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Minnesota State Senate

Higher Education

2023-2024 Regular Session

Report Date: November 10, 2024 1:02:27 PM

Bill # Senate Author Description Date Received Hearing Date Action Taken Senate Last Action
SF32 McEwen Wage credits modification and reimbursement provision; unemployment insurance aid establishment and appropriation 02/21/2023 03/23/2023 Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development See HF2073, HF2497
SF182 Gruenhagen Postsecondary institution requirement to notify a school of student withdrawal 01/11/2023 See HF2497
SF197 Klein Education benefit for dependents of disabled veterans establishment 01/12/2023
SF219 Draheim Minnesota State Colleges and Universities providing of affordable textbooks for a percentage of courses requirement 01/12/2023
SF227 Draheim Loan forgiveness program establishment for mental health professionals 01/12/2023
SF245 Draheim State higher education grant program institution requirements modification 01/12/2023
SF249 Draheim Higher education loan program interest rate capping establishment 01/12/2023
SF267 Fateh Increase Teacher of Color Act in higher education strengthening 01/12/2023 01/26/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF268 Fateh Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and universities appropriation to expand low-cost course material options and fund an undergraduate tuition reduction 01/12/2023 See HF2073
SF269 Fateh Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and universities appropriation to fund an undergraduate tuition reduction 01/12/2023 See HF2073
SF326 Boldon Summer academic enrichment program appropriation 01/17/2023 01/26/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF418 Westlin Provision for including suicide prevention information on student identification cards 02/16/2023 02/28/2023 Laid over See HF2497
SF431 Oumou Verbeten Postsecondary student grants income tax subtraction authorization; emergency assistance for postsecondary student program appropriation 01/19/2023 02/02/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF439 Hoffman Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority restructure and renaming as the Minnesota Health and Education Facilities Authority; construction and financing of health care facilities authority authorization; bonding capacity increase 01/19/2023 02/14/2023 Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans
SF636 Fateh Minnesota's Tribal colleges grants appropriation 01/25/2023 02/16/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF655 Fateh Inclusive Higher Education Technical Assistance Center and inclusive higher education grant establishment and appropriation 01/25/2023 02/02/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF687 Putnam Parameters in the state program modification 01/25/2023 03/21/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF811 Westrom Higher education immunizations exemption expansion 01/26/2023
SF909 Westrom Teacher shortage loan forgiveness eligibility to include nonpublic schools modification 01/30/2023
SF929 Lucero Resident tuition and student aid provisions modification 01/30/2023
SF953 Lucero Public postsecondary institutions requirement to keep certain student information private 01/30/2023
SF998 Xiong Student loan advocate establishment 02/16/2023 03/02/2023 Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection See SF2744
SF1010 Fateh Certain higher education provisions modification 02/01/2023
SF1011 Fateh Certain policy changes provision to postsecondary attainment goals, student financial aid, institutional licensure provisions, and institutional grant programs 02/01/2023 02/07/2023 Amended and recommended to pass
SF1045 Port Postsecondary institution's mandated sexual harassment and sexual assault policy amendment 02/01/2023 02/29/2024 Laid over See HF4024, HF5247
SF1177 Putnam Workforce development provisions modifications; Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities appropriation for workforce for development 02/02/2023 03/16/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF1192 Cwodzinski Hennepin Community and Technical College asset preservation bond issue and appropriation 02/02/2023
SF1213 Oumou Verbeten Public employee definition exclusions modifications 02/06/2023 02/16/2023 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans See HF1830
SF1215 Oumou Verbeten Higher education institutions requirement to provide access to menstrual products at no charge to students; appropriating money 02/06/2023 03/02/2023 Amended, laid over and may become part of omnibus bill See HF2073
SF1269 Fateh Addiction medicine graduate medical education fellowship program at Hennepin County Medical Center appropriation 02/06/2023 02/09/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF1275 Duckworth FAFSA or state financial aid application high school students completion requirement 02/06/2023 03/05/2024 Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Policy
SF1288 Putnam Allied health technician scholarship program establishment 02/06/2023 02/14/2023 Laid over
SF1295 Rarick Education initiatives appropriation for to support students who are or were in foster care 02/06/2023 02/09/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF1392 Putnam Wallin Education Partners grant appropriation to support programs of college admission and graduation for low-income students 02/08/2023
SF1515 Putnam Postsecondary student voter registration provisions modification 02/16/2023 03/09/2023 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Elections See HF1830
SF1594 Kupec Paramedic scholarship program establishment and appropriation 02/13/2023 02/28/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF1695 Gustafson Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota request to provide embedded mental health counselors 02/16/2023
SF1702 Kupec Grant program establishment for in-need colleges 02/16/2023 03/09/2023 Laid over
SF1709 Fateh Board of Regents and Regent Candidate Advisory Council modification 02/16/2023 03/02/2023 Laid over
SF1750 Putnam Workforce development scholarships expansion development 02/16/2023
SF1807 Putnam CentraCare Health System University of Minnesota Medical School Campus appropriation 03/16/2023 03/23/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF1875 Pha College Possible grant to support programs of college admission and graduation for low-income students appropriation 02/20/2023 See HF2073
SF1986 Fateh Minnesota Commitment to Higher Education Act 02/20/2023 02/21/2023 Amended and recommended to pass See HF2073
SF2075 Fateh Omnibus Higher Education appropriations 02/27/2023 03/30/2023 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance
SF2084 Kupec Minnesota Independence College and Community grant appropriation for student scholarships and other specified purposes 02/27/2023 03/07/2023 Laid over See HF2073, HF2497
SF2155 Rarick Teach for America grant appropriation 02/27/2023
SF2217 Abeler Minnesota State High School Mathematics League students scholarship program establishment and appropriation 02/27/2023
SF2242 Putnam Hunger-Free Campus program modification 03/01/2023 03/09/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF2306 Putnam Postsecondary student basic needs working group establishment 03/01/2023 03/09/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF2326 Hauschild Funding increase to the University of Minnesota Natural Resources Research Institute 03/01/2023 03/07/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF2390 Rarick Higher education grant amounts increase and dual training competency grant program adjustment authorization; appropriating money 03/02/2023 03/23/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF2393 Murphy Assigned student responsibility for the state higher education grant program decrease; appropriating money 03/02/2023 03/21/2023 Laid over
SF2548 Hauschild Permanent university fund modification for mineral research 03/06/2023 03/07/2023 Laid over
SF2548 Hauschild Permanent university fund modification for mineral research 03/07/2023 Laid over
SF2603 Kupec Minnesota State Colleges and Universities appropriations 03/06/2023 03/14/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF2629 Fateh Minnesota State Colleges and Universities mental health services appropriation 03/06/2023
SF2636 Murphy University of Minnesota operations and maintenance appropriation 03/06/2023 03/14/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF2840 Kupec State employee higher education scholarship establishment and appropriation 03/13/2023
SF2858 Miller Minnesota State Colleges and Universities member colleges NextGen project payment prohibition; Minnesota State Colleges and Universities appropriation for NextGen project funding authorization 03/13/2023
SF2859 Miller Minnesota State Colleges and Universities appropriation for NextGen reimbursement for member colleges authorization 03/13/2023
SF2964 Jasinski Riverland Community College funding provision 03/16/2023
SF2967 Kupec Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees funding provision 03/16/2023 03/23/2023 Laid over
SF3005 Champion Grant appropriation to the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers for a pilot program for black Minnesota undergraduates exploring law school and legal careers 03/20/2023 03/23/2023 Laid over See SF3035
SF3097 Fateh Minnesota State college placement practices review and appropriation 03/22/2023 03/23/2023 Laid over See HF2073
SF3261 Putnam Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities requirement to transfer its central office to the campus of a college or university governed by the board 04/13/2023
SF3349 Seeberger Institutional grant program for realtime stenographic writer training establishment and appropriation 05/19/2023
SF3364 Hoffman Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) research and caregiver support programs grant appropriation 03/04/2024 03/05/2024 Laid over See SF5335, HF4024, HF5247
SF3585 Oumou Verbeten Certain higher education state grant provision modifications 02/15/2024
SF3616 Mitchell Postsecondary institutions permission to request a temporary polling place on the institution's campus 02/22/2024 03/07/2024 Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans See HF4772
SF3667 Oumou Verbeten Department of Corrections higher education liaison appropriation; Fresh Start program information outreach requirement 02/15/2024 04/11/2024 Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety See HF5216
SF3804 Kupec Per-credit cost of tuition removal for student teachers 02/19/2024 02/22/2024 Laid over
SF3806 Kupec Matching funds provision to institutions for childcare programs 02/19/2024 04/16/2024 Laid over
SF3945 Putnam Higher education previous appropriations modifications 02/19/2024 03/21/2024 Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance
SF3966 Mann Maximum stipend reward for underrepresented student teacher grants increase; appropriating money 02/19/2024
SF4003 Fateh Omnibus Higher Education policy bill 02/20/2024 03/21/2024 Amended and recommended to pass
SF4041 Hoffman Home care worker education grants and loan forgiveness establishment and appropriations 02/22/2024
SF4107 Kunesh Increase Teachers of Color Act modification; aspiring teachers of color pilot scholarship program permanency establishment; special revenue fund establishment; appropriating money 03/13/2024 04/04/2024 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance See HF5237
SF4226 Putnam Workforce development scholarships program eligibility expansion provision 02/26/2024 03/05/2024 Laid over See HF4024, HF5247
SF4269 Oumou Verbeten Postsecondary education institutions incarcerated and postprison persons provisions modifications 02/26/2024 02/29/2024 Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety See HF4024, HF5247, HF5216
SF4269 Oumou Verbeten Postsecondary education institutions incarcerated and postprison persons provisions modifications 04/02/2024 02/29/2024 Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety See HF4024, HF5247, HF5216
SF4340 Kupec Requirements enforcement related to higher education institution contracts with online program management companies 02/29/2024 03/14/2024 Laid over See HF4024, HF5247
SF4400 Oumou Verbeten Legacy admissions and admissions based on donor status prohibition 02/29/2024 03/12/2024 Laid over
SF4402 Putnam SNAP eligibility for students enrolled in higher education modification 03/14/2024 03/14/2024 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services
SF4416 Putnam Minnesota State Colleges and Universities faculty academic freedom protections establishment; artificial intelligence working group establishment 02/29/2024 03/07/2024 Laid over
SF4503 Rarick North Star Promise provisions modifications 03/04/2024
SF4525 Fateh Minnesota Respond, Innovate, Succeed and Empower (RISE) Act establishment 03/04/2024 03/14/2024 Laid over See HF4024, HF5247
SF4597 McEwen Public employee definition modification; University of Minnesota employees bargaining units modification 03/04/2024 03/07/2024 Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans See HF5247
SF4635 Kupec Peace officer skills training tuition removal 03/07/2024 04/16/2024 Laid over
SF4667 Fateh Office of Higher Education requirement to develop a standardized financial aid letter 03/07/2024
SF4668 Fateh Promise equalization scholarship program establishment to supplement state grant awards for students attending Minnesota private nonprofit postsecondary institutions 03/07/2024
SF4755 Hauschild Cook County Higher Education Board transfer appropriation 03/07/2024
SF4827 Kunesh University of Minnesota supplemental funding appropriation 03/11/2024
SF4912 Wiklund Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota submission of information to legislature prior to the introduction of a bill appropriating money requirement provision, requiring annual reporting, health professions workforce advisory council recommendations from the commissioner of health requirement, and University of Minnesota academic health system appropriation 03/13/2024 04/04/2024 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services See HF5247
SF4912 Wiklund Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota submission of information to legislature prior to the introduction of a bill appropriating money requirement provision, requiring annual reporting, health professions workforce advisory council recommendations from the commissioner of health requirement, and University of Minnesota academic health system appropriation 04/02/2024 04/04/2024 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services See HF5247
SF5128 Oumou Verbeten Pilot program creation to provide meal stipends to full-time PSEO students 03/20/2024
SF5326 Fateh Omnibus Higher Education supplemental appropriations 04/04/2024 04/18/2024 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance
SF5416 Rasmusson Metropolitan State University funding for cyber range services appropriation 04/11/2024
SF5480 Weber Public postsecondary institutions maintenance of a supply of opiate antagonists on system campuses requirement 04/25/2024
SF5514 Coleman Student organizations endorsing terrorism cancellation requirement provision and removing all financial aid eligibility for students who endorse terrorism 05/06/2024