1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; appropriating money to
1.3 	the board of trustees to freeze tuition for the
1.4 	biennium.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$20,700,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $42,200,000 in fiscal
1.8 	year 2007 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of
1.9 	Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to
1.10 	supplement instructional appropriations in lieu of tuition
1.11 	increases.  This appropriation is available only if the
1.12 	following two conditions are met:
1.13 	(1) legislative appropriations for the 2006-2007 biennium
1.14 	are at least $197,300,000 over the current base; and 
1.15 	(2) the board of trustees does not increase tuition above
1.16 	the level of the 2004-2005 academic year for the biennium.