HF 2073 - Appropriates State Funding for Free College Tuition and Automatic Admission - Minnesota Key Vote

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Title: Appropriates State Funding for Free College Tuition and Automatic Admission

Signed by Governor Tim Walz


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Title: Appropriates State Funding for Free College Tuition and Automatic Admission

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report vote and pass a bill that appropriates state funding for free college tuition and automatic admission for certain low income students.

Highlights:

  • Appropriates $340.4 million in 2024 and $436 million in 2025 for state funding for the North Star Promise Program in order to provide free college tuition and automatic admission for certain low income students starting in the 2024 school year (Article 1, Sec. 2).

  • Specifies that students in families making less than $80,000 per year shall be authorized to receive state funding to cover tuition and fees remaining after scholarships and grants to attend postsecondary institutions (Article 1, Sec. 2).

  • Establishes a program for free undergraduate education for Native American students at public postsecondary schools (Article 1, Sec. 2).

  • Establishes a pilot program to give qualifying high school seniors automatic conditional admission to public colleges and universities (Article 1, Sec. 2).

See How Your Politicians Voted

Title: Appropriates State Funding for Free College Tuition and Automatic Admission

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report vote and pass a bill that appropriates state funding for free college tuition and automatic admission for certain low income students.

Highlights:

  • Appropriates $340.4 million in 2024 and $436 million in 2025 for state funding for the North Star Promise Program in order to provide free college tuition and automatic admission for certain low income students starting in the 2024 school year (Article 1, Sec. 2).

  • Specifies that students in families making less than $80,000 per year shall be authorized to receive state funding to cover tuition and fees remaining after scholarships and grants to attend postsecondary institutions (Article 1, Sec. 2).

  • Establishes a program for free undergraduate education for Native American students at public postsecondary schools (Article 1, Sec. 2).

  • Establishes a pilot program to give qualifying high school seniors automatic conditional admission to public colleges and universities (Article 1, Sec. 2).

Title: Appropriates State Funding for Free College Tuition and Automatic Admission

Title: Appropriates State Funding for Free College Tuition and Automatic Admission

Title: Appropriates State Funding for Free College Tuition and Automatic Admission

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