Bill Text: MN SF2724 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Postsecondary tuition program task force establishment
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Referred to Education [SF2724 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2724-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; creating a task force on establishing a postsecondary tuition
1.3endowment; requiring a report.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. POSTSECONDARY TUITION PROGRAM TASK FORCE.
1.6 Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of education, in collaboration
1.7with the president of the University of Minnesota and the chancellor of the Minnesota State
1.8Colleges and Universities, shall appoint an advisory task force by July 1, 2014, to research
1.9the establishment and operation of an endowment that pays the tuition of any public school
1.10student who gains admission to a public higher educational institution in Minnesota.
1.11 Subd. 2. Duties. The duties of the task force include:
1.12(1) reviewing similar programs throughout the country, including "the power of you";
1.13(2) providing expenditure estimates for the program; and
1.14(3) exploring possible funding sources for an endowment.
1.15 Subd. 3. Report. By December 20, 2014, the task force must submit its
1.16recommendations to the commissioner of education. The commissioner shall report
1.17findings and recommendations to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over
1.18kindergarten through grade 12 education and higher education by December 31, 2014.
1.3endowment; requiring a report.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. POSTSECONDARY TUITION PROGRAM TASK FORCE.
1.6 Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of education, in collaboration
1.7with the president of the University of Minnesota and the chancellor of the Minnesota State
1.8Colleges and Universities, shall appoint an advisory task force by July 1, 2014, to research
1.9the establishment and operation of an endowment that pays the tuition of any public school
1.10student who gains admission to a public higher educational institution in Minnesota.
1.11 Subd. 2. Duties. The duties of the task force include:
1.12(1) reviewing similar programs throughout the country, including "the power of you";
1.13(2) providing expenditure estimates for the program; and
1.14(3) exploring possible funding sources for an endowment.
1.15 Subd. 3. Report. By December 20, 2014, the task force must submit its
1.16recommendations to the commissioner of education. The commissioner shall report
1.17findings and recommendations to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over
1.18kindergarten through grade 12 education and higher education by December 31, 2014.
