Omar Fateh
🏛️ Chair Democrat
SD-062
He was chair beginning 2/3/2025. He was co-chair from 1/14/2025 to 2/3/2025.
Senate committee
Higher Education
Membership recorded during the 94th Legislature.
Committee members
Bills pending in this committee
SF5264
Postsecondary institutions awarding specified college credits for qualifying scores on advanced placement and international baccalaureate examinations requirement provision
May 6, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF5259
Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities requirement to designate a flagship institution
May 5, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF4917
State grant program appropriations modification
March 26, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF4907
North Star Promise Program in-state residency and work requirement imposition provision, and North Star Promise scholarships limited to students enrolled in programs of study that lead to employment in high-demand industries and occupations provision
March 26, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF4866
Parental contributions provisions modification
March 25, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF4806
Wage credits usage by applicants employed by institutions of higher education clarification
March 25, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF4762
Lowest recognized family responsibility amount for purposes of determining state grant awards modification
March 25, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF4629
Paid blood donation leave eligibility expansion to include employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
March 25, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF4738
Postsecondary pregnant and parenting students priority registration requirement provision
March 23, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF4692
Certain North Star Promise scholarship program eligibility requirements modifications and North Star Promise scholarships funding amounts modifications
March 23, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF4487
Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities direction to convene a workgroup on adjunct faculty health care eligibility
March 17, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF4472
Online management companies contracting with institutions exemption from reporting and marketing requirements expiration date removal provision
March 17, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF4036
Resident tuition rates provision to individuals who move to Minnesota for employment purposes
March 2, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2729
Minitex library information and resource sharing program appropriation
February 26, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3759
Prohibit using student fees to compensate student athletes
February 23, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3754
Increase the maximum income eligibility condition for the North Star Promise scholarship program
February 23, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3707
University of Minnesota Medical School request to prohibit curriculum control by for-profit entities
February 19, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF47
State grant program appropriation
February 17, 2026Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3491
Certain disclosures and implementation of corequisite model requirement related to developmental courses
May 7, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3471
For-profit educational institutions ineligibility for the state grant program establishment
May 1, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2481
Hunger-Free Campus grant program appropriation
April 23, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3164
University of Minnesota's Health Sciences Strategic Plan implementation appropriation
April 22, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF1035
Provisions modification related to campus sexual misconduct
April 7, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3286
Intellectual Freedom Protection Act creation to regulate public postsecondary institutions
April 3, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3248
Certain assets of colleges and universities certain growth participation fee establishment provision and special revenue fund account establishment provision
April 3, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3128
Increase Teachers of Color Act modification; pilot scholarship for aspiring teachers of color permanency establishment; appropriating money
April 3, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3005
Plant-based foods production training pilot program establishment
April 2, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3159
Student Basic Needs Advisory Council establishment
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3155
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research appropriation provision and appropriation cancellation provision
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3108
University of Minnesota promising industry sectors research appropriation
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2932
College Financing Literacy Act establishment provision
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2931
Law enforcement grant program establishment and appropriation
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2753
Cybersecurity offering as an applied doctoral degree authorization provision
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3079
North Star Promise scholarship's eligibility conditions limited to students enrolled in programs in high-demand industries and occupations provision
March 27, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF3052
Minnesota Independence College and Community grant appropriation for student scholarships and other specified purposes
March 27, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2703
Enrollment fraud working group creation
March 27, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF1074
Education benefit establishment for dependents of disabled veterans
March 27, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF721
Certain provisions modification for resident tuition and state student aid
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2888
Authority to offer doctoral degrees at state universities expansion
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2881
Permanent university fund mining royalty income allocation modifications
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2816
Higher education institution unused student meal plan balances refund requirement
March 20, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2739
Certain higher education student bank account minimum standards requirement provision
March 20, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2734
Minnesota Green Iron initiative at the University of Minnesota's Natural Resources Research Institute appropriation
March 20, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2044
Remediation fund permissible usage allowing for PFAS contamination at emergency response training centers cost reimbursement provision and appropriation
March 20, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF1742
Center of American Indian and Minority Health appropriation
March 20, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2683
North Star Promise scholarship program elimination
March 17, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2617
University of Minnesota's Health Sciences Strategic Plan implementation appropriation
March 17, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2597
Higher education institutions grant program modifications
March 17, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF1989
Disclosure of employment opportunities for fields of study requirement; institution eligibility for state student aid modification
March 17, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2528
North Star Promise scholarships recipients in-state residency and work requirement imposition provision
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2527
Workforce development scholarships program eligibility expansion provision
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2518
Workforce development scholarship program parameters modifications and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities various needs appropriation
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2516
CentraCare residency programs at Rice Memorial Hospital and St. Cloud Hospital appropriation
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2495
Default living and miscellaneous expenses allowance for the state higher education grant program authorization; State Grant Plus scholarship to supplement state grant awards establishment; grant programs establishment within the Office of Higher Education; appropriating money
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2482
Certain higher education provisions modifications
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2449
University of Minnesota student programs and services appropriation
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2406
Office of Higher Education appropriation for emergency grants to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities students
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2401
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities appropriation to provide hospital, medical, and dental benefits coverage to part-time or adjunct faculty
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF1940
Current paramedic scholarship program continuation
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2362
University of Minnesota operations and maintenance appropriation
March 10, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2343
Minnesota State Colleges and University campuses mental health services appropriation
March 10, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2331
Wallin Education Partners grant appropriation to support college admission and graduation programming for low-income students
March 10, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2248
Real-time stenographic writer training institutional grant program establishment and appropriation
March 6, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF164
Public postsecondary institutions maintenance of a supply of opiate antagonists on system campuses requirement
March 6, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF2069
Metropolitan State University cyber range services funding authorization and appropriation
March 3, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF1978
Nondocumented noncitizens ineligibility for state financial aid programs establishment
February 27, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF1611
Student loan debt counseling appropriation
February 27, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF377
Legacy admissions prohibition
February 24, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF1607
University of Minnesota health care initiatives in underserved areas appropriation
February 24, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF1700
Low-interest student loan program (HELP) establishment and appropriation
February 20, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF777
Loan forgiveness and grants establishment for home care worker education
January 30, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF710
Public postsecondary institutions requirement to keep certain student information private establishment; consent requirement before collecting student location data
January 27, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education
SF208
Certain higher education state grant modifications and tuition and fees maximum for certain students created
January 16, 2025Pending: Senate Higher Education