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Alex and other system-office staff walked the committee through ongoing and one-time requests on the long sheet. Highlights the committee endorsed or agreed to include by consensus: a one-time $1,500,000 appropriation for dual-credit scholarships from Bank of North Dakota (BND) profits (the line appears in the Senate version of the long sheet); a lower-cost option for a financial-aid compliance/enhancement system delivered through CTS for a biennial cost of $205,000 (including $25,000 one-time implementation and $180,000 ongoing maintenance/operations); and a Senate-proposed $25,000,000 Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) allocation for higher-education challenge grants (the committee retained the $25 million Senate figure in the long-sheet discussion).

Dave (system staff) explained the vendor quotes that produced the lower-cost financial aid system option: hosting the application at CTS for a biennium total of $205,000 rather than separate campus instances at a higher quoted cost. The committee had no objections to including $180,000 as base funding and $25,000 one-time implementation; the committee directed the one-time $25,000 be funded from the general fund.

Committee members discussed a proposed amendment from Senator Connolly to add the University of Mary and the University of Jamestown (two private institutions) into the eligibility list for challenge grants (each to receive $600,000 under the amendment). Connolly argued the private institutions serve North Dakota students and the requested funds would support student scholarship and endowment work; Senator Thomas and other members resisted using the state challenge-grant pot to fund private institutions, saying the program is intended to target public institutions under the existing statutory structure. Senators debated the amendment and the committee voted; the amendment failed on a roll-call vote with one \"yes\" and four \"no\" votes (Connolly yes; Thomas, Shibley, Meyer and the chairman recorded as no).

Members also discussed a proposed study to review the higher-education funding formula more broadly. The chairman asked staff to draft a study structure modeled on a legislative management finance study: the draft would propose a study committee of seven legislators (appointed by legislative management, with a chair who could be either a senator or representative) plus five nonvoting institutional vice-presidents to provide technical and operational guidance. Senator Scheibaly and others suggested the nonvoting institution representatives be selected to ensure geographic and institutional balance (UND, NDSU, a mix of four-year and two-year schools, east and west).

System-office staff also walked members through capital requests, bonding authorizations for several campuses, and special-purpose requests (e.g., Nursing Education Consortium, Professional Student Exchange funding). The long-sheet items will be updated to reflect the committee's consensus decisions and final language will be returned for adoption at the next meeting.

Ending: Staff will adjust the long sheet to include the committee's consensus additions — the dual-credit scholarship line, the CTS-based financial-aid system enhancement (205,000), and the retained SIF challenge-grant authorization — and to draft the study committee language for the funding-formula review.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Mon, Feb 17, 2025 8:30 AM-11:45 AM","oneSentenceSummary","The Appropriations - Education and Environment Division reviewed the University System long sheet, agreed to include a $1.5 million one-time dual-credit scholarship appropriation from Bank of North Dakota profits, approved a lower-cost financial-aid system enhancement (205,000 total), and retained $25 million in SIF challenge-grant authority while rejecting an amendment to add two private colleges to the grant list.","taxTitle","Appropriations - Education and Environment Division, Senate, Legislative, North Dakota","taxId",28899,"location","North Dakota","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6326824,"Appropriations committee trims and reallocates items in judiciary budget; approves targeted guardianship and GAL funding",1738,826000,2564000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2323649-8ff6bbe22fc2bb0c465f3d9713c804ff&start=826&end=2564","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2323649-8ff6bbe22fc2bb0c465f3d9713c804ff/thumbnail_826000.jpg","/articles/6326824/North-Dakota/Appropriations-committee-trims-and-reallocates-items-in-judiciary-budget-approves-targeted-guardianship-and-GAL-funding","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6326824-97b085bf4b2a2638acfd6e53e9d7c185/orig.mp4?Expires=1770436919&Signature=h0Z9Chhv8pHa0rwkVqYNTEO4Euz0gR7zbnWyhS-u7ksEimwZ0f25SbgsHy3a0zQF5XIkcI7sppM~ErPnTklA3GWVUplOttlZJb7m3x6sh5Iu201xhwQ8XbFredDPnLzoqwMqmAxmlkDgxWVl2Bw0VvUk46W0K~ikX2RgKQAL~8~yph9rEBP5RcLBkz46XkUHsfYzxi5Ckf9meqiAMnuA8bUoSjcprJ0qSMN7KefrgP1HOYHG32ihG-FruX~qaIv4dnGgo77GILt0sbVfEaAmUDPSrXga-G0xUHN2~26B7Wh1z21rEejIeUPcsLhYk2npVmXVDCwZBoEaNKu0Z~x3cQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Appropriations - Education and Environment Division reviewed the judiciary branch budget (02/2002) and agreed to several targeted funding adjustments and clarifications of responsibility.

Senator Thomas briefed the committee on a short set of proposed changes and said the committee should move funding for the FTEs directly into the judiciary budget rather than keeping those positions funded elsewhere. He also recommended removing an accrued-leave payout line and said budgeting for those payouts can be covered from the vacant FTE pool.

The committee approved several specific additions by consensus: funding for an Office of Guardianship and Conservatorship at 80% of the requested amount (a proposed $1,500,000 request reduced to $1,200,000 to stand up four employees), $36,000 for the rural attorney recruitment/retention program (to continue paying recruited rural attorneys), and half of the requested Guardian ad Litem program increase (committee approved $470,000, half of the $935,000 request). Those actions were recorded as committee consensus rather than a roll-call vote.

State Court Administrator Sally (identified on the record as the state court administrator) walked the committee through the judiciary's one-time and operating requests, stressing the operational importance of courtroom audio/video systems across the state's roughly 100 courtrooms. Sally told the committee: \"We have a hundred courtrooms out there. They're all integrated with sound and video. That's how we take our record, and that's also how we share resources.\" She described equipment nearing 15 years old and listed program needs including camera replacements, sound-rack updates, assisted listening devices for people with hearing aids, juror microphones and specific equipment for the Cass County courtroom.

Sally also highlighted interpreter costs and law-library subscription increases and noted county contracts for clerk-of-court services are contractual obligations the judiciary must fund; she said those contracts are entered the April before session and are already obligated. Alex, the committee budget staff, confirmed which items already appear on the long-sheet and noted some items (for example the cloud-hosting migration and accrued-leave line) had been handled in prior committee work.

Committee directions included: move judiciary FTE funding into the judiciary budget; leave the accrued-leave payout line at $0 because payouts can be paid from the vacant-FTE pool; and include the reduced (80%) funding for the Office of Guardianship and Conservatorship as an addition to the judiciary long-sheet. The committee asked staff to bring final recommended language and figures back at the next scheduled session for a formal vote.

Ending: The panel paused further action on the rest of the judiciary long sheet until staff reconciles the few items members flagged; members directed staff to present final recommendations the following morning.","The Appropriations - Education and Environment Division reviewed the judiciary branch budget (02/2002) and approved targeted additions while directing staff to move several staffing and payout items into the judiciary's appropriation.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6326828,"Appropriations panel amends SB2029, reallocates guardianship funds and removes AG funding section",426,344000,770000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2323649-8ff6bbe22fc2bb0c465f3d9713c804ff&start=344&end=770","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2323649-8ff6bbe22fc2bb0c465f3d9713c804ff/thumbnail_344000.jpg","/articles/6326828/North-Dakota/Appropriations-panel-amends-SB2029-reallocates-guardianship-funds-and-removes-AG-funding-section","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6326828-fa4133da4299321e557f2b2eeb32aa5c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770436919&Signature=eho3FlO~StypFHuv8enWwTVIddmR57KeCzv7dJO8itd-JQTBjuxG-ev-MWbu9YGH6c5hx13PcDRZIz0GONxyXg-m2wVzXvaKzPaDXvBi4ytgJrEzrSzUK-pvEtjzSO1~vziTB7jFE7RKJNtM4w3MJVxd1pwhCiscoH3Jq3xjKdb~0BeLunTYP~8SdZ8oCHzpdp2reQz71dPu29DWRyhY~B~F1ipYp9yC~ZUidnVTYz2QqGL63IbpktdXmP-2SlBo4hvU~t0aKCVNcvscO5Ip2jx3lYpTGPI~mjqU7Ja~nCEhLfB5Z3VQ7TYiioYLSmU2rPWSWxvSZZ4UgrF8LI5Y7w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Appropriations - Education and Environment Division amended Senate Bill 2029 on funding for guardianship programs and voted to give the bill a due pass as amended.

The committee adopted changes to section 6 that adjust line-item amounts for several guardianship programs and agreed to remove section 7, which had proposed funding in the attorney general's budget related to the program. Senator Thomas moved the amendment and Senator Connolly seconded; the motion passed on a roll-call vote and a separate due-pass motion on the bill as amended also carried.

The amendment replaces several dollar figures in section 6. Committee discussion and a readback of the motion listed the revised line items as $1,096,400; $7,100,000; and $5,500,000, producing a subtotal of $15,246,400 for the items addressed in that section. During debate Senator Thomas said he had \"taken $200,000 out\" of the DD Guardianship Establishment Fund and explained the split on the corporate guardianship contract for Catholic Charities was set at $5.5 million.

Committee members also agreed to remove section 7 from SB2029 and to treat the related attorney general funding as something the Appropriations committee will address in the Attorney General's budget instead; Senator Thomas said staff recommended that funding be moved to the Attorney General’s budget to keep the staffing and investigation costs together with other Attorney General resources.

The committee recorded the formal actions: Senator Thomas moved to amend SB2029 to strike section 7 and to change section 6 amounts as read; Senator Connolly seconded. The committee vote on the amendment and on the subsequent due-pass motion was recorded as unanimous \"aye\" by the members present. The chairman directed staff to circulate the finalized amendment language to the full committee before Wednesday's meeting.

The action affects pass-through support for public administrators (left at $7.1 million, as budgeted in the prior biennium), the corporate guardianship contract with Catholic Charities (set at $5.5 million under the amendment), and an adjusted smaller DD Guardianship Establishment Fund figure reflecting a $200,000 reduction from the bill's original single-line amount.

The committee will forward the amended bill to the full committee with the amendments tracked and with staff-provided copies for members prior to the next hearing.

Ending: The division carried the amended SB2029 forward for full-committee consideration.
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Panel reviews University System long sheet: dual-credit, financial-aid system, challenge grants and a funding-formula study

Appropriations committee trims and reallocates items in judiciary budget; approves targeted guardianship and GAL funding

Appropriations panel amends SB2029, reallocates guardianship funds and removes AG funding section