P - Present
E - Excused
A - Absent
Roll Call
P Dennert
P Wismer
P Bolin
P Romkema
P Dryden
P White
P Deelstra
P Carson, Vice-Chair
P Wink, Chair
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Representative Dean Wink.
SB 77: provide for the establishment of a scholarship program for postsecondary
technical institute students and to make an appropriation therefor.
Presented by: Senator Russell Olson (Handouts: 1, 2, and 3)
Representative Mitch Fargen
Proponents: Tony Venhuizen, Office of the Governor
Dick Tieszen, Technical Institutes
Deb Shephard, Lake Area Technical Institute
Cathy Anderson, Western Dakota Technical Institute
Jeff Holcomb, Southeast Technical Institute
Representative Roger Solum
David Owen, SD Chamber of Commerce and Industry
MOTION: AMEND SB 77
Section 2. Terms used in this Act mean:
Section 4. To be eligible for a Dakota Tech scholarship a person shall:
Section 7. If a person has been awarded a Dakota Tech scholarship, the department shall pay the
postsecondary technical institute at which the person is enrolled the amount of five thousand dollars,
to be deducted from the person 's tuition and fees over the duration of the person's course of study.
The amount of the scholarship constitutes an obligation owed by the person to the department, which
may be discharged as provided in sections 8 to 11, inclusive, of this Act.
Section 8. A person who has received a Dakota Tech scholarship is not required to repay any part
of the scholarship if within six months of earning an eligible technical degree the person begins
employment and is continuously employed in South Dakota for a period of forty-eight consecutive
months in an area of critical need. A course of study and corresponding employment or occupation
that was deemed an area of critical need at the time of the person's scholarship award remains an area
of critical need for the duration of the person's course of study and for the forty-eight month
employment period for purposes of determining any repayment obligation that the person may incur.
Section 9. If a person who has received a Dakota Tech scholarship does not maintain eligibility
as specified in section 5 of this Act, the person shall reimburse the department the amount of the
scholarship paid on behalf of the person, according to a repayment schedule set by the department
in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26.
Section 10. If a person who has received a Dakota Tech scholarship does not meet the
requirement in section 8 of this Act, the person shall reimburse the department the amount of the
scholarship paid on behalf of the person, according to a repayment schedule set by the department
in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26. The amount of repayment shall be based on the ratio
of forty-eight months minus the number of months a person was continuously employed in an area
of critical need to forty-eight months.
Section 11. If a person who has received a Dakota Tech scholarship is unable to maintain
eligibility or remain employed in an area of critical need for forty-eight consecutive months due to
factors outside the control of the person, the department may waive or delay the eligibility or
repayment provisions of this Act.
Section 12. A person who has received a Dakota Tech scholarship shall annually report to the
department the person's academic and occupational status on forms prescribed by the department.
Section 13. The Dakota Tech scholarship fund is hereby established as a separate fund in the
state treasury to be administered by the Department of Labor and Regulation. Money in the fund
shall be used to implement the Dakota Tech scholarship program established pursuant to this Act.
Money may enter the fund through legislative appropriations, fees, contributions, donations, grants,
loans, interest received on money in the fund, and any other lawful public or private source. Money
in the fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature through the normal budget process. Any
expenditure from the fund shall be paid on warrants drawn by the state auditor on vouchers approved
by the secretary of the Department of Labor and Regulation.
Section 14. The Department of Labor and Regulation shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter
1-26, to implement the Dakota Tech scholarship program. The rules shall define occupations and
geographical areas as areas of critical need, establish procedures for the awarding and acceptance
of scholarships, establish requirements and guidelines to be followed by the department in
implementing the program, establish criteria for monitoring the academic and occupational status
of persons who have received a scholarship, establish financial need criteria, establish repayment
schedules, and establish other procedures and requirements necessary for the implementation of the
scholarship program.
Section 15. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of one million dollars
($1,000,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Department of Labor and Regulation
to be deposited into the Dakota Tech scholarship fund and made available, beginning on the effective
date of this Act, to fund scholarships under the Dakota Tech scholarship program as provided in this
Act. This appropriation may be used only for the funding of scholarships under the program.
Administrative costs and other costs incurred in the implementation of the program may be met only
through the use of funds from sources other than this appropriation.
Section 16. The secretary of the Department of Labor and Regulation shall approve vouchers and
the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.
Section 17. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated by June
30, 2013, shall revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8."
Section 2. Terms used in this Act mean:
Section 4. To be eligible for a Dakota Tech scholarship a person shall:
Section 7. If a person has been awarded a Dakota Tech scholarship, the department shall pay the
postsecondary technical institute at which the person is enrolled the amount of five thousand dollars,
to be deducted from the person 's tuition and fees over the duration of the person's course of study.
The amount of the scholarship constitutes an obligation owed by the person to the department, which
may be discharged as provided in sections 8 to 11, inclusive, of this Act.
Section 8. A person who has received a Dakota Tech scholarship is not required to repay any part
of the scholarship if within six months of earning an eligible technical degree the person begins
employment and is continuously employed in South Dakota for a period of forty-eight consecutive
months in an area of critical need. A course of study and corresponding employment or occupation
that was deemed an area of critical need at the time of the person's scholarship award remains an area
of critical need for the duration of the person's course of study and for the forty-eight month
employment period for purposes of determining any repayment obligation that the person may incur.
Section 9. If a person who has received a Dakota Tech scholarship does not maintain eligibility as specified in section 5 of this Act, the person shall reimburse the department the amount of the scholarship paid on behalf of the person, according to a repayment schedule set by the department in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26.
Section 11. If a person who has received a Dakota Tech scholarship is unable to maintain
eligibility or remain employed in an area of critical need for forty-eight consecutive months due to
factors outside the control of the person, the department may waive or delay the eligibility or
repayment provisions of this Act.
Section 12. A person who has received a Dakota Tech scholarship shall annually report to the
department the person's academic and occupational status on forms prescribed by the department.
Section 13. The Dakota Tech scholarship fund is hereby established as a separate fund in the
state treasury to be administered by the Department of Labor and Regulation. Money in the fund
shall be used to implement the Dakota Tech scholarship program established pursuant to this Act.
Money may enter the fund through legislative appropriations, fees, contributions, donations, grants,
loans, interest received on money in the fund, and any other lawful public or private source. Money
in the fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature through the normal budget process. Any
expenditure from the fund shall be paid on warrants drawn by the state auditor on vouchers approved
by the secretary of the Department of Labor and Regulation.
Section 14. The Department of Labor and Regulation shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter
1-26, to implement the Dakota Tech scholarship program. The rules shall define occupations and
geographical areas as areas of critical need, establish procedures for the awarding and acceptance
of scholarships, establish requirements and guidelines to be followed by the department in
implementing the program, establish criteria for monitoring the academic and occupational status
of persons who have received a scholarship, establish financial need criteria, establish repayment
schedules, and establish other procedures and requirements necessary for the implementation of the
scholarship program.
Section 15. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of one hundred dollars
($100), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Department of Labor and Regulation to be
deposited into the Dakota Tech scholarship fund and made available, beginning on the effective date
of this Act, to fund scholarships under the Dakota Tech scholarship program as provided in this Act.
This appropriation may be used only for the funding of scholarships under the program.
Administrative costs and other costs incurred in the implementation of the program may be met only
through the use of funds from sources other than this appropriation.
Section 16. The secretary of the Department of Labor and Regulation shall approve vouchers and
the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.
Section 17. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated by June
30, 2013, shall revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8."
Lisa Shafer