1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; amending state grant stipends;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2018, section 136A.121, subdivision 5.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 136A.121, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 5.Grant stipends. The grant stipend shall be based on a sharing of responsibility 
1.7 	for covering the recognized cost of attendance by the applicant, the applicant's family, and 
1.8 	the government. The amount of a financial stipend must not exceed a grant applicant's 
1.9 	recognized cost of attendance, as defined in subdivision 6, after deducting the following:
1.10 	(1) the assigned student responsibility of at least 50 percent of the cost of attending the 
1.11 	institution of the applicant's choosing;
1.12 	(2) the assigned family responsibility as defined in section 136A.101; and
1.13 	(3) the amount of a federal Pell grant award for which the grant applicant is eligible., 
1.14 	unless the student is ineligible to receive a Pell grant under United States Code, title 20, 
1.15 	section 1091(a)(5) or (d).
1.16 	The minimum financial stipend is $100 per academic year.