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SF5259 • 2026

Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities requirement to designate a flagship institution

Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities requirement to designate a flagship institution

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Draheim
Last action
2026-05-05
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities requirement to designate a flagship institution

Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities requirement to designate a flagship institution

What This Bill Does

  • Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities requirement to designate a flagship institution

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-05 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities requirement to designate a flagship institution

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to higher education; requiring the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota

State Colleges and Universities to designate a flagship institution; proposing coding

for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136F.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

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[136F.51] DESIGNATION OF FLAGSHIP INSTITUTION.

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By January 1, 2027, the board must designate a state university as a flagship institution.

A flagship institution must:

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(1) have a clearly defined mission and strategic plan that align with faculty hiring and

retention and student enrollment;

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(2) demonstrate an exceptional capacity to promote the state's economic development

and intellectual advancement;

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(3) be a high-enrollment campus that evidences a continual pattern of growth;

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(4) be granted autonomy, as requested by the institution, from systemwide mandates

and operating restrictions; and

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(5) receive priority in capital improvement requests and decisions.

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