152A 100th Legislative Session 152
AMENDMENT 152A
FOR
THE INTRODUCED BILL
Introduced by: Senator Mehlhaff
This bill has been extensively amended (hoghoused) and may no longer be consistent with the original intention of the sponsor.
An Act to
promote
the future success and development of South Dakotareduce
the state's contribution to a subsidized high school dual credit
program.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That § 13-28-37.1 be AMENDED:
13-28-37.1.
A
state subsidized high school dual credit program must be established
for any student in
grades
grade
eleven or twelve. The public institution of higher education or
technical college offering the credit shall set the admission
standards. A participating institution shall regularly submit course
availability, enrollment, and completion data to the Department of
Education.
If a
student receives a failing grade in any course or withdraws from a
course after the deadline and does not receive credit for the course,
the student may no longer participate in the program. The Board of
Regents or
the South Dakota
Board of Technical Education may reinstate a student who is
prohibited from participating in the dual credit program,
if the student demonstrates good cause for failing a course or
withdrawing from a course,
or if,
at the student's expense,
the student retakes and passes the course that the student withdrew
from or failed.
The dual credit program may not be used for remedial courses.
The Board
of Regents shall set a high school dual credit tuition rate
equivalent to forty-three percent of the undergraduate tuition rate.
The student taking the course shall pay an amount equal to
thirty-three and three-tenths
fifty
percent of the total high school dual credit tuition rate
and a school district may pay any portion of the student's share.
The state shall pay an amount equal to
sixty-six and seven-tenths
fifty
percent of the total high school dual credit tuition rate.
The board of a school district may establish a policy to pay any
portion of the student's share of the cost of the dual credit course.
No
public institution of higher education or technical college offering
the credit may require any additional fees.
The student is responsible for any other costs involved with attending a postsecondary institution.
For the
purposes of this section,
the term, undergraduate tuition rate,
"undergraduate tuition rate"
means the per-credit rate, as set by the Board of Regents, that was
in effect on January first of the previous fiscal year.
Underscores indicate new language.
Overstrikes
indicate deleted language.