There are 35 Legislative Days scheduled for the 2004 session. Standing Legislative Committees meet in regularly scheduled sessions during the morning hours of each Legislative Day. Some committees will hold special evening meetings. The Senate Education Committee is scheduled to meet Tuesday and Thursday at 7:45am in room 423 of the Capitol.

For agendas, minutes, member information, active bills and more visit the LRC Website.

Following the live web-cast, replay audio from the Senate Education Committee meeting for the designated Legislative Day or testimony and debate on a specific bill.

Legislative Day 3 1/15/04 - complete meeting Legislative Day 5 1/20/04 - complete meeting SB50 - revise certain provisions regarding the amount of time graduating seniors may be released prior to the end of school Legislative Day 7 1/22/04 - complete meeting Legislative Day 10 1/27/04 - complete meeting SCR 1 -Encouraging the South Dakota Board of Regents to rescind its support of South Dakota State University's pursuit to move from the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II to Division I. SB 67 - require school districts to offer kindergarten and to require content standards for kindergarten. SB 75 -authorize the payment of certain school district transportation expenses from the capital outlay fund. Legislative Day 12 1/29/04 - complete meeting SB 122 - require students to take at least one semester of physical education in order to graduate from high school SB 128 - revise the calculation of state aid to education SB 117 - establish a task force to improve the quality and availability of child care and early learning opportunities Legislative Day 15 2/3/04 - complete meeting SB 140 - prohibit use of state dollars for certain deficits at South Dakota State University SB 156 - provide for the monitoring of achievement tests given to students receiving alternative instruction SB 158 - revise certain provisions related to the publications and distribution of municipal and school district minutes SB 102 - revise the calculation of state aid to education SB 128 - revise the calculation of state aid to education SB 152 - allow school districts to purchase property insurance using capital outlay funds Legislative Day 17 2/5/04 - complete meeting SB 156 - provide for the monitoring of achievement tests given to students receiving alternative instruction SB 173 - to clarify the alternative certification requirements for school administrators SB 159 - allow a school board to set the amount of per diem that each member of that board may receive SB 205 - provide for the distribution of certain money appropriated as state aid Legislative Day 21 2/10/04 - complete meeting SB 206: increase the per student allocation in the state aid to education formula. SB 213: repeal certain provisions regarding the reduction in state aid to education based on school district general fund balances SB 169: provide a sparsity factor when distributing certain school district revenue. SB 210: require certain information from scholarship applicants to be provided to the Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey scholarship board. Legislative Day 23 2/12/04 - complete meeting HB 1114 - revise certain provisions related to school district boundary changes HB 1133 - allow students in need of special education to open enroll without a joint individual education program team meeting under certain circumstances HB 1217 - revise certain provisions related to education benefits for the children of persons who died in military service HB 1221 - require certain publishers to provide electronic versions of textbooks suitable for conversion into Braille Legislative Day 25 2/17/04 - complete meeting Legislative Day 27 2/19/04 - complete meeting HB 1001 - provide for a basic high school program and a recommended high school program and to require most students to complete the recommended one HB 1307 - revise the calculation of state aid to education