The following is from the 2023-25 MSUAASF Master Agreement

ARTICLE 15 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Section A. Professional Development Funds (PDF).
Subd. 1. For FY 2024 and FY 2025, the state universities will be allocated Professional Development Funds at the rate of five hundred and seventy thousand dollars ($570,000) for the System to distribute to the campuses on an FTE basis. Each Campus Association and University shall implement an equitable procedure for distribution of the funds made available under this subdivision. The provisions of the subdivision shall continue until a successor agreement is in effect.

Subd. 2. Funds provided by this section shall be limited to paying the cost of travel, housing, meals, registration, and related expenses associated with participating in development activities which promote the goals and mission of an ASF Member’s organizational area or university, such as professional conferences, workshops, similar meetings, courses, and other related professional development activities. Consistent with the foregoing, the funds may be used to pay for professional memberships, fees for professional licensure required for the ASF Member’s current position, books, journals, subscriptions and software. Books, journals, subscriptions, or software that are purchased in electronic form must be stored on a state-owned device. Purchases of technology, including hardware, that satisfy the standards of this subdivision are permissible. Professional development funds may not be used to purchase equipment that is necessary to meet the ASF Member’s position requirements. All assets purchased with professional development funds are the property of the ASF Member’s university. The unit may carry over any portion of its allocation from the first to the second year of the biennium, and from one biennium to the next.

Subd. 3. Reimbursement rates for meals, incidentals, and lodging under this subdivision and Section B of this Article shall be as provided in Article 14, Section A, except that meal reimbursements that are paid with PDF and/or PIF funds will be reimbursed at 1.25 times the rate provided in the State of Minnesota Managerial Plan.

Updated June 2025