HB2246 - Requires the state to match federal funding for land grant institutions in this state and prohibits the state from seeking a waiver or requiring an institution to seek a waiver of the match obligation

HB 2246

Requires the state to match federal funding for land grant institutions in this state and prohibits the state from seeking a waiver or requiring an institution to seek a waiver of the match obligation

Sponsor:
LR Number:	6445L.02I	Fiscal Note not available
Committee:
Last Action:	5/16/2014 - Referred: Higher Education	Journal Page:	H2233

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Effective Date:
House Handler:	May

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Current Bill Summary

HB 2246 May, Karla Pierson, Tommie et al

HB 2246 -- HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING FOR LAND GRANT INSTITUTIONS

SPONSOR: May

The state must appropriate matching moneys to all land grant institutions in the state in compliance with the one-to-one match obligation established in the First Morrill Act of 1862 and the Second Morrill Act of 1890. A one-to-one match must not result in a reduction in other state moneys appropriated to a land grant institution. The state must not seek a waiver or require any land grant institution in the state to seek a waiver of the state's one-to-one match obligation.