85th Legislative Session _ 2010

Committee: Senate Education
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P    Gray
P    Jerstad
P    Nesselhuf
P    Olson (Russell)
P    Peterson
P    Knudson, Vice-Chair
P    Garnos, Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Senator Cooper Garnos, Chair.

MOTION:    TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Moved by:    Olson (Russell)
Second by:    Garnos
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

        HB 1160: allow a home school student to participate in the opportunity scholarship program under certain circumstances.

Presented by:    Senator Stanford Adelstein
        Representative Dan Lederman
Proponents:    Barb Bishop, SD Christian Home Education
        Rachael Mairose, Self, Kimball
        Cathy Brusven, self, Pierre
        Bethany Brusven, self, Pierre
        Nels Truelson, self, Sioux Falls
        Zack Truelson, self, Sioux Falls
Opponents:    Tom Oster, Secretary Department of Education


        Paul Turman, Board of Regents
        Dick Tieszen, Sioux Falls School District

MOTION:    AMEND HB 1160

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    On page 1, line 12, of the printed bill, after "higher" insert ", while also attaining sufficiently high markers in reading, writing, mathematics, and science as not to require remediation in any of those areas".

    On page 1, line 14, after "higher" insert ", while also attaining sufficiently high markers in reading, writing, mathematics, and science as not to require remediation in any of those areas".


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

MOTION:    DO PASS HB 1160 AS AMENDED

Moved by:    Gray
Second by:    Peterson
Action:    Was not acted on.

MOTION:    SUBSTITUTE MOTION AMEND HB 1160

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    On page 1, line 11, of the printed bill, delete "twenty-" and insert "twenty-eight".

    On page 1, line 12, delete "six".


Moved by:    Nesselhuf
Second by:    Knudson
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (6-1-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Jerstad, Nesselhuf, Olson (Russell), Peterson, Knudson, Garnos

Voting No:    Gray

MOTION:    AMEND HB 1160

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    On page 1, line 6, of the printed bill, delete "the Board of Regents determines cannot complete" and insert "does not meet".

    On page 1, line 8, delete everything after "2009," .
    
    On page 1, line 11, delete "while still receiving the alternative instruction".

    On page 1, delete lines 13 and 14, and insert:
"
            (2)    The student takes the Scholastic Assessment Test and earns a verbal-mathematics score of twelve hundred or higher.".


Moved by:    Knudson
Second by:    Nesselhuf
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (6-1-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Gray, Jerstad, Nesselhuf, Peterson, Knudson, Garnos

Voting No:    Olson (Russell)

MOTION:    DO PASS HB 1160 AS AMENDED

Moved by:    Nesselhuf
Second by:    Jerstad
Action:    Was not acted on.

MOTION:    SUBSTITUTE MOTION REFER HB 1160 TO APPROPRIATIONS AS AMENDED

Moved by:    Knudson
Second by:    Olson (Russell)
Action:    Failed by roll call vote. (3-4-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Olson (Russell), Knudson, Garnos

Voting No:    Gray, Jerstad, Nesselhuf, Peterson

MOTION:    DO PASS HB 1160 AS AMENDED

Moved by:    Nesselhuf
Second by:    Jerstad
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (6-1-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Gray, Jerstad, Nesselhuf, Peterson, Knudson, Garnos

Voting No:    Olson (Russell)

MOTION:    AMEND TITLE OF HB 1160

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    On page 1, line 1, of the printed bill, delete "a home school student" and insert "certain students".


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

        HB 1188: restrict the use of minor adjustments to school district boundaries and to revise the application process for minor boundary changes.

Presented by:    Representative Tim Rave
Proponents:    Dick Tieszen, Sioux Falls School District

MOTION:    DO PASS HB 1188

Moved by:    Knudson
Second by:    Olson (Russell)
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-0-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Gray, Jerstad, Nesselhuf, Olson (Russell), Peterson, Knudson, Garnos

MOTION:    ADJOURN

Moved by:    Olson (Russell)
Second by:    Nesselhuf
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.


Cheri Hauschild

____________________________

Committee Secretary
Cooper Garnos, Chair


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