MSUAASF Legislative Priorities 2018
The Minnesota State University Administrative and Service Faculty support:
• Minnesota State’s Supplemental Budget Request of $31 million, of which $10 million is for FY 2019 campus support and $21 million is to continue funding ISRS Next Generation. These appropriations allow us to continue to provide excellent, affordable services to our students, and support vital core functions of student support.
• Full funding of Minnesota State’s HEAPR request and bonding bill projects system-wide to protect and enhance the spaces in which we interact with students.
• Campus-level decision making and autonomy when legislative requirements or mandates are issued.
• Encourage and facilitate our members’ connections with their legislators to better advocate for meeting our students’ needs.
The Minnesota State University Administrative and Service Faculty oppose:
• Changes to PELRA (Public Employment Labor Relations Act) that would harm state employees.
• Changes to public employee pensions that would harm state employees.
• Protracted contract settlement timelines, inequitable settlements, and interference in the collective bargaining and contract approval process by the Joint Subcommittee on Employee Relations (JSER).