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    Title: May 30, 2017 Governor Dayton letter regarding Chapter 89, Senate File 943
    Article Date: 5/30/2017
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    File: 2017_05_30_Letter_Ch_89.pdf 

    Text: May 30, 2017

    The Honorable Michelle L. Fischbach
    President of the Senate
    Room 2113, Minnesota Senate Building
    St. Paul, Minnesota 55155

    Dear Madam President:
    On the advice of my General Counsel, to ensure there are no legal challenges,
    I am signing Chapter 89, Senate File 943 rather than allowing it to become law
    without my signature.

    In my judgement, the Omnibus Higher Education bill represents a lost
    opportunity to more substantially invest in Minnesota State, the University of
    Minnesota, and our need-based State Grant Program at a time of sizeable state budget
    surplus.

    The bill has several notable features including the creation of a statewide
    resource that will provide professional development and guidance on best practices
    for post-secondary institutions on campus sexual violence prevention and response
    and will provide food and housing emergency assistance for students at risk of
    dropping out.

    The bill invests significantly in campus support at Minnesota State and core
    mission support at the University of Minnesota, but unfortunately not at a level that
    will prevent tuition increases. Investments in MnDrive research, health care training,
    and the Natural Resources Research Institute are important to the entire state.

    The increased investment in need-based aid will add 4; 100 new recipients and
    help low and middle income students and their families with over 82,000 students
    seeing increases in their grants between $45 and $1,378.

    For these reasons, I hope next year we can make additional investments in our
    higher education institutions and programs to make college more affordable for all
    Minnesotans.

    Sincerely,
    Mark Dayton
    Governor

    cc: Senator Paul E. Gazelka, Senate Majority Leader
    Senator Thomas M. Bakk, Senate Minority Leader
    Senator Michelle Fischbach, Minnesota Senate
    Representative Kurt Daudt, Speaker of the House
    Representative Melissa Ho1tman, House Minority Leader
    Representative Bud Nornes, House of Representatives
    The Honorable Steve Simon, Secretary of State
    Mr. Cal R. Ludeman, Secretary of the Senate
    Mr. Patrick Murphy, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
    Mr. Paul Marinac, Reviser of Statutes

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