1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; requiring notice of changes to administration 
1.3 	of financial aid programs; modifying transfer authority for grant programs;
1.4 	amending Laws 2009, chapter 95, article 1, section 3, subdivision 21; proposing 
1.5 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [136A.129] LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.
1.8 	The office shall notify the chairs of the legislative committees with primary 
1.9 	jurisdiction over higher education finance of any proposed material change to the 
1.10 	administration of any of the grant or financial aid programs in sections 136A.095 to 
1.11 	136A.128.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Laws 2009, chapter 95, article 1, section 3, subdivision 21, is amended to read:

1.13	Subd. 21.Transfers
 					
1.14 	The Minnesota Office of Higher Education 
1.15 	may transfer unencumbered balances from 
1.16 	the appropriations in this section to the state 
1.17 	grant appropriation, the interstate tuition 
1.18 	reciprocity appropriation, the child care 
1.19 	grant appropriation, the Indian scholarship 
1.20 	appropriation, the state work-study 
1.21 	appropriation, the achieve scholarship 
1.22 	appropriation, the public safety officers' 
1.23 	survivors appropriation, and the Minnesota 
2.1 	college savings plan appropriation. Transfers 
2.2 	from the state grant, child care, or state 
2.3 	work-study appropriations may only be made 
2.4 	to the extent there is a projected surplus in 
2.5 	the appropriation. A transfer may be made 
2.6 	only with prior written notice to the chairs 
2.7 	of the senate and house of representatives 
2.8 	committees with jurisdiction over higher 
2.9 	education finance.

2.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.