Higher Education Committee

Receive a report from the Higher Education Funding Formula Review Committee (Legislative Management Directive)

Study higher education institutions under the control of the State Board of Higher Education. The study must include: higher education trends, including enrollment, space needs, and distance education, and their impact on higher education institutions and the state; higher education research relating to agriculture, energy, and other sectors, including its economic impact, available funding, and the impact of institution and systemwide administrative structures on research; higher education facilities, including campus and legislative funding expectations and the role of the new three tier capital building fund program; and the role of higher education in meeting the state's workforce needs, including TrainND, dual missions, and interstate cooperation. (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 a copy of the campus free speech policy from the State Board of Higher Education (NDCC § 15-10.4-02)

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 State Board of Higher Education regarding any transfer of funds from the operations to the capital assets and capital building fund line items (2019 House Bill No. 1003, § 23)

Receive a report from the North Dakota University System during the 2019-20 interim on the use of funding in each institutions' capital building fund line item, the source of matching funds, and each institution's five-year plan for capital construction spending (2019 House Bill No. 1003, § 31)