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.
Representatives Deadrick and Juhnke and Senators Gant and Garnos
SB 116
provide a legislative deadline for the adoption of the budget for the Department of Education.
Senators Heidepriem, Bartling, Hoerth, Hundstad, Jerstad, Katus, Kloucek, Koetzle, Maher,
Nesselhuf, Peterson (Jim), Turbak, and Two Bulls and Representatives Hargens, Bradford, Burg,
Dennert, Elliott, Engels, Feinstein, Gassman, Gillespie, Glenski, Halverson, Lucas, Miles, Nygaard,
Sigdestad, Street, and Thompson
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.
Senators Heidepriem, Bartling, Hanson (Gary), Hoerth, Hundstad, Jerstad, Katus, Kloucek, Koetzle,
Maher, Nesselhuf, Peterson (Jim), Turbak, and Two Bulls and Representatives Hargens, Ahlers,
Bradford, Burg, Dennert, Elliott, Engels, Feinstein, Gassman, Gillespie, Glenski, Halverson, Lucas,
Miles, Moore, Nygaard, Sigdestad, Street, and Thompson
SB 157
revise the state aid to education formula and to create a teacher compensation assistance program.
Senators Knudson, Abdallah, Albers, Bartling, Dempster, Garnos, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Hanson
(Gary), Hauge, Heidepriem, Hunhoff, Jerstad, Koetzle, McCracken, Nesselhuf, Olson (Ed), and
Peterson (Jim) and Representatives McLaughlin, Ahlers, Cutler, Gassman, Gillespie, Glenski,
Halverson, Hargens, Jerke, Kirkeby, Krebs, Miles, Moore, Olson (Russell), Peters, Pitts, Steele,
Tidemann, Vehle, and Willadsen
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.
Senators Kloucek, Greenfield, and Sutton and Representatives Elliott and Gassman
NOTE: The above bills will be taken up in this order for a hearing on the date noted. If circumstances do not permit
a hearing on this date then a hearing will be held at a future meeting of the committee to be determined by the chair.
Action on a bill may come at any time after it has had a hearing.
BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.
SB 69
revise the funding of K-12 education in the state.
Senators Olson (Ed) and Knudson and Representatives Heineman, Deadrick, Halverson, and
McLaughlin
SB 174
provide increased state aid to education to those school districts that achieve or strive to achieve a
certain attendance level and graduation rate.
Senators Garnos, Abdallah, and Bartling and Representatives Nelson, Elliott, Jerke, Juhnke, Kirkeby,
and Van Norman