Committee Agenda

Committee:    House Education
Room:     412
Date:     Thursday, February 21, 2008
Time:     10:00 AM



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         SB 27      repeal the state requirement for inspection of school food service programs.
             The Committee on Education at the request of the Department of Education

         SB 99      exempt certain school districts from the requirement to reorganize due to low enrollment.
             Senators Albers and McCracken and Representatives Gillespie and Pederson (Gordon)

         SB 181 *     create the South Dakota secondary teachers tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness program and to make an appropriation therefor.
             Senators Greenfield, Bartling, Duenwald, Gant, Garnos, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Hanson (Gary), Hoerth, Knudson, Maher, McNenny, Napoli, Nesselhuf, Olson (Ed), Peterson (Jim), Sutton, Turbak Berry, and Two Bulls and Representatives Nelson, Boomgarden, Cutler, Davis, DeVries, Gilson, Hackl, Haverly, Hills, Jerke, Kirkeby, Koistinen, Krebs, McLaughlin, Noem, Novstrup (Al), Novstrup (David), Peters, Rounds, Street, and Turbiville

         SB 201 *     revise certain eligibility requirements for the South Dakota opportunity scholarship.
             The Committee on Education at the request of the Office of the Governor

BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

         SB 26      revise certain provisions regarding the rule making authority of the South Dakota Board of Education for pre-kindergarten programs.
             The Committee on Education at the request of the Department of Education

         SB 153 *     authorize the Governor to enter the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact and the Western Regional Education Compact, and to provide for the appointment of resident members to both commissions.
             Senators Smidt (Orville), Olson (Ed), Schmidt (Dennis), and Turbak Berry and Representatives Tidemann and Kirkeby
        
ANY BILLS NOT HEARD ON THIS DATE WILL BE HEARD ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2008
                

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         PHYLLIS M. HEINEMAN, Chair