MN SF4508

Requests the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota establish a special commission in conjunction with the Minnesota Athletics Alliance to review intercollegiate athletics at the University of Minnesota.

Commission duties include determining the value of athletics, preserving intercollegiate sports opportunities for students, and exploring reasonable financing models for nonrevenue sports.

Commission is tasked with establishing evidence-based proposals to guide decisions affecting the future of athletics at the University of Minnesota.

Requires that research and findings from the commission be provided to members of legislative committees with jurisdiction over higher education issues.