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