1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; requiring the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
1.3 	State Colleges and Universities to develop a plan for timely degree completion 
1.4 	for certain transfer students.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 
1.7 	BACCALAUREATE DEGREE COMPLETION PLAN.
 1.8 	The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall 
1.9 	develop a plan to implement systemwide articulation agreements that lead to baccalaureate 
1.10 	degree completion within two years after transfer to a system university by a student 
1.11 	with an associate degree from a system college. The board shall report on this plan to 
1.12 	the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over higher education finance and 
1.13 	policy by March 15, 2015.