Committee Agenda

Committee:    House Education
Room:    Room 413
Date:    Monday, February 22, 2016
Time:    7:45 AM



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* Refer to the engrossed (amended) bill

HB 1152     create the new frontiers program to support innovative research by South Dakota companies.
    Representative Mickelson and Senator Cammack

HB 1220     direct the secretary of education to rescind a GEAR UP grant waiver.
    Representatives Bartling, Haggar (Don), Hawley, Qualm, and Schoenfish and Senators Heinert, Bradford, Hunhoff (Bernie), Parsley, Sutton, and Van Gerpen

HB 1222     accommodate legislation relating to shared services in schools.
    Representatives Hawley, Bartling, Bordeaux, Feickert, Gibson, Hawks, Kirschman, McCleerey, Ring, Schrempp, and Soli and Senators Sutton, Bradford, Buhl O'Donnell, Frerichs, Heinert, Hunhoff (Bernie), Parsley, and Peterson (Jim)

BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

HB 1146     authorize the Governor to enter agreements with Indian tribes regarding the high school equivalency tests administered on Indian reservations.
    Representatives Bordeaux and Killer and Senators Heinert and Bradford

HB 1147     prohibit school districts from using school or athletic team names, mascots, or nicknames that are determined to be racially derogatory or discriminatory.
    Representatives Bordeaux, Killer, and McCleerey and Senators Heinert and Bradford

HB 1148     require schools to provide instruction on South Dakota's tribal history, culture, and government.
    Representatives Bordeaux and Killer and Senators Heinert and Bradford

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JACQUELINE SLY, Chair