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Senate panel advances change to Hunger Free Campus grants distribution, adopts amendment
Summary
The Minnesota Senate Higher Education Committee heard testimony on SF 2481 to streamline administration of the Hunger Free Campus grant program, adopted an A-1 amendment and laid the bill over for further consideration.
Senate file 2481, a bill to change how Hunger Free Campus grants are distributed, was presented and discussed before the Minnesota Senate Higher Education Committee, which adopted an A‑1 amendment and laid the bill over.
The bill would rework the existing competitive grant program established under the Hunger Free Campus Act so that Minnesota State and the University of Minnesota receive direct appropriations and the remaining funds continue as a smaller competitive pool for private and tribal colleges. Supporters said the change would reduce application burdens and speed funding to campus food programs.
Senator Richard Putnam (Senator Putnam) told the…
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