S.F. No. 1709 Summary

• Designates three specific at-large Board of Regents seats for a current student, a tenured faculty member, and a university employee organization representative, with succession requirements to maintain these positions.

• Requires at least one Board of Regents member to be an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe within Minnesota.

• Establishes a two-term limit for University of Minnesota Board of Regents members, preventing any person from being elected more than twice.

• Expands the Regent Candidate Advisory Council from 24 to 25 members, reducing Senate and House appointments from 12 each to 5 each, while maintaining five faculty members (one per campus) and five student body presidents.

• Changes the regent nomination process to require the joint committee to recommend up to two candidates per vacancy instead of one, and removes selection criteria language that would limit terms.