An Act to revise the membership of the Board of Education Standards to include the chairs members of the Senate and House committees on education.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That § 1-45-6.1 be AMENDED:

1-45-6.1. There is created within the Department of Education the South Dakota Board of Education Standards. The South Dakota Board of Education Standards board shall consist of seven nine members. The Seven members shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The terms term of office for each member shall be of the seven members is four years and shall terminate terminates December thirty-first of the fourth year. No member appointed after July 1, 2018, and without any previous service on the board, may serve more than three consecutive terms. However, after serving three consecutive terms, a member may be reappointed after at least two years have passed since the expiration of the member's last term. Any partial term to fill a vacancy on the board may not count against the three-term limit. The chair of the Senate Education Committee and the chair of the House Education Committee, or a designated committee member of the Senate Education Committee, and a designated committee member of the House Education Committee shall each serve on the board as an ex officio, nonvoting member members.