82nd Legislative Session _ 2007

Committee: House Education
Friday, February 09, 2007

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
E    Bradford
P    Buckingham
P    DeVries
P    Elliott
P    Gilson
P    Hackl
P    Hills
P    McLaughlin, Vice-Chair
P    Novstrup (Al)
P    Olson (Ryan)
P    Thompson
E    Van Norman
P    Weems
P    Wick
P    Heineman, Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Chair Heineman

MOTION:     TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 8, 2007

Moved by:    Weems
Second by:    Hills
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

          HB 1273: require that sixty-five percent of a school district's operating budget be expended for instructional purposes.

Presented by:    Representative Hal Wick

Proponents:    Craig Dewey, Americans for Prosperity
Opponents:    Bill Engberg, Associated School Boards of South Dakota (Handout #1)
        Rachel Hendrickson, SDEA

The Chair deferred HB 1273 until Tuesday, February 13, 2007.

         HB 1277: allow temporary contractual agreements between certain school districts to exist for an additional year.

Presented by:    Representative Ryan Olson
Proponents:    Ward Thelen, Superintendent of the Harrold School District
        Hank Kosters, Associated School Boards of South Dakota
Information only: Wade Pogany, South Dakota Department of Education

MOTION:     DO PASS HB 1277

Moved by:    Hills
Second by:    DeVries
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(9-4-2-0)

Voting Yes:    DeVries, Elliott, Gilson, Hackl, Hills, Novstrup (Al), Olson (Ryan), Thompson, Wick

Voting No:    Buckingham, McLaughlin, Weems, Heineman

Excused:    Bradford, Van Norman

         HB 1290: provide for an Office of Indian Education and an Indian Education Advisory Council and to establish certain provisions to enhance Indian education in the state.

Presented by:    Keith Moore, Department of Education (Handout #2)
Proponents:    John Pedersen, Superintendent of Pierre Public Schools
        Ted Hamilton, Oceti Sakowin Education Consortium (Handout #3)
        Anne Plooster, SDEA
        Rodney Bordeaux, President of Rosebud Sioux Tribe

The Chair deferred HB 1290 until Tuesday, February 13, 2007.

MOTION:     ADJOURN

Moved by:    Buckingham
Second by:    Gilson
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

Jo Ann Nelsen

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Committee Secretary
Phyllis M. Heineman, Chair