Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                         CHAPTER 60-H.F.No. 204 
           An act relating to higher education; creating a 
          student advisory council to the higher education 
          coordinating board; requiring, as nearly as possible, 
          one-sixth of the terms of voting members of the higher 
          education coordinating board to expire each year; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 136A.02, 
          subdivisions 1 and 1a, and by adding a subdivision. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 136A.02, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  The higher education coordinating board 
shall consist of eight citizen members, one from each 
congressional district, to be appointed by the governor with the 
advice and consent of the senate, and three citizen members also 
to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of 
the senate to represent the state at large.  The chair of the 
student advisory council shall serve as a nonvoting member of 
the board.  All appointees to the board shall be selected for 
their knowledge of and interest in post secondary education and 
at least one shall be selected specifically for knowledge of and 
interest in vocational education.  No A voting member of the 
board shall must not be an employee of or receive compensation 
from a public or private post-secondary institution while 
serving on the board.  
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 136A.02, 
subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 1a.  The term of each voting board member shall be 
six years.  As nearly as possible, one-sixth of the terms of the 
voting board members shall expire each year.  The terms of 
membership, compensation, removal of voting members, and filling 
of vacancies among voting members on the board shall be as 
provided in section 15.0575, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5.  
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 136A.02, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read:  
    Subd. 7.  [STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.] A student advisory 
council to the board is established.  The members of the council 
shall include the chair of the University of Minnesota 
university student senate, the state chair of the Minnesota 
state university student association, the president of the 
Minnesota community college student association, the president 
of the Minnesota vocational technical student association, the 
president of the Minnesota association of private college 
students, and a student who is enrolled in a private vocational 
school registered under this chapter, to be appointed by the 
Minnesota association of private post-secondary schools.  A 
member may be represented by a designee. 
    The advisory council shall: 
    (1) bring to the attention of the board any matter that the 
council believes needs the attention of the board, 
    (2) make recommendations to the board as the council deems 
appropriate, 
    (3) review and comment upon proposals and other matters 
before the board, 
    (4) provide any reasonable assistance to the board, and 
    (5) select one of its members to serve as chair and as a 
nonvoting member of the board.  The board shall inform the 
council of all matters under consideration by the board and 
shall refer all proposals to the council before the board acts 
or sends the proposals to the governor or the legislature.  The 
board shall provide time for a report from the advisory council 
at each meeting of the board. 
    The student advisory council shall report to the board 
quarterly and at other times that the council considers 
desirable.  The council shall determine its meeting time, but 
the council shall also meet with the executive director of the 
board within 30 days after the director's request for a council 
meeting.  The student advisory council shall meet quarterly with 
the higher education advisory council and the board executive 
committee. 
    Approved May 6, 1985