Good afternoon. Earlier today, Governor Mark Dayton signed the higher education bill into law. The bill is now 2015 Session Law, Chapter 69. Have a nice holiday weekend. Melissa Melissa... Continue Reading →
2015 Legislative Summary
Good morning, The below summary was provided to the Board of Trustees this morning at the Finance and Facilities Committee meeting, and includes legislation that impacts Minnesota State Colleges and... Continue Reading →
2015 legislative session ends with potential for special session
The Legislature adjourned the 2015 session at midnight last night after a hurried attempt to get all bills approved. The major spending bills that were approved by the Legislature, including... Continue Reading →
Final Higher Education Bill Heads to Governor Dayton – May 17, 2015
Good evening. The Senate approved the higher education conference committee report this afternoon by a vote of 57-8; and the House approved it this evening by a vote of 71-57.... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – May 16, 2015
Good morning. Higher education conferees met privately throughout the day and night yesterday, but didn’t hold a public conference committee as originally intended. The conference committee is scheduled to tentatively... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – May 14, 2015
Good morning. The higher education conference committee is currently meeting and discussing the Minnesota statewide higher education attainment goals in the Senate bill. The Senate sets goals for postsecondary education:... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – May 13, 2015
Good morning. Both the House and Senate are in session today to take up a variety of bills (see agendas below), and conference committees will continue to meet throughout the... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – May 12, 2015
Good morning. The full Senate passed SF280 yesterday, the contract ratification bill, by a vote of 50-13. This is the bill that ratifies the IFO, MSCF and MSUAASF contracts, and... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – May 5, 2015
Good morning. The higher education conference committee is scheduled to meet this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. The side-by-side comparison for the higher education bills has been prepared and can be... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – May 4, 2015
Good morning. Two weeks remain in the 2015 legislative session, and the House, Senate and Governor Mark Dayton are still far apart on the major issues this session. Last week,... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – April 24, 2015
Good morning. It will be another busy day for both the House and Senate as they continue to debate the omnibus finance bills on the floor. The House will take... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – April 15, 2015
Yesterday at the Capitol The Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee released their omnibus bill yesterday, presented it in committee, marked it up and passed it. It will head... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – April 10, 2015
Yesterday at the Capitol Governor Dayton urges lawmakers to invest in education Governor Mark Dayton delivered his State of the State address yesterday evening to a joint session of the... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – April 8, 2015
Yesterday at the Capitol Governor Dayton recommends $100 million in bonding for MnSCU Governor Mark Dayton released his bonding recommendations yesterday for the 2015 session. For Minnesota State Colleges and... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – March 27, 2015
Yesterday at the Capitol The Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee heard several bills yesterday, including SF 995, authored by Senator Greg Clausen, DFL-Apple Valley. The bill provides adequate... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – March 24, 2015
Yesterday at the Capitol The House Ways and Means Committee met yesterday and heard from Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Myron Frans on Governor Mark Dayton’s supplemental budget, which includes $142... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – March 17, 2015
Yesterday at the Capitol Budget discussion is beginning to take center stage at the Capitol this week. The House Ways and Means Committee met yesterday morning and among other things,... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – March 16, 2015
Good morning. Lawmakers will be working hard this week to meet the first committee bill deadline on Friday. This is when all policy bills must be out of the body... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – March 13, 2015
Yesterday at the Capitol The Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee met yesterday and heard a number of bills intended to help students succeed. Sen. Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, presented... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – March 12, 2015
Yesterday at the Capitol The House Higher Education Policy and Finance Committee heard a number of bills yesterday aimed at improving student completion. HF1517, introduced by Rep. Kim Norton, DFL-Rochester,... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – March 10, 2015
Good morning. There were many new bills introduced yesterday in both the House and Senate. Those that impact Minnesota State Colleges and Universities have been included on the spreadsheet. The... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – March 9, 2015
Good morning. This week, expect to see a flurry of bill activity in committee as lawmakers work to meet the first committee deadline of March 20, the date when all... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – March 6, 2015
Yesterday at the Capitol Governor Mark Dayton announced yesterday that he will deliver his State of the State address on March 25. Also yesterday, the full House took up HF2,... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – March 5, 2015
Yesterday at the Capitol The House Higher Education Policy and Finance Committee heard yesterday about one of the many existing K-12 – higher education partnerships throughout the state; the North... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – March 4, 2015
Yesterday at the Capitol The House Higher Education Policy and Finance Committee heard HF742 yesterday, a bill introduced by Rep. Marion O’Neill, R-Maple Lake, that would require campus sexual harassment... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – Monday, March 2, 2015
Yesterday at the Capitol The February state budget forecast was released Friday projecting an additional surplus for the FY2016-2017 biennium, bringing the total surplus to $1.869 billion. Following the press... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – February 25, 2015
Yesterday at the Capitol Minnesota State Colleges and Universities presented the system’s $142 million biennial budget request before the House Higher Education Policy and Finance Committee yesterday afternoon. Trustee Michael... Continue Reading →
Legislative Report on World Language Equivalencies
The recently submitted Legislative Report on World Language Equivalencies is posted for information. The report responds to the 2014 legislative requirement for MnSCU faculty to determine credit and course equivalencies... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – February 24, 2015
Yesterday at the Capitol Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Chancellor Steven Rosenstone and Vice Chancellor for Finance Laura King provided a system enrollment and financial overview presentation to the House... Continue Reading →
Legislative Update – February 23, 2015
Good morning. It’s going to be a busy week for higher education at the Capitol. The House Ways and Means Committee will learn more about public higher education this morning,... Continue Reading →
