1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 3867 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TUITION
1.4REDUCTION.
1.5    The legislature affirms the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges
1.6and Universities commitment to reallocate $9,000,000 of state appropriations for fiscal
1.7year 2009 to reduce student tuition increases to two percent at state colleges and three
1.8percent at state universities. The legislature's intention in affirming the Board of Trustees'
1.9commitment is that the student's share of instructional costs are decreased and the state's
1.10share of instructional costs are increased, consistent with the funding policy in Minnesota
1.11Statutes, section 135A.01. The legislature's goal in affirming the board's commitment, is to
1.12begin progress over the next eight years to achieve a two-thirds state share of instructional
1.13costs and a one-third student share as specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.01."
1.14amend the title accordingly