HOUSE EDUCATION 3rd Legislative Day 01/11/2007 Complete Meeting 4th Legislative Day 01/12/2007 Complete Meeting 5th Legislative Day 01/16/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1033 - impose sanctions on schools and certified school personnel for compromising the integrity of a state-required academic achievement test. HB 1034 - revise certain provisions regarding the data submission requirements for the state accreditation of schools. HB 1035 - revise the required grade levels for assessment of writing skills. HB 1037 - repeal certain health certification requirements of school employees. 7th Legislative Day 01/18/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1033 - impose sanctions on schools and certified school personnel for compromising the integrity of a state-required academic achievement test. HB 1034 - revise certain provisions regarding the data submission requirements for the state accreditation of schools. HB 1037 - repeal certain health certification requirements of school employees. HB 1001 - repeal references to certain defunct programs under the authority of the Board of Regents. HB 1002 - revise the style and form of certain provisions relating to the Board of Regents. HB 1038 - revise certain provisions regarding the interstate enrollment options program. 8th Legislative Day 01/19/2007 Complete Meeting 10th Legislative Day 01/23/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1061 - offer a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination initiative, to transfer funds, and to declare an emergency. HB 1113 - prohibit school districts from granting credit for distance learning courses offered through entities other than the South Dakota Virtual High School. SB 26 - repeal certain provisions regarding the Advanced Reading Enhancement Program. SB 27 - repeal certain provisions regarding the Office of Educational Technology. SB 28 - revise certain provisions regarding the mileage allowance for transportation of children in need of special education or services. SB 29 - repeal the requirement to report the names of students who are deaf, blind, or visually impaired. 12th Legislative Day 01/25/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1036 - make an appropriation to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives. 13th Legislative Day 01/26/2007 Complete Meeting 15th Legislative Day 01/30/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1106 - allow a school district to give priority to certain students who apply for open enrollment. HB 1219 - prohibit sex offenders from entering certain school buildings or premises, to provide for waivers issued by school boards under certain circumstances, and to provide penalties for violations thereof. HB 1215 - require the South Dakota State Library to continue to circulate popular books to citizens. HB 1116 - allow a school district to deny an application for open enrollment or to return an open-enrolled student to the resident district for disciplinary reasons. 17th Legislative Day 02/01/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1146 - establish education service agencies to provide services to school districts on a regional basis and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1221 - appropriate money to enhance career and technical education in the state. HB 1149 - prohibit the firing of a firearm at any school building, vehicle, or premises. HB 1106 - allow a school district to give priority to certain students who apply for open enrollment. HB 1116 - allow a school district to deny an application for open enrollment or to return an open-enrolled student to the resident district for disciplinary reasons. 18th Legislative Day 02/02/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1215 - require the South Dakota State Library to continue to circulate popular books to citizens. HB 1198 - repeal the implementation of prospective mandates that children attend kindergarten and that kindergarten programs be a minimum length. HB 1230 - prohibit the Board of Regents from increasing the rate of tuition paid by full-time, undergraduate students under certain circumstances. HB 1241 - allow the Board of Regents to sell certain used computers through university bookstores and to declare an emergency. HB 1233 - revise the publishing requirement for school board vacancies in newly created school districts, to revise the deadline by which candidates for new school boards must file nominating petitions, and to declare an emergency. 20th Legislative Day 02/06/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1236 - allow the Department of Education to enter into certain enrollment agreements with the State of Iowa. HB 1266 - allow a home school student to partially enroll in the student's resident school district or in another school district under certain circumstances and to clarify certain testing requirements for students who are partially enrolled. HB 1246 - make an appropriation for the costs related to the intensive methamphetamine treatment program in the women's state correctional system. HB 1205 - provide funds to the state technical institutes. HB 1279 - create a task force to study permanent funding options for the state technical institutes, to provide for its composition, and to declare an emergency. HB 1266 - allow a home school student to partially enroll in the student's resident school district or in another school district under certain circumstances and to clarify certain testing requirements for students who are partially enrolled. 22nd Legislative Day 02/08/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1266 - allow a home school student to partially enroll in the student's resident school district or in another school district under certain circumstances and to clarify certain testing requirements for students who are partially enrolled. HB 1239 - revise the index factor used to determine the per student allocation of state aid to education. HB 1261 - increase the index factor in the state aid to education formula and to establish criteria that a school district with a small high school must meet in order to receive state aid to education. HB 1276 - create the Prairie High School District. HB 1141 - create the health and safety facility equity program to assist certain school districts with critical need for capital construction. HB 1159 - create the facility equity fund to provide financial assistance to certain school districts with critical capital construction needs. 23rd Legislative Day 02/09/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1273 - require that sixty-five percent of a school district's operating budget be expended for instructional purposes. HB 1277 - allow temporary contractual agreements between certain school districts to exist for an additional year. HB 1290 - provide for an Office of Indian Education and an Indian Education Advisory Council and to establish certain provisions to enhance Indian education in the state. 25th Legislative Day 02/13/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1141 - create the health and safety facility equity program to assist certain school districts with critical need for capital construction. HB 1159 - create the facility equity fund to provide financial assistance to certain school districts with critical capital construction needs. HB 1220 - distribute state aid to education funds to certain school districts with growing enrollments based on current enrollment data. HB 1239 - revise the index factor used to determine the per student allocation of state aid to education. HB 1261 - increase the index factor in the state aid to education formula and to establish criteria that a school district with a small high school must meet in order to receive state aid to education. HB 1082 - revise the funding of K-12 education in the state. HB 1290 - provide for an Office of Indian Education and an Indian Education Advisory Council and to establish certain provisions to enhance Indian education in the state. HB 1307 - provide for the development of end of course exams. HB 1276 - create the Prairie High School District. 27th Legislative Day 02/15/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1290 - provide for an Office of Indian Education and an Indian Education Advisory Council and to establish certain provisions to enhance Indian education in the state. HB 1268 - appropriate money for Teach for America. HB 1291 - create a teacher compensation assistance program. HB 1276 - create the Prairie High School District. HB 1113 - prohibit school districts from granting credit for distance learning courses offered through entities other than the South Dakota Virtual High School. HB 1300 - provide for a public utility data source containing information from school districts and to make an appropriation therefor. 28th Legislative Day 02/20/2007 Complete Meeting SB 32 - revise certain provisions relating to the distribution of funds to sparse school districts, and to declare an emergency. SB 67 - repeal certain provisions related to distribution of funds to school districts based on adequate yearly progress. SB 68 - revise certain provisions regarding the use of the state institute fund by the Department of Education. SB 195 - allow member schools of the South Dakota High School Activities Association to provide a portion of certain admissions fees to local organizations that support interscholastic activities. SB 33 - revise certain kindergarten enrollment requirements and repeal the nursery school age requirement. 30th Legislative Day 02/22/2007 Complete Meeting SB 95 - establish a State Board of Technical Institutes, to provide for its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and to provide for the transfer of authority over public postsecondary technical education from the Department of Education to the State Board of Technical Institutes. SB 101 - establish a governance policy for school boards. SB 115 - revise certain provisions regarding the rule-making authority of the Board of Education. 31st Legislative Day 02/23/2007 Complete Meeting SB 95 - establish a State Board of Technical Institutes, to provide for its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and to provide for the transfer of authority over public postsecondary technical education from the Department of Education to the State Board of Technical Institutes. SB 115 - revise certain provisions regarding the rule-making authority of the Board of Education. SB 199 - increase the compulsory attendance age for school attendance. 33rd Legislative Day 02/27/2007 Complete Meeting SB 115 - revise certain provisions regarding the rule-making authority of the Board of Education. SB 101 - establish a governance policy for school boards. SB 174 - enhance education in the state and to make an appropriation therefor.

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