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SENATE EDUCATION 3rd Legislative Day 01/11/2007 Complete Meeting 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. SB 32 - revise certain provisions relating to the distribution of funds to sparse school districts, and to declare an emergency. SB 33 - revise certain kindergarten enrollment requirements and repeal the nursery school age requirement. SB 34 - revise the definition of an enrolled student. 5th Legislative Day 01/16/2007 Complete Meeting 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. 7th Legislative Day 01/18/2007 Complete Meeting SB 67 - repeal certain provisions related to distribution of funds to school districts based on adequate yearly progress. 10th Legislative Day 01/23/2007 Complete Meeting 12th Legislative Day 01/25/2007 Complete Meeting SB 69 - revise the distribution of certain revenues to school districts. 15th Legislative Day 01/30/2007 Complete Meeting SB 69 - revise the distribution of certain revenues to school districts. 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 112 - authorize funding for certain tribal colleges to defray certain costs associated with educating nonbeneficiary students at tribal colleges and to make an appropriation therefor. SB 101 - establish a governance policy for school boards. 17th Legislative Day 02/01/2007 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. SB 143 - appropriate funds to provide for the South Dakota Virtual Library. 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 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. 20th Legislative Day 02/06/2007 Complete Meeting SB 178 - assign control of postsecondary technical education to the Board of Regents. SB 199 - increase the compulsory attendance age for school attendance. SB 210 - require the South Dakota State Library to continue to circulate popular books to citizens and to ensure that records are reviewed for historical significance before being discarded. HB 1034 - revise certain provisions regarding the data submission requirements for the state accreditation of schools. HB 1033 - impose sanctions on schools and certified school personnel for compromising the integrity of a state-required academic achievement test. 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. 22nd Legislative Day 02/08/2007 Complete Meeting SB 199 - increase the compulsory attendance age for school attendance. HB 1035 - revise the required grade levels for assessment of writing skills. HB 1037 - repeal certain health certification requirements of school employees. HB 1038 - revise certain provisions regarding the interstate enrollment options program. SB 174 - enhance education in the state and to make an appropriation therefor. 25th Legislative Day 02/13/2007 Complete Meeting 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. SB 116 - provide a legislative deadline for the adoption of the budget for the Department of Education. SB 117 - increase general funding for school districts, to impose a temporary limit on the growth of state general fund spending, and to suspend the transfer of moneys from the general fund to the budget reserve fund, and to the property tax reduction fund. SB 157 - revise the funding for K-12 education. SB 203 - require an annual adjustment from funds deposited in the property tax reduction fund from the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products to the general fund levies of a school district by reducing local effort by nine million dollars. SB 69 - revise the distribution of certain revenues to school districts. SB 157 - revise the funding for K-12 education. SB 203 - require an annual adjustment from funds deposited in the property tax reduction fund from the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products to the general fund levies of a school district by reducing local effort by nine million dollars. SB 116 - provide a legislative deadline for the adoption of the budget for the Department of Education. SB 117 - increase general funding for school districts, to impose a temporary limit on the growth of state general fund spending, and to suspend the transfer of moneys from the general fund to the budget reserve fund, and to the property tax reduction fund. SB 157 - revise the funding for K-12 education. SB 174 - enhance education in the state and to make an appropriation therefor. 27th Legislative Day 02/15/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1158 - provide immunity for school districts in facilitating computer usage. HB 1236 - allow the Department of Education to enter into certain enrollment agreements with the State of Iowa. HB 1241 - allow the Board of Regents to sell certain used computers through university bookstores and to declare an emergency. 28th Legislative Day 02/20/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1277 - allow temporary contractual agreements between certain school districts to exist for an additional year. HCR 1006 - Encouraging the Board of Regents to approve the creation of a Mandarin Chinese major curriculum at Northern State University. 30th Legislative Day 02/22/2007 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 1141 - create the health and safety facility equity program to assist certain school districts with critical need for capital construction. 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 1205 - provide funds to the state technical institutes. 33rd Legislative Day 02/27/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1082 - revise the funding of K-12 education in the state. HB 1171 - enhance education in the state and to make an appropriation therefor. 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 1113 - prohibit school districts from granting credit for distance learning courses offered through entities other than the South Dakota Virtual High School. HB 1082 - revise the funding of K-12 education in the state. HB 1171 - enhance education in the state and to make an appropriation therefor.

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