1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; establishing a branch campus of the University of 
1.3 	Minnesota in Rochester; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2004, section 137.17, subdivisions 1, 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, 
1.5 	section 137.17, subdivisions 2, 4.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 137.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Establish. The Board of Regents may establish a school of 
1.9 	professional and graduate studies as a nonresidential branch campus of the University of 
1.10 	Minnesota, in Rochester, to serve the educational needs of working adults and other 
1.11 	nontraditional students in southeastern Minnesota and to foster the economic goals of the 
1.12 	region and the state. The legislature intends that the University of Minnesota expand higher 
1.13 	education offerings in Rochester. It is the intent of the legislature that this be achieved 
1.14 	in part by developing new and strengthening existing partnerships with higher education 
1.15 	institutions in Rochester and the region in which the state already has a significant 
1.16 	investment. The campus shall be a joint partnership of the University of Minnesota with 
1.17 	Rochester Community and Technical College, and Winona State University.
1.18 	The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall 
1.19 	cooperate to achieve the foregoing.

1.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 137.17, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.21 		Subd. 3.Missions. The legislature intends that the mission of the expanded 
1.22 	education offerings in Rochester be congruent with the university's unique core mission of 
1.23 	teaching, research, and outreach in order to support the educational needs and economic 
1.24 	development of this region and the state. The legislature recognizes that the distinctiveness 
2.1 	of each of the partner  higher education institutions in Rochester must be maintained to 
2.2 	achieve success in serving the higher education needs of the community and the economic 
2.3 	goals of the state. Further, the legislature intends that the University of Minnesota and the 
2.4 	other partner institutions avoid duplicative offerings of courses and programs. Therefore, 
2.5 	the University of Minnesota, Winona State University, and Rochester Community and 
2.6 	Technical College shall develop jointly a statement of missions, roles, and responsibilities 
2.7 	for the programs and services at Rochester which shall be submitted to the legislature by 
2.8 	January 30, 2000, and any time thereafter that the missions, roles, and responsibilities 
2.9 	change.

2.10 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION.
 2.11 	$5,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund for fiscal year 2007 to the Board of 
2.12 	Regents of the University of Minnesota for the purposes of section 1. This appropriation 
2.13 	is for academic programs supporting the University of Minnesota - Rochester, including 
2.14 	faculty, staff, and program planning and development in the areas of biomedical 
2.15 	technologies, engineering and computer technologies, health care administration, and 
2.16 	allied health programs; ongoing operations of industrial liaison activities; and operation 
2.17 	of leased facilities. This appropriation is in addition to the appropriation in Laws 2005, 
2.18 	chapter 107, article 1, section 4, subdivision 2. 

2.19 	Sec. 4.  REPEALER.
 2.20 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 137.17, subdivisions 2 and 4, are repealed.