P - Present
Roll Call
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Senator Ed Olson, Chair.
MOTION:
TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2008
Nancy Bloom
E - Excused
A - Absent
P Gray
P Jerstad
P McNenny
P Nesselhuf
P Peterson (Jim)
P Knudson, Vice-Chair
P Olson (Ed), Chair
Moved by: McNenny
Second by: Gray
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
SB 67: require high school students to submit at least one application to a
postsecondary educational institution.
Presented by: Senator Cooper Garnos
Proponents: Paul Gough, Board of Regents
Opponents: Dick Tieszen, Sioux Falls School District
Wade Pogany, Department of Education
MOTION:
DEFER SB 67 TO THE 36TH LEGISLATIVE DAY
Moved by: Gray
Second by: Nesselhuf
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Gray, Jerstad, McNenny, Nesselhuf, Peterson (Jim), Knudson, Olson (Ed)
SB 26: revise certain provisions regarding the rule making authority of the South
Dakota Board of Education for pre-kindergarten programs.
Presented by: Deb Barnett, Department of Education
Proponents: Ron Moquist, self, Sioux Falls
Dennis Hook, SD Headstart Association
Susan Randall, SD Voices For Children
John Pedersen, School Administrator of South Dakota
Bob O'Connell, Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce
Sandra Waltman, SD Education Association
Wayne Lueders, Associated School Boards of SD
Opponents: Cindy Flakoll, Concerned Women For America
Chris Hupke, SD Family Policy Council
Steve Sibson, self, Mitchell (Document #1 and #2)
MOTION:
DO PASS SB 26
Moved by: Nesselhuf
Second by: Knudson
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (6-1-0-0)
Voting Yes: Gray, Jerstad, Nesselhuf, Peterson (Jim), Knudson, Olson (Ed)
Voting No: McNenny
MOTION:
ADJOURN
Moved by: Knudson
Second by: Nesselhuf
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
Committee Secretary
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