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Mackey said work on the third floor is underway, cubicles have been installed, and staff moves will be phased beginning in mid to late June. He said the renovation is financed through system-office lease cost savings realized over five years due to a reduction in square footage and that the remodel is intended to provide professional, equitable and flexible workspace for the Minnesota State system office and associated activities.

Mackey described no substantive new budget changes since the committee’s last meeting and directed trustees to the budget updates included in the meeting packet for additional detail.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Minnesota State Board of Trustees meetings - April 15, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Vice Chancellor Mackey reported the Minnesota State system office renovation remains on schedule, aiming to be operational in the renovated space by July 1; the project is financed through lease-cost savings over five years following a reduction in square footage.","taxTitle","Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, Public Universities Board of Trustees Meeting, School Boards, Minnesota","taxId",80593,"location","Minnesota","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},6593149,"Trustees hear first reading of IT administration policy changes; no action taken",322,442000,764000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5749384-72dc47beff7f090079d9017f556a6516&start=442&end=764","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5749384-72dc47beff7f090079d9017f556a6516/thumbnail_442000.jpg","/articles/6593149/Minnesota/Trustees-hear-first-reading-of-IT-administration-policy-changes-no-action-taken","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6593149-06a403d03b3b3445a3c4ad5ecc80e5be/orig.mp4?Expires=1770729088&Signature=NpRMjPqmey3JZgYP9yqxs66R8vE1NApMFSsVMI~MxdVtLJ9h2sTMVynOpxWEhzKGgL7DgC9~BR50Ml1X1rEK5cMgzHsfYPGdgydpf1uAOqajxKROXKPcEIISrGy3upCXkH3EhQxrqKLgTlHTiDoWFZaRsezBtcZ8qygSKAboy8ki4P1bHfIxEoDhT7f9cHudydSq8ijUo7O5bQpeeTV8LRy5shWKS1f9YoovM~BGVPlR8RldUKP7VeSWGXNz8zjfItfG3RmB3v8OagmqeZh31aSrCE7C9tAbgDaZArdlxXYfHpblRZmrDGNxGVsouFn2BH8RP5Olr2tuyZPaikkNiA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Vice Chancellor Bailey presented the first reading of proposed amendments to board policy 5.13, Information Technology Administration, at the Finance and Facilities Committee meeting.

Bailey told trustees the policy update is part of the board’s five-year review cycle and described two principal changes: replacing the phrase \"strategic plan\" with a \"strategic work plan\" in some sections, and wording changes to allow a college or university greater flexibility to adopt its own information-technology policies or procedures while still coordinating system-level enterprise technology (for example, the enterprise resource planning system, Workday). Bailey said other wording was rearranged for clarity. Trustees asked clarifying questions about whether the system maintains a long-range IT strategic plan; Bailey and other participants explained that the system currently operates from annual work plans tied to the chancellor’s full work plan and that an IT strategic plan may be developed going forward in consultation with audit partners.

Because this was a first reading, the committee took no action; Bailey said the item will return for a second reading the following month. Trustees suggested staff consider calling out data and data-governance items explicitly before the second reading and to provide additional detail between readings.","Vice Chancellor Bailey presented a first reading of proposed amendments to Board policy 5.13, Information Technology Administration; changes would reference a strategic work plan and allow greater campus flexibility. The item will return for a second reading next month.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":80,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6593153,"Trustees approve stylistic updates to risk-management policy and tighten alcohol event approvals",227,215000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5749384-72dc47beff7f090079d9017f556a6516&start=215&end=442","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5749384-72dc47beff7f090079d9017f556a6516/thumbnail_215000.jpg","/articles/6593153/Minnesota/Trustees-approve-stylistic-updates-to-risk-management-policy-and-tighten-alcohol-event-approvals","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6593153-1e1a6cf5481ea652db88d902afca2ef6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770729088&Signature=hAT0MZ2IHDEsAN04y4qjeuGiVee0eQli2TeeBpAaBckct3~umcu8iEC-qQZVhWH~rwNHxpMPmXNmYG1zlDfsRa8UjI0OQztKC0pZj1KKC1cIa9KuPIrjMPIvyrirld4q2DrsaJZkiRtojeqy2qxu-Hpg-21Jy7Pm-oAh7BXBAJMR31G1Pj8mtupvJwBkaeTfI5pw~QamYXwlG2FQoyhdtzKCS~fwQdHiI8M5rsneVgzbBoLOAkLCzB~ynSv~lYrS7C7XCo8aVnRMQRPnFm8FuXdYDzfQ5CKk-HHaF5HK0H4IV42TAUVJBTjOutXGYUJMR~~dty8focueDvtDKMTR0Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At its Finance and Facilities Committee meeting, the Minnesota State Board of Trustees approved second readings of two board-policy updates: policy 5.16, Risk Management and Insurance, and policy 5.18, Alcoholic Beverages and Controlled Substances.

Staff said both policies completed the required 30-day review with no public comments. Trustees were told that the updates to policy 5.16 are largely stylistic and do not change substantive requirements. The committee voted to approve the policy on a roll-call vote.

For policy 5.18, staff said the substantive change clarifies responsibilities and now requires individuals seeking to consume alcohol at campus events to request and obtain approval in advance; previously the policy authorized campus presidents to approve use of alcohol but did not require advance requests by those who intended to consume alcohol. The policy’s updated procedures, approved by the chancellor, will explicitly address licensed premises and tailgating and reiterate that marijuana and marijuana-containing products remain controlled substances for purposes of the policy. The committee approved policy 5.18 on a roll-call vote.

Votes recorded during the meeting included trustees who voted in the affirmative during roll call for both policies; meeting minutes capture the roll-call approvals. Both policies will be reflected in the board’s policy manual and return to the full board as final-approved policy language in line with board rules for second readings.

No amendments to either policy were reported during the committee discussion, and no public comments were recorded during the 30-day review period.","The Board approved second-reading updates to policy 5.16 (risk management and insurance) and 5.18 (alcoholic beverages and controlled substances), both completing their 30-day public review with no substantive public comments; the alcohol policy now requires advance approval for alcohol consumption at events.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6593157,"Trustees and campus leaders weigh tuition scenarios as Minnesota State faces potential funding shortfall",4123,761000,4884000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5749384-72dc47beff7f090079d9017f556a6516&start=761&end=4884","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5749384-72dc47beff7f090079d9017f556a6516/thumbnail_761000.jpg","/articles/6593157/Minnesota/Trustees-and-campus-leaders-weigh-tuition-scenarios-as-Minnesota-State-faces-potential-funding-shortfall","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6593157-03aae49ea5e3dafb42f8c23f9fa8aca3/orig.mp4?Expires=1770729088&Signature=IG6cjq7TMvHcqbpB72RpuVFIfQHyWC92h~224WTE6uNGJEQjMxLV55BnD8fu-kSqy7ExS8GRdiN6U5b4IKodoMOfYJlhQFKKCXt3E2b1CCxigyjuU7kMw5R1DCMGTQlhlNzXwFWDOSwkcVywDlnFnF8V8oI2Sc8BeurN0mBdUC5MZxu1Ukh~22oHmDTWtaHLfyA~D0JXnVlgKfOdqkG1N3yYwLajeBiqEMmSNi~6ZMGsQ0jmpdnMT5gwJ-D-sXpAgHVw0rdetgROB2oCzjinNkr-0UdU4geif1itYJEXucj7hmNPxI5zr~PoE-YGXCHxAWNZ2FFgOpgPYpaWpdaFnA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Vice Chancellor Mackey told the Minnesota State Board of Trustees' Finance and Facilities Committee that the system faces a possible reduction in state support and significant uncertainty heading into the 2026–27 biennium, and presented tuition scenarios to help campuses plan for fiscal year 2026.

Mackey began by summarizing the February state budget forecast, which reduced the earlier surplus estimate and projected a larger deficit by 2028–29. He explained that Minnesota higher education makes up about 6% of the state's general fund and that the system's November budget request asked for $465 million over the biennium, including $285 million for student affordability and system operations. Mackey said the board is unlikely to receive that $285 million and noted higher-education targets from the governor and legislative chambers that would produce little or no new base funding for the system.

The vice chancellor outlined two specific reductions contained in current planning assumptions: a $22.5 million base reduction in operation support and a $12.5 million reduction in tuition replacement funding, together reducing system appropriations by $35 million. Using a set of inflation, compensation and enrollment assumptions, staff modeled multiple tuition-increase scenarios for fiscal 2026. Under a 3.5% tuition increase the system would still face a roughly $65 million structural gap for fiscal year 2026; a 5% scenario reduced the gap to about $54 million; 7% and 9% scenarios reduce the remaining gaps further but do not eliminate planning uncertainty. Mackey said the modeling treats tuition increases as system averages and noted individual institutions may propose different rates.

Presidents described local consultation and modeling. Winona State’s interim president said that, because of local budget shortfalls, his campus had proposed a 9.5% tuition increase and that the proposal passed through the campus student fee committee and student senate. Another president said their campus had modeled scenarios between roughly 3% and 9% and had cut operating budgets while reinvesting limited funds in enrollment and program growth.

Trustees and system leaders stressed the trade-offs involved: student affordability and equitable access versus institutional financial sustainability and the risk that large, early increases could prompt legislative reaction. One trustee and the board’s legislative adviser warned that dramatic tuition hikes in the first year after the board regains tuition-setting authority could provoke the legislature to limit that authority in later biennia.

Mackey reminded trustees that the board is scheduled to set tuition for the 2025–26 academic year at the June meeting and that tuition for fiscal year 2027 would be set at a later date, after additional information (including labor contract settlements and updated economic forecasts) is available. Trustees requested additional data for the next meeting, including sector-level net price and student-debt figures, tuition-discounting information, and more analysis of who actually pays tuition after grants and aid.

Discussion points, next steps and procedural notes: trustees asked staff to return with more granular analyses (discount rates, average student debt by sector, and net price/quintile analyses) and to present both system-average scenarios and institution-level impacts. Mackey said staff will provide supplemental materials ahead of May and June meetings so trustees can weigh tuition guidance while campuses continue consultations with student governments, bargaining units and campus stakeholders.","At a Finance and Facilities Committee meeting, Vice Chancellor Mackey outlined state budget forecasts and modeled tuition scenarios for the 2026–27 biennium, showing a structural funding gap under several assumptions. Presidents and trustees emphasized careful consultation and legislative sensitivity before any large tuition increases.","actionData","errors"]

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