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Committee members discussed institutional capital recommendations and several specific items. The panel reached consensus on a funding package that included raising the Workforce Innovation grant pool (for smaller institutions) and allocating funds for program-specific projects at North Dakota State University (NDSU) and the University of North Dakota (UND). After negotiating alternate proposals, committee members approved a package that increased the Workforce Innovation grant from the current level to $12,000,000 and provided $12,000,000 allocations for NDSU and UND programs identified in the draft.

During the higher-education budget discussion committee members also considered a federal grant that ends in September 2026 and that had supported services for disabled students (the meeting record described the federal contribution as roughly $600,000 per year). Members discussed options including replacing the entire federal amount or providing a placeholder for the second year of the next biennium. The committee settled on a $500,000 placeholder for the second year of the biennium to keep the program alive while the other chamber and the institutions refine need and scope.

Committee members also confirmed, by consensus, approval for a UND land sale item tied to capital projects; the committee asked that proceeds be returned to capital projects as described in the draft.

What happens next: the committee will carry the agreed higher-education package and placeholders forward; the other chamber and subsequent appropriations stages may revise the amounts and program language.

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Committee discussion described the version of the bill before members as showing $130,000,000 in SIF dollars (roughly $30,000,000 for grants and $100,000,000 for loan capital). A committee member proposed, after consultation with leadership, to amend those figures to $15,000,000 for grants and $40,000,000 for loans as a placeholder in this budget cycle; the motion was made and seconded and carried. Members characterized the revised numbers as a placeholder that could be adjusted later in the session.

The sponsor told the committee the original 130,000,000 figure had appeared in prior sessions and that the smaller numbers were intended to keep the bill moving while budget negotiations continue. Committee members emphasized the change was not intended as the final figure; several said further adjustments could occur in later budget negotiations.

The committee polled and recorded unanimous support for the amendment and then voted to approve the bill as amended; the committee chair indicated he would carry the bill forward to the next stage.

What happens next: the bill will move forward from the committee with the amended $15M grant and $40M loan placeholders; amendments and final funding totals may change in subsequent budget negotiations.

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Committee members described two parts to the bill: a legislative management study and an authorization to build a new medical-school facility. During debate several members said the proposal lacked a long-term capital plan and raised concerns about cost and timing; others said the campus seeks a collaborative facility to co-locate nursing and allied-health programs.

Senator Steven Scheidler opposed the bill as presented, citing cost and a lack of a long-term facility-replacement plan: “I guess I would oppose this bill. 2 reasons, I guess, the cost and just coming as it is. Usually, we have a procedure that we bring with capital projects,” he told the committee. He recommended more planning before authorizing construction.

In response, the chair offered an amendment to remove Section 2 (the construction authorization) while keeping Section 1 (the legislative management study) so the committee would retain authority to review findings before any building authorization. The motion to delete Section 2 was moved and seconded and carried on a 3–2 vote. The committee then voted to recommend the bill as amended; the recommending vote carried 3–2.

The committee record shows divided support: the amendment to keep only the study passed on a 3–2 recorded vote, and the recommending action on the bill as amended also passed 3–2. A committee member asked about adding intent language to clarify next steps; supporters of the study noted the Medical School Advisory Committee had itself requested a study, which the committee viewed as a reason to retain the study rather than immediately authorize construction.

What happens next: bill 2286 will move forward as a recommending committee report with Section 1 (the legislative management study) intact; the construction authorization contained in Section 2 was removed for further consideration.

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Senator Kevin Shively, the amendment sponsor, told the committee he reduced every ESA tier in the bill by $500, specifying cuts such as the public-school ESA from $1,000 to $500 and reductions to various means-tested tiers and the home-school amount. The amendment passed and the committee voted to advance the bill as amended.

The amendment was introduced as a across-the-board $500 reduction to each tier shown in the bill. Shively said he lowered the highest means-test tiers (for example, the line he described as moving from $4,000 to $3,500) and reduced private-school and home-school amounts likewise. He said the larger fiscal note attached to the original figures—“about $105,000,000, I believe,” as he put it—was uncertain and that a lower starting point would allow the state to gather experience before committing larger amounts.

Shively described the fiscal rationale in more detail, saying the largest share of the original fiscal estimate came from an assumed large participation rate: “Basically, the biggest part of that, of the fiscal note was, 93,000 kids at $1,000 for the ESA. Well, you cut that in half,” he said, estimating the amendment would reduce the fiscal exposure by roughly $45,000,000 but acknowledging the figure was an estimate tied to uncertain participation rates.

Committee members asked for clarification that the change would apply only to the second year of the biennium as drafted; Shively replied that the proposal covers the second year and that future sessions could revisit the amounts after an initial implementation year.

The committee recorded a unanimous vote in favor of the amendment and then unanimously approved the bill as amended to move forward. The amendment sponsor moved to “accept this amendment, which is the 3,001 version” (as recorded in committee proceedings); a second was recorded, and the motion carried.

What happens next: the bill will proceed from the subcommittee with the amended ESA amounts for further consideration by the larger committee and the other chamber.

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