| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to higher education; expanding the authority to offer applied doctoral |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 degrees at state universities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 135A.052, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 subdivision 1. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 135A.052, subdivision 1, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subdivision 1.Statement of missions.(a) The legislature recognizes each type of public |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8postsecondary institution to have a distinctive mission within the overall provision of public |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9higher education in the state and a responsibility to cooperate with each other. These missions |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10are as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (1) the technical colleges shall offer vocational training and education to prepare students |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12for skilled occupations that do not require a baccalaureate degree; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (2) the community colleges shall offer lower division instruction in academic programs, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14occupational programs in which all credits earned will be accepted for transfer to a |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15baccalaureate degree in the same field of study, and remedial studies, for students transferring |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16to baccalaureate institutions and for those seeking associate degrees; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (3) consolidated community technical colleges shall offer the same types of instruction, |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18programs, certificates, diplomas, and degrees as the technical colleges and community |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19colleges offer; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (4) the state universities shall offer undergraduate and graduate instruction through the |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21master's degree, including specialist certificates, in the liberal arts and sciences and |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22professional education, and may offer applied doctoral degrees in education, business, |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-04237 |
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| 25 | 25 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 27 | 27 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 29 | 29 | | H. F. No. 2561 |
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| 30 | 30 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 31 | 31 | | Authored by Bahner, Nash, Rarick, Wolgamott, Momanyi-Hiltsley and others03/20/2025 |
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| 32 | 32 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy 2.1psychology, physical therapy, audiology, and nursing, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.2other emerging areas of practice and workforce need, and any additional areas determined |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.3by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.4 (5) the University of Minnesota shall offer undergraduate, graduate, and professional |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.5instruction through the doctoral degree, and shall be the primary state supported academic |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.6agency for research and extension services. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.7 (b) It is part of the mission of each system that within the system's resources the system's |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.8governing board and chancellor or president shall endeavor to: |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.9 (1) prevent the waste or unnecessary spending of public money; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.10 (2) use innovative fiscal and human resource practices to manage the state's resources |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.11and operate the system as efficiently as possible; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.12 (3) coordinate the system's activities wherever appropriate with the activities of the other |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.13system and governmental agencies; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.14 (4) use technology where appropriate to increase system productivity, improve customer |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.15service, increase public access to information about the system, and increase public |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.16participation in the business of the system; |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.17 (5) utilize constructive and cooperative labor-management practices to the extent |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.18otherwise required by chapters 43A and 179A; and |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.19 (6) recommend to the legislature appropriate changes in law necessary to carry out the |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.20mission of the system. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25-04237 |
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