HB 1411 Summary

• Amends the commissioner of higher education's duties to clarify the board may not prescribe duties that include governance over institutions under the board's control.

• Requires North Dakota university system budget estimates to include three components: block grants for base funding (differentiated by research, baccalaureate, and two-year institutions), initiative funding for specific strategies, and asset funding for physical plant renewal and replacement.

• Applies the same three-component budget structure to the proposed appropriations act for the North Dakota university system.

• Effective after July 31, 2011, base funding block grants must be calculated separately for research institutions, baccalaureate institutions, and two-year institutions.