The Minnesota House and Senate passed different versions of a higher education finance bill Tuesday that would cut $306 million from current state aid levels.
The Senate bill would cut $176 million from the University of Minnesota over the next budget cycle, about $16 million more than the House measure, but both include provisions that would prohibit state and federal funding for human cloning.
These cuts represent the largest reductions to higher education in Minnesota’s history and would roll state aid to the University back to 1998 levels.
The Senate bill allocates about $50 million more funding for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system than the University, while the House bill cuts both systems equally by about 13 percent.
The bills face opposition from MnSCU, the University and Gov. Mark Dayton. Both systems and the executive branch have testified against what they consider incredibly damaging cuts.
Read the full story at the Minnesota Daily.
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