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I asked Minnesota House higher-education committee Chairman Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona) this week -- as I did 

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU)

 system trustees to eliminate executive bonuses.

I mentioned that the bonuses were based on performance, and asked Pelowski whether he had a problem with performance-based pay.

He said some of the goals aren't terribly difficult to meet:

I mentioned that the private sector uses performance-based pay -- and that it's something even MnSCU trustee and anti-tax advocate Phil Krinkie agrees with.

He also had issues with the performance of MnSCU officials:

So will MnSCU executives just be able to get their old bonuses through other means -- merit pools, for example?

Pelowski said the current bill will force MnSCU and the 

 to regularly report administrative spending from now on:

that MnSCU executives might not accept a lower level of pay when it's time to renegotiate their contracts.

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I asked Minnesota House higher-education committee Chairman Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona) this week — as I did his Senate counterpart and another Senate higher-ed lawmaker — what he thought of the recent decision by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system trustees to eliminate executive bonuses. He hardly sounded impressed: “That will not stop us from…

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