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Legislation that would expand a grant program for state universities and colleges to private schools received a mixed response from Minot legislators during Senate passage last Thursday.
Senate Bill 2030 allows the University of Jamestown and the University of Mary to participate in raising scholarship money only in the North Dakota University System’s Challenge Grant program. The program, established in 2013 for the state’s 11 institutions of higher learning, provides matching funds for locally raised donations, often directed toward student scholarships.
“I am of the feeling that we are obligated to take care of the institutions that are within the state budget,” Sen. Karen Krebsbach, R-Minot said at Saturday’s legislative forum, sponsored by the Minot Area Chamber EDC. “How far is this going to go?”
UND President Andrew Armacost experiences first legislative session, amid great change wrought by the pandemic
Since the beginning of the legislative session last month, Armacost has made two trips to Bismarck to speak to legislators. 8:00 am, Feb. 20, 2021 ×
UND President Andrew Armacost speaks during a legislative hearing about potential research funding for the state s universities and colleges as North Dakota State President Dean Bresciani looks on. (Screen shot from North Dakota Legislature s livestream)
As UND’s Andrew Armacost settles into his second semester as leader of the university, the president also is in the midst of his first legislative session. And amid the global coronavirus pandemic, it comes with change and disruption.