82^nd Legislative Session _ 2007

Committee: Senate Education

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P    Gray
P    Jerstad
P    McNenny
P    Nesselhuf
P    Peterson (Jim)
P    Knudson, Vice-Chair
P    Olson (Ed), Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Senator Ed Olson, Chair

MOTION:     TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2007

Moved by:    Gray
Second by:    Knudson
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

         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.

Presented by:    Senator Jason Gant
Proponents:    Representative Thomas Deadrick

MOTION:     DO PASS HB 1233

Moved by:    McNenny
Second by:    Gray
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(7-0-0-0)

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Voting Yes:    Gray, Jerstad, McNenny, Nesselhuf, Peterson (Jim), Knudson, Olson (Ed)

MOTION:     PLACE HB 1233 ON CONSENT CALENDAR

Moved by:    McNenny
Second by:    Nesselhuf
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

         SB 116: provide a legislative deadline for the adoption of the budget for the Department of Education.

Presented by:    Senator Scott Heidepriem
Proponents:    Mitch Richter, Technical Institutes
        Jim Hutmacher, South Dakota Coalition of Schools
                 Wayne Lueders, Associated School Boards of South Dakota and
                 Alliance for Education
        Donna DeKraai, South Dakota Education Association
        Christie Johnson, School Administrators of South Dakota
Opponents:    Tamara Darnall, Bureau of Finance and Management

         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.

Presented by:    Senator Scott Heidepriem (Document #1, #2)
Proponents:    Jim Hutmacher, South Dakota Coalition of Schools
        Wayne Lueders, Associated School Boards of South Dakota and
         Alliance for Education
        Donna DeKraai, South Dakota Education Association
        Keith Mc Vay, Superintendent of Schools of the Smee School District #15-3
Opponents:    Jason Dilges, Bureau of Finance and Management
        Rick Melmer, Department of Education

         SB 157: revise the state aid to education formula and to create a teacher compensation assistance program.

Presented by:    Senator Dave Knudson
Proponents:    Bob Thimjon, The Ramkota Companies, Sioux Falls (Document #3)
        Bob O'Connell, Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce
        Chris Madsen, self, Sioux Falls

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        David Owen, South Dakota Chamber of Commerce & Industry
        Pat McElgunn, Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce
        Jeremiah D. Murphy, Citibank
        Wayne Lueders, Associated School Boards of South Dakota and
Alliance for Education
        Dianna Miller, ESD + 6
Opponents:    Tamara Darnall, Bureau of Finance and Management

         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.

Comments:    Senator Dave Knudson

MOTION:     ADJOURN

Moved by:    Nesselhuf
Second by:    Gray
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

Nancy Bloom

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Committee Secretary

Ed Olson, Chair