Higher Education Committee

2003 § 34 Study the relationship between the University of North Dakota and the Energy and Environmental Research Center. The study must include a review of the working relationship between the entities including financial responsibilities and expectations of each entity including potential alternative administrative reporting lines and business models.

Study higher education finances and the overall financial stability of institutions under the control of the State Board of Higher Education. The study must include a review of the finances of each institution, including short- and long-term debt obligations, operating income margins, estimated future tuition income, institutional reserves, and anticipated future funding changes through the higher education funding formula. (Legislative Management directive)

Receive annual report from the State Board of Higher Education regarding the number of North Dakota academic scholarships and career and technical education scholarships provided and demographic information pertaining to the recipients (NDCC § 15-10-59)

Receive biennial report and recommendations from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Advisory Council regarding the strategic plan, programs, and facilities of the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences (NDCC § 15-52-04)

Receive report from any tribally controlled community college receiving a grant under NDCC Chapter 15-70 detailing the expenditures of the grant funds, a copy of the institution's latest audit report, and documentation of the enrollment status of students (NDCC § 15-70-05)

Receive a report from the State Board of Higher Education regarding the transfer appropriation authority from the operation to the capital assets line items within subdivisions 2 through 14 of section 1 of Senate Bill 2003 for the biennium beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2019 (2017 Senate Bill No. 2003, § 20)

Receive a report from the State Board of Higher Education regarding the status of efforts to collaborate with Minnesota entities for research network purposes (2017 Senate Bill No. 2003, § 33)

Receive a report from the State Board of Higher Education during the 2017-18 interim regarding the status of inconsistencies in employee classifications and human resources reporting, employee leave policies, practices for awarding tuition waivers, and practices regarding the charging of student fees, including policies and procedures being developed to address the inconsistencies (2017 Senate Bill No. 2003, § 37)

Receive a report from the State Board of Higher Education during the 2017-18 interim regarding the total number of employee positions reduced at each institution, the number of administrative positions reduced at each institution, and whether any former administrative staff employees are still employed by the institution at a different position (2017 Senate Bill No. 2003, § 38)