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Committee reviews grants-management changes including debarment authority and appeals timeline; amendment adopted
Summary
Senate File 2578 would expand administrationauthority over grant suspensions and debarments to include potential grantees, streamline grant-denial appeals, allow reasonable administrative costs for grantees, and clarify capital-grant rules for nonprofits; committee adopted an A-1 amendment and laid the bill over.
Senate File 2578, a Department of Administration bill aimed at modifying grant-making statutes, was presented Thursday to the Minnesota Senate State and Local Government Committee. The committee adopted an A-1 amendment and laid the bill over for possible inclusion in a future omnibus bill.
Senator Jeong introduced the bill and said it would provide grantmakers across state agencies with clearer authority and processes. Stacey Christiansen, deputy commissioner at the Department of…
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