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April 21, 2004 - 1:00 p.m.
Board Meeting Agenda - Revised

*Campus Showcase: Inver Hills Community College Budget Development Application on the Technology Committee agenda

* Presidential Emeritus Status moved to Consent Agenda

Wells Fargo Place
Fourth Floor, Board Room
30 East Seventh Street
Saint Paul, Minnesota

  1. Call to Order
  2. Chair's Report: Jim A. Luoma
    1. Minutes of Board of Trustees Meeting of March 17, 2004
    2. Draft Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting of April 7, 2004
    3. Amendment to Board Policy 1.A.2. Board of Trustees, Part 4. Officers of the Board, Subpart C. Duties and Responsibilities and Part 5. Standing Committees and Working Groups of the Board, Subpart A. Executive Committee (First Reading)
  3. Trustee Reports
  4. Chancellor's Comments: James McCormick
    1. Work Plan Report
  5. Joint Council of Student Associations
    1. Minnesota State College Student Association
    2. Minnesota State University Student Association
  6. Minnesota State Colleges and Universities' Bargaining Units
    1. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
    2. Minnesota Association of Professional Employees
    3. Minnesota State College Faculty
    4. Minnesota State University Association of Administrative and Service Faculty
    5. Inter Faculty Organization
  7. Consent Agenda
    All matters listed under Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. Any trustee may request that an item or items be removed from the Consent Agenda for independent consideration.
    1. St. Cloud Technical College Mission Approval
    2. Additional Measures Recommended for System-Level Accountability Framework
    3. Presidential Emeritus Status
  8. Board Standing Committee Reports
    1. Educational Policy Committee - Will Antell, Chair
      1. Academic and Student Affairs Update
      2. Minnesota Minority Education Partnership (MMEP) Report on Students of Color 2004
      3. Proposed Amendment to Policy 3.3, Assessment for College Readiness (First Reading)
      4. 2010 Innovations:
        1. Dakota County Technical College - Nanotechnology
        2. Winona State University - The New University
    2. Educational Policy Committee, Will Antell, Chair
      1. Southwest Minnesota State University
    3. Finance/Facilities Policy Committee, Andrew Boss, Chair
      1. Finance/Facilities Division Update
      2. Economic Outlook
      3. Sarbanes/Oxley Recommendations
      4. Revenue Fund Program Update
      5. *Real Property Transfer and Acquisition
    4. Audit Committee, Dan Coborn, Chair
      1. *Appointment of Principal External Auditor for FY 2004-2006
      2. Review System-Level Accountability Measures for Affordability and Student Success at Transferring Institutions versus Non-Transfer Students
      3. Possible FY 2005-2006 Topics for Internal Auditing Studies or Audits
    5. Technology Committee, Lew Moran, Chair
      1. Information Technology Update
      2. Integrated Statewide Records System (ISRS) 2010 Planning Update
      3. Security Issues Update
      4. Campus Showcase: Inver Hills Community College Budget Development Application
    6. Human Resources Policy Committee, Ivan Dusek, Chair
      1. Human Resources Update
      2. *Proposed Board Policy 1B.3, Sexual Violence Policy and Proposed Procedure 1B.3.1, Sexual Violence Procedure (Second Reading)
      3. *Appointment of President of Alexandria Technical College
    7. Advancement Committee, Cheryl Dickson, Chair
      1. Advancement Update
      2. State Legislative Update
      3. Federal Legislative Update
      4. Integrated Communications Strategy
      5. Business Survey Results Report/Advertising Campaign Update
      6. Development Update
  9. **Requests by Individuals to Address the Board. Procedures to address the board are defined below.
  10. Other Business
    1. Closed Session - The Board of Trustees will meet in Closed Sessions at the end of its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 21, 2004. The meeting will be closed for (a) consideration of labor negotiations strategy; and (b) consideration of response to pending litigation, including Inter Faculty Organization v. Department of Employee Relations, et al.) and Zmora, et al. v. St. Cloud State University, et al., pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Sections 13D.03 and 13D.05.
  11. Adjournment

*Denotes Action Item

**Requests to address the Board must be submitted in writing to staff. Request forms are available at the board meeting (additional materials are placed on a table located near the entrance of the meeting room). If you wish to address an agenda item, clearly identify the item on your request form. If you have any questions, please ask a staff member for assistance.

***All handouts to the Board must be submitted in advance of the meeting.

Special Accommodations

Special accommodations for a disability (e.g. wheelchair accessibility, interpreter, audiotape, or large print material), are available upon advance requests. Please contact Inge Chapin at (612) 282-5518, or fax your request to (612) 297-3312.

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