When the Minnesota higher-education conference committee meets today

Going to talk to the House about this. (trainman74 via Flickr)

Got this announcement over the weekend (bold italics are mine).

The conference committee will meet to hash out differences between the House and Senate higher-education bills and synthesize them into one piece of legislation, which must then be voted on.

If the various documents listed below, I tend to find the language summary most helpful for those new to the legislation.

Monday, May 13, 2013 – 30 Minutes after the last body adjourns

Conference Committee on S.F. 1236
Chairs: Sen. Terri E. Bonoff and Rep. Gene Pelowski Jr.
CONFEREES: SENATE: Bonoff; Miller; Eken; Clausen; Pappas – HOUSE: Pelowski Jr.; Winkler; Rosenthal; Dorholt; Nornes
30 Minutes after the last body adjourns
Room 318 Capitol

Walk through of spreadsheets and side-by-sides for the Higher Education omnibus bills.

Agenda:
S.F. 1236-Bonoff: Omnibus higher education appropriations bill.

Higher Education – Side by Side – Appropriation (PDF)

Higher Education – Side by Side – Policy (PDF)

Higher Education – Side by Side – Spreadsheet (PDF)

Higher Education – Side by Side – Summary of Language (PDF)

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Alex Friedrich

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Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.