3rd Legislative Day 01/10/2008 Complete Meeting 4th Legislative Day 01/11/2008 Complete Meeting 6th Legislative Day 01/15/2008 Complete Meeting HB 1047 - make an appropriation to assist sparse school districts. HB 1046 - make an appropriation to assist sparse school districts and to declare an emergency. HB 1045 - revise certain provisions related to the calculation of state aid to special education. HB 1050 - revise certain provisions regarding Indian education. 8th Legislative Day 01/17/2008 Complete Meeting HB 1044 - revise certain provisions regarding the teacher compensation assistance program. HB 1051 - revise certain provisions related to the payment of additional funds to consolidated school districts. HB 1048 - revise certain provisions related to the state aid payment for increase in current fall enrollment. 9th Legislative Day 01/22/2008 Complete Meeting HB 1150 - provide for the recall of certain school district officials. HB 1186 - revise the eligibility requirements for the opportunity scholarship by allowing a student to take the ACT or SAT test after graduating from high school. HB 1086 - extend to postsecondary campuses certain protections relating to the possession of dangerous weapons. HB 1153 - establish requirements and procedures for the certification of parent-taught driver education courses and to allow parents to teach driver education to their qualified children. HB 1147 - allow the small school adjustment in the state aid to education formula to increase in value each year based upon the per student allocation. 11th Legislative Day 01/24/2008 Complete Meeting HB 1221 - create the postsecondary technical institute auxiliary fund and to provide continuing funding to the postsecondary technical institutes for the costs of maintenance and repair. HB 1222 - create the postsecondary technical institute auxiliary fund and to provide continuing funding from the future fund to the technical institutes for the start-up costs of new programs being created to meet workforce development needs. HB 1223 - create the postsecondary technical institute auxiliary fund and to provide continuing funding from the future fund to the technical institutes for the cost of replacing old or outdated equipment to meet workforce development needs. HB 1016 - establish a new system of funding for the postsecondary technical institutes. HB 1218 - increase the maximum allowable outstanding amount of bonds issued by the Health and Educational Facility Authority on behalf of the four technical institutes. 12th Legislative Day 01/25/2008 Complete Meeting HB 1218 - increase the maximum allowable outstanding amount of bonds issued by the Health and Educational Facility Authority on behalf of the four technical institutes. HB 1249 - allow the Department of Education to enter into certain enrollment agreements with the State of Nebraska. HB 1152 - provide for diabetes management and treatment in schools. HB 1153 - establish requirements and procedures for the certification of parent-taught driver education courses and to allow parents to teach driver education to their qualified children. HB 1049 - revise certain provisions related to the calculation of school and public lands funds and county general school funds. 14th Legislative Day 01/29/2008 Complete Meeting HB 1308 - require the Board of Education to revise the alternative certification standards for career and technical education teachers. HB 1164 - authorize the purchase or lease of computer hardware and software through the general fund of school districts. HB 1312 - change the South Dakota virtual high school to the South Dakota virtual school. HB 1303 - require the South Dakota State Library to deliver services and materials to residents in remote areas of the state, and to deliver those services and materials free of charge. HB 1291 - allow students who have dyslexia to receive special education or special education and related services. HB 1316 - establish a maximum balance for school district pension funds. 16th Legislative Day 01/31/2008 Complete Meeting HB 1289 - revise the state aid formula by limiting the declining enrollment allowance to only those school districts that lose at least ten students from one year to the next. HB 1306 - allow certain students to participate in the opportunity scholarship program under certain circumstances. HB 1288 - allow any school district that qualifies for both the declining enrollment allowance and the growing enrollment payment in the same fiscal year to only benefit from the one that provides the most additional funding to the district. HB 1254 - create the facility equity fund to assist certain school districts with critical need for capital construction. HB 1202 - make an appropriation to fund an expansion of Teach for America. 18th Legislative Day 02/05/2008 Complete Meeting HB 1224 - provide for the funding of certain reduced tuition programs for veterans. HB 1225 - direct the Department of Education to undertake a study of the state's school districts and the efficiency of the statewide delivery of education services to the state's students. HB 1306 - allow certain students to participate in the opportunity scholarship program under certain circumstances. HB 1317 - require the Department of Education to develop a pilot program which provides certain school district information on a centralized website and to provide certain reporting requirements. HB 1242 - require the Department of Education and the Board of Regents to establish certain programs for children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. HB 1300 - revise certain provisions related to school district reorganization and to the payment of additional funds to consolidating school districts, and to revise the general state aid to education formula for the purpose of increasing teachers salaries. 20th Legislative Day 02/07/2008 Complete Meeting HB 1308 - require the Board of Education to revise the alternative certification standards for career and technical education teachers. HB 1214 - create a required minimum salary for teachers who teach in school districts that receive state aid funding. HB 1230 - appropriate money to promote the development of centers for secondary career and technical education. HB 1147 - allow the small school adjustment in the state aid to education formula to increase in value each year based upon the per student allocation. HB 1262 - establish a classification system, an evaluation system, and minimum annual salaries for certified teachers and school service specialists, and to repeal certain provisions relating to teacher tenure. HB 1268 - establish a statewide minimum teacher salary that school districts must meet within five years and to allow school districts to receive funds through the teachers compensation assistance program to meet the minimum salary requirement. HB 1251 - authorize the Board of Regents to acquire land for the Higher Education Center--West River. 22nd Legislative Day 02/12/2008 Complete Meeting HB 1224 - provide for the funding of certain reduced tuition programs for veterans. HB 1268 - establish a statewide minimum teacher salary that school districts must meet within five years and to allow school districts to receive funds through the teachers compensation assistance program to meet the minimum salary requirement. HB 1268 - establish a statewide minimum teacher salary that school districts must meet within five years and to allow school districts to receive funds through the teachers compensation assistance program to meet the minimum salary requirement. HB 1268 - establish a statewide minimum teacher salary that school districts must meet within five years and to allow school districts to receive funds through the teachers compensation assistance program to meet the minimum salary requirement. HB 1262 - establish a classification system, an evaluation system, and minimum annual salaries for certified teachers and school service specialists, and to repeal certain provisions relating to teacher tenure. HB 1262 - establish a classification system, an evaluation system, and minimum annual salaries for certified teachers and school service specialists, and to repeal certain provisions relating to teacher tenure. HB 1279 - align math and science education with South Dakota's historic and unique scientific opportunities, to direct the Department of Education to initiate Project Lead the Way, to develop a clearinghouse for certain educational opportunities, and to provide for an independent analysis of the state's content standards, and to make an appropriation therefor, and to require the Department of Education to develop a framework for a high school for the twenty-first century, and to require high schools to report on activities and results relative to that framework. HB 1257 - revise certain procedures regarding real property assessment and taxation and to repeal the nonagricultural acreage classification and certain provisions regarding the assessment of property. HB 1214 - create a required minimum salary for teachers who teach in school districts that receive state aid funding. 24th Legislative Day 02/14/2008 Complete Meeting SB 25 - repeal certain provisions regarding the calculation of state aid to education. SB 21 - revise certain provisions related to the interstate enrollment options program. SB 22 - revise certain provisions related to the payment of additional funds to consolidated school districts and to declare an emergency. SB 10 - include Dakota and Nakota with certain requirements for instruction in the Lakota language. SB 155 - provide state aid to education to certain school districts for certain students. 26th Legislative Day 02/19/2008 Complete Meeting SB 26 - revise certain provisions regarding the rule making authority of the South Dakota Board of Education for pre-kindergarten programs. 28th Legislative Day 02/21/2008 Complete Meeting SB 26 - revise certain provisions regarding the rule making authority of the South Dakota Board of Education for pre-kindergarten programs. SB 153 - authorize the Governor to enter the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact and the Western Regional Education Compact, and to provide for the appointment of resident members to both commissions. SB 201 - revise certain eligibility requirements for the South Dakota opportunity scholarship. SB 99 - exempt certain school districts from the requirement to reorganize due to low enrollment. SB 181 - create the South Dakota teachers tuition reimbursement program. 29th Legislative Day 02/22/2008 Complete Meeting SB 27 - revise the state requirement for inspection of school food service programs. 31st Legislative Day 02/26/2008 Complete Meeting

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