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Senate Education

There are 38 Legislative Days scheduled for the 2011 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 CT in room 423 of the Capitol.

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SENATE EDUCATION

3rd Legislative Day (1/13/2011)
Complete Meeting

5th Legislative Day (1/18/2011)
Complete Meeting
SB 8 - revise certain provisions related to school district unreserved fund balances.
Starts at 1:35:07

10th Legislative Day (1/25/2011)
Complete Meeting
SB 58 - provide tuition benefits to certain National Guard members attending tribal colleges.
Starts at 1:23:20

12th Legislative Day (1/27/2011)
Complete Meeting
SB 60 - repeal the reduction in state aid to general education funding for any school district that receives proceeds from the Commission on Gaming.
Starts at 0:01:22

SB 111 - extend for two years the period of time in which school districts may expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation, insurance, energy, and utility costs.
Starts at 0:21:29

SB 92 - extend for three years the period of time in which school districts may expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation, insurance, energy, and utility costs, to include group health insurance costs among those costs, and to increase the percentage of capital outlay funds which may be expended for those costs.
Starts at 0:41:34

SB 72 - revise how certain kindergarten students are counted for the purpose of state aid to education funding, to establish in statute the minimum number of hours required in a school term for grades one through three, and to provide for the redistribution of certain funds appropriated for state aid to education.
Starts at 1:13:45

SB 104 - require each school district to develop a policy to prohibit bullying that meets certain requirements.
Starts at 1:21:17

14th Legislative Day (2/1/2011)
Complete Meeting
SB 72 - revise how certain kindergarten students are counted for the purpose of state aid to education funding, to establish in statute the minimum number of hours required in a school term for grades one through three, and to provide for the redistribution of certain funds appropriated for state aid to education.
Starts at 0:03:33

SB 85 - revise the calculation of the small school adjustment in the state aid to education formula, and to provide for the redistribution of certain funds appropriated for state aid to education.
Starts at 0:42:19

SB 137 - require school districts and regental institutions to adopt a policy prohibiting hazing.
Starts at 1:35:33

16th Legislative Day (2/3/2011)
Complete Meeting
SB 65 - allow nonpublic schools accredited by certain accrediting agencies other than the Department of Education to become members of the South Dakota High School Activities Association.
Starts at 00:01:47

SB 154 - provide funding for education by temporarily increasing the state sales and use tax.
Starts at 00:33:34

SB 200 - revise certain provisions related to school district fund balances and to declare an emergency.
Starts at 01:25:00

SB 63 - repeal certain provisions regarding the reduction in state aid to education based upon the school district's general fund balance.
Starts at 01:31:35

18th Legislative Day (2/8/2011)
Complete Meeting
SB 152 - revise certain provisions concerning state aid to education, to revise and provide for the adjustment of the per student allocation for the state aid to general education formula, and to revise certain property tax levies for the general fund of a school district.
Starts at 0:01:28

SB 126 - stabilize the funding of the state aid to education formula for two years by appropriating money from the education enhancement trust fund and borrowing money from certain school districts, to create the education stabilization fund, and to prohibit school districts from imposing an excess tax levy for two years.
Starts at 0:36:07

SB 77 - require school boards to approve pick-up locations for any open enrolled students who are transported in their resident school districts by receiving school districts.
Starts at 1:38:28

20th Legislative Day (2/10/2011)
Complete Meeting
HB 1080 - modify the date on which the annual financial reports of school districts are considered past due.
Starts at 0:02:35

SB 77 - require school boards to approve pick-up locations for any open enrolled students who are transported in their resident school districts by receiving school districts.
Starts at 0:07:22

HB 1070 - prohibit school districts from employing school counselors who are not certified.
Starts at 0:19:30

SB 165 - reduce by ten percent the small school adjustment in the state aid to education formula, and to appropriate the money saved by the state as a result of the reduction to fund the education service agencies.
Starts at 0:38:20

22nd Legislative Day (2/15/2011)
Complete Meeting
HB 1133 - revise certain provisions relating to the excusal of a child from school.
Starts at 0:34:45

SB 169 - revise certain requirements relating to participation by tribal schools in the federal school lunch program.
Starts at 0:57:28

24th Legislative Day (2/17/2011)
Complete Meeting
HB 1175 - establish the jump start scholarship program.
Starts at 2:05

SB 197 - enhance education for students in certain residential treatment facilities.
Starts at 26:14

25th Legislative Day (2/22/2011)
Complete Meeting
SB 149 - establish policies for youth athletes with concussions resulting from participation in youth athletic activities.
Starts at 0:02:03

SB 133 - revise certain provisions related to distribution of funds to sparse school districts.
Starts at 1:47:12

27th Legislative Day (2/24/2011)
Complete Meeting
HB 1153 - prohibit the Board of Education from adopting certain standards for the subject of history.
Starts at 00:22:37

HB 1196 - provide for the establishment of veterans resource centers at certain state colleges and universities.
Starts at 01:16:20

HB 1228 - increase the bonding limit for the four technical institutes.
Starts at 02:03:05

30th Legislative Day (3/1/2011)
Complete Meeting
HB 1228 - increase the bonding limit for the four technical institutes.
Starts at 00:00:34

HB 1229 - repeal the requirement for a school district with an enrollment of one hundred or fewer students to reorganize.
Starts at 00:11:38

HB 1093 - revise the criteria used to exempt certain school districts from the requirement to reorganize.
Starts at 00:50:09

HB 1208 - revise certain provisions relating to public schools to allow school districts to operate more economically.
Starts at 01:10:03

32nd Legislative Day (3/3/2011)
Complete Meeting
HB 1235 - create the Board of Regents performance improvement fund and make an appropriation therefor.
Starts at 0:00:35

HB 1093 - revise the criteria used to exempt certain school districts from the requirement to reorganize.
Starts at 0:24:49

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