Minnesota 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF2308 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/13/2025

                    1.1	A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to higher education; appropriating money for a grant to College Possible​
1.3 to support programs of college admission and graduation for low-income students;​
1.4 requiring a report.​
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; COLLEGE POSSIBLE.​
1.7 (a) $600,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $600,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from​
1.8the general fund to the commissioner of higher education for immediate transfer to College​
1.9Possible to support programming focused on college admission and college graduation for​
1.10low-income students through an intensive curriculum of coaching and support at both the​
1.11high school and postsecondary levels.​
1.12 (b) This appropriation must be used by College Possible only for programs supporting​
1.13students who are residents of Minnesota and attending colleges or universities within​
1.14Minnesota.​
1.15 (c) By February 1 each fiscal year in which College Possible receives an appropriation,​
1.16College Possible must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative​
1.17committees and divisions with jurisdiction over higher education and kindergarten through​
1.18grade 12 education on activities funded by this appropriation. The report must include but​
1.19is not limited to information about the expansion of College Possible in Minnesota, the​
1.20number of College Possible coaches hired, the expansion within existing partner high​
1.21schools, the expansion of high school partnerships, the number of high school and college​
1.22students served, the total hours of community service by high school and college students,​
1.23and a list of communities and organizations benefiting from student service hours.​
1​Section 1.​
REVISOR VH/HL 25-04357​02/28/25 ​
State of Minnesota​
This Document can be made available​
in alternative formats upon request​
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES​
H. F. No.  2308​
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
Authored by Vang​03/13/2025​
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy​