1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; creating a state adjunct
1.3 	to the federal educational Upward Bound or Talent
1.4 	Search Trio programs; authorizing the Higher Education
1.5 	Services Office to administer the program;
1.6 	appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in
1.7 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. [136A.861] UPWARD BOUND OR TALENT SEARCH TRIO
1.10 	PROGRAMS.
1.11 	The director may make grants to eligible public and private
1.12 	postsecondary institutions located in this state for talent
1.13 	search and upward bound programs.  Program eligibility and
1.14 	activities shall be the same as those under the federal Upward
1.15 	Bound or Talent Search Trio programs as specified in Code of
1.16 	Federal Regulations, parts 643 and 645, respectively, and other
1.17 	applicable federal laws or regulations.  An "eligible"
1.18 	institution is an institution that has at any time received a
1.19 	grant from the federal government under any of the federal Trio
1.20 	programs created by United States Code, title 20, section
1.21 	1070a-11.  The director shall establish a competitive grant
1.22 	process for the programs and develop grant application forms.
1.23 	The director must award grants based on the merits of a proposal
1.24 	in providing authorized program services.  Grants shall be for
1.25 	two years of program activities unless a shorter term is
1.26 	requested.  The director shall attempt to distribute grants
2.1 	geographically throughout the state.  The director must grant
2.2 	all available funds in each grant cycle, provided there are
2.3 	sufficient meritorious applications.  A grantee must submit
2.4 	reports to the director at the same time and containing the same
2.5 	information as is required of grantees receiving federal Upward
2.6 	Bound and Talent Search Trio program grants.  The director may
2.7 	require additional reports or information from grantees.

2.8 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.9 	$5,000,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $5,000,000 in fiscal
2.10 	year 2007 are appropriated from the general fund to the director
2.11 	of the Higher Education Services Office for the purpose of
2.12 	section 1.  This appropriation is added to the agency's
2.13 	permanent budget base.