriating money for mentoring andfarm business management program challenge grantsRelating to capital investment; appropriating money for the St.Paul College Health and Science Alliance Center addition andWest Tower spaces; authorizing the sale and issuance of statebondsRelating to higher education; increasing the obligation of thestate to support the cost of instruction within the state collegesand universities through direct appropriationRelating to education; directing eligible public postsecondaryinstitutions to give full credit to students for completed PSEOcourses; requiring a reportRelating to higher education; regulating the process fordetermining whether a student at the Minnesota State Collegesand Universities requires remedial education;
SF Status Bill Text: Summary Chief Author: HF Status Bill Text: Summary Chief Author: Short Description SF2 Text Summary Stumpf HF340 Text Summary: Carlson Relating to higher education; providing tuition assistance for state high school graduates to attend MnSCU colleges; appropriating money SF3 Text Summary Clausen HF211 Text Summary Kiel
