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Minnesota State Colleges and Universities: Board of Trustees

January 22, 2004 - 2:00 p.m.
Board Meeting 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 December 17, 2003
  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. College and University Strategic Profile Presentations to the Board of Trustees
  8. Board Standing Committee Reports
    1. Finance/Facilities Policy Committee - Andrew Boss, Chair
      1. Finance/Facilities Division Update
      2. *Proposed Amendment to Board Policy 6.4, Facilities Planning (Second Reading)
      3. FY 2005 Revenue Fund Fees and Spending Plan (First Reading)
      4. Campus Capital Investment
      5. FY 2003 and FY 2002 Audited Financial Statements
    2. Joint Meeting of the Audit and Finance/Facilities Committees, Daniel Coborn and Andrew Boss, Co-Chairs
      1. Discussion of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
    3. Audit Committee, Daniel Coborn, Chair
      1. Demonstration of System-Level Accountability Web Site
    4. Technology Committee, Lew Moran, Chair
      1. Information Technology Update
      2. Instructional Management Systems Implementation Plan Update
      3. Portal Project Overview
      4. Campus Showcase: Portals
        1. Alexandria Technical College
        2. Metropolitan State University
    5. Educational Policy Committee, Will Antell, Chair
      1. Academic and Student Affairs Update
      2. *Resolution in Recognition of the Brown v. Board of Education's 50th Anniversary
      3. Proposed Amendment to Policy 3.17 Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates; 3.21 Undergraduate Credit Transfer; and 3.25 Degree Granting Authority, (First Reading)
      4. Proposed Amendment to Policy 2.9 Financial Aid Satisfactory Progress (First Reading)
      5. Developmental Education Demonstration Project Report
      6. Regions Change - Whose Region is it Anyway?
    6. Human Resources Policy Committee, Ivan Dusek, Chair
      1. Human Resources Update
      2. *Minnesota State College Faculty (MSCF) Contract Approval
      3. *Minnesota State University Association of Administrative and Service Faculty (MSUAASF) Contract Approval
    7. Advancement Committee, Cheryl Dickson, Chair
      1. Advancement Update
      2. FY 2003 Gifts and Grants Report
      3. Grant to Saint Paul College
      4. 2004 State Legislative Session
      5. 2004 Federal Legislative Proposals
  9. **Requests by Individuals to Address the Board. Procedures to address the board are defined below.
  10. Other Business
  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 Accommodation

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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