HOUSE EDUCATION 1st Legislative Day 01/13/2009 Complete Meeting 2nd Legislative Day 01/14/2009 Complete Meeting 4th Legislative Day 01/16/2009 Complete Meeting 6th Legislative Day 01/21/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1046 - revise the eligibility requirements for the Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey memorial scholarship award. HB 1045 - repeal the provisions for the South Dakota Academic Achievement Test Advisory Council. HB 1044 - define a multidistrict, career and technical academy and to provide provisions for the establishment of such an academy. 9th Legislative Day 01/26/2009 Complete Meeting 11th Legislative Day 01/28/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1105 - require public high school students to perform acts of volunteerism in order to receive a high school diploma. 13th Legislative Day 01/30/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1067 - allow the voters of a school district to discontinue school board representation areas. 14th Legislative Day 02/02/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1172 - suspend for two years the requirement that certain school districts with low enrollment reorganize. HB 1182 - increase the required minimum school district size from a fall enrollment of one hundred to a fall enrollment of one hundred ninety-five. HB 1171 - exempt any school district from the minimum size requirement if it operates the only remaining public high school located within the boundaries of any county. 16th Legislative Day 02/04/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1206 - allow a school district to transfer funds from the capital outlay fund to the bond redemption fund for a period of one year following a reorganization. HB 1154 - revise certain requirements for eligibility for opportunity scholarships. HB 1182 - increase the required minimum school district size from a fall enrollment of one hundred to a fall enrollment of one hundred ninety-five. HB 1223 - revise the high school course requirements for graduation from the distinguished high school program. HB 1186 - reimburse and reward public school counselors who earn the credential of National Certified School Counselor. 18th Legislative Day 02/09/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1178 - require the Department of Education to administer a pilot program for the purpose of increasing graduation rates among at-risk minority students, and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1180 - create a dual credit grant program for public high school students and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1282 - allow counties to assign the responsibility for the redemption of bonded indebtedness of a former school district to a new school district after a reorganization. HB 1236 - require that transfers from a resident school district to another school district through the enrollment options program are complete prior to the last Friday in September. HB 1235 - apply to any school district transporting students in the enrollment options program the requirement that a school district receive authority from any other school district before transporting students across the border of that district. 20th Legislative Day 02/11/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1298 - require the Board of Regents to prepare a plan to close one of the postsecondary educational institutions under its control. HB 1297 - restrict the use of minor adjustments to school district boundaries and to revise the application process for minor boundary changes. HB 1181 - establish a veterinary education loan repayment program for veterinarians who fulfill certain requirements and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1250 - provide funding to certain school districts for students who enroll in the district's virtual school after the date on which fall enrollment is calculated. HB 1279 - require each school district to develop a policy to prohibit bullying and harassment that meets certain requirements. 22nd Legislative Day 02/13/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1198 - allow school districts to charge students a fee to participate in interscholastic activities for which no academic credit is earned. HB 1242 - rescind the repeal on funding for sparse school districts that will take effect on June 30, 2009, and to decrease the value of the small school adjustment in the state aid to education formula. HB 1241 - clarify that certain special education placements are not suspensions or expulsions. 23rd Legislative Day 02/17/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1257 - provide for the right to possess a firearm on the campuses of public institutions of higher education. 24th Legislative Day 02/18/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1257 - provide for the right to possess a firearm on the campuses of public institutions of higher education. HB 1297 - restrict the use of minor adjustments to school district boundaries and to revise the application process for minor boundary changes. HB 1269 - provide for the governance of public postsecondary technical education and to provide for the transfer of authority for public postsecondary technical education from local school districts to the Department of Education. HB 1293 - provide for the establishment of school administration regions and to provide for the sharing of certain school administrators and school service specialists among school districts. HB 1279 - require each school district to develop a policy to prohibit bullying and harassment that meets certain requirements. HB 1149 - allow a person or entity to offer postsecondary education credit in South Dakota while seeking accreditation from a recognized accrediting agency. 26th Legislative Day 02/20/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1279 - require each school district to develop a policy to prohibit bullying and harassment that meets certain requirements. HB 1067 - allow the voters of a school district to discontinue school board representation areas. HB 1293 - provide for the establishment of school administration regions and to provide for the sharing of certain school administrators and school service specialists among school districts. HB 1254 - exclude any federal stimulus funds in a school district's general fund when determining its allowable general fund balance. HB 1198 - allow school districts to charge students a fee to participate in interscholastic activities for which no academic credit is earned. 27th Legislative Day 02/23/2009 Complete Meeting SB 88 - rescind the repeal on funding for sparse school districts that will take effect on June 30, 2009. HB 1269 - provide for the governance of public postsecondary technical education and to provide for the transfer of authority for public postsecondary technical education from local school districts to the Department of Education. HB 1067 - allow the voters of a school district to discontinue school board representation areas. HB 1295 - authorize the establishment of charter schools. 29th Legislative Day 02/25/2009 Complete Meeting SB 38 - require school districts to keep contiguous boundaries when reorganizing. SB 81 - authorize the use of interscholastic activity admission fees by certain endowment funds. SB 91 - allow any school district, for a period of three years, to expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation costs, for the purchase of property and casualty insurance, and for energy costs, and the cost of utilities. SB 101 - clarify the school residence of a child assigned to an approved out of district special education residential or tuition day program when the residence of the child's parent or guardian changes. SB 88 - rescind the repeal on funding for sparse school districts that will take effect on June 30, 2009. 30th Legislative Day 03/02/2009 Complete Meeting SB 106 - revise certain provisions regarding the distribution of funds to sparse school districts, and to appropriate funds to distribute to sparse school districts. SB 81 - authorize the use of interscholastic activity admission fees by certain endowment funds. SB 174 - require a school district to which a former contracting school district is annexed to assign certain resident students to a school district in a bordering state, and to temporarily exempt certain school districts from the requirement to reorganize due to low enrollment. SB 126 - revise certain provisions regarding school attendance. 32nd Legislative Day 03/04/2009 Complete Meeting SB 165 - provide for the authorization of certain private, nonprofit benevolent organizations to assist in funding certain school curricula, activities, and programs. SB 190 - revise certain allocations for disabilities in the state aid for special education formula. SB 185 - revise the graduation requirements for students entering ninth grade in 2010 and thereafter by eliminating the option of the basic high school program. SB 132 - allow resident students that attend school out of state to be counted in the resident school district's average daily membership for the purpose of distributing school and public lands funds. SB 140 - allow school districts to enter into contractual agreements to provide for the whole-grade sharing of students. 35th Legislative Day 03/09/2009 Complete Meeting SB 191 - establish eligibility criteria, community planning processes, and quality benchmarks for state-supported prekindergarten programs. 37th Legislative Day 03/11/2009 Complete Meeting

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