Mandate Details

Description:	Report on an internal audit of expenditures, based on uniform historical data, to determine (1) administrative costs at each Minn. State institution, compared to core expenses; (2) the current ratio of spending on institutional support versus instruction; and (3) whether administrative operations are growing disproportionately in relation to core academic functions; as well as (4) an analysis of administrative costs at the central office and the increase in staffing over the previous 10 years.
Law:	2021 Minn. Laws 1st Spl. Sess. Chap. 2 Art. 2 Sec. 43
Agency(ies)/Supplier(s):	Minn. State
Due Date:	01/01/2022
Frequency:	One time
Subjects:	Education-Higher
Committee/Agency Jurisdiction:	Finance Committee - Senate Higher Education Ways and Means Committee - House of Representatives
Note:	The report shall use the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) data submitted to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to ensure uniformity, as institutions that receive federal financial aid funding report their financial data annually to NCES, and expense classifications are generally consistent year-to-year and apply to institutions uniformly.

Title	Publisher(s)	Publication Date	Coverage	Date Received	Report Link	Call #
Expense Patterns of Public Higher Education Institutions: Report to the Legislature	Minn. State	January 1, 2022		01/11/2022	22-0029.pdf	LB2342.15.M6 E97 2022