Higher Education Committee

1036 § 1 Study developmental education issues, including a review with the Department of Public Instruction and the North Dakota University System of the secondary schools attended by students requiring developmental education, the reasons students need developmental education, efforts to reduce the number of developmental education students at higher education institutions, the alignment of elementary and secondary education standards, curriculum, and textbooks with higher education admissions standards, and the best practices for alleviating developmental education at higher education institutions

1033 § 3 Study issues affecting higher education, including higher education funding mechanisms and higher education budget methods

2351 § 2 Study the assessment of mandatory fees and fees for optional purposes or services by institutions under the control of the State Board of Higher Education, including the manner in which such fees are determined, identified, and justified and whether the programs, purposes, services, and activities supported by such fees should in fact be supported by tuition dollars, legislative appropriations, or other public or private funding sources

Study alternative funding methods for higher education - Legislative Management chairman directive

Study higher education governance - Legislative Management chairman directive

Study methods to improve higher education accountability - Legislative Management chairman directive

Receive information from the University System office and Dickinson State University staff regarding the internal review report of international transfer agreements at Dickinson State University - Legislative Management chairman directive

Receive report from the Statewide Longitudinal Data System Committee on the status of the plan for a longitudinal data system (NDCC § 15.1-02-18)

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 School of Medicine and Health Sciences (NDCC § 15-52-04)

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 § 15-62.2-05)

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)