This issue of "Legislative Review" takes a look at the news in higher education from April 13 to 17, 2009. This Legislative Review reports that: (1) key bills move to conference committees. These bills are SB 2003 (the North Dakota University System (NDUS) budget bill), SB 2038 (the flexibility with accountability legislation), and SB2020 (the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Research and Extension appropriation bill); (2) SB 2018, the Department of Commerce budget bill, was approved by the House on a vote of 85-6 Wednesday, April 15, as amended by the House Appropriations Committee; (3) SB 2081, a bill updating the role of the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health Sciences Advisory Council, was unanimously approved by the Senate Monday, April 13; (4) SB 2128, a bill adding a representative of the Dakota Transit Association to the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute Advisory Council, was approved unanimously by the Senate Monday, April 13; (5) SB 2155, a bill providing $200,000 for services to deaf and hard-of-hearing students, was approved unanimously by the Senate Monday, April 13; and (6) SB 2082, a bill expanding the definition of "resident" to make all veterans eligible for in-state tuition rates, was approved unanimously by the Senate Monday, April 13. Lists of bills passed this week and bills failed this week are also reported.