P - Present
Roll Call
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Senator Cooper Garnos, Chair.
MOTION:
TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009.
Cheri Hauschild
E - Excused
A - Absent
P Gray
P Jerstad
P Knudson, Vice-Chair
P Nesselhuf
P Olson (Russell)
P Peterson
P Garnos, Chair
Moved by: Olson (Russell)
Second by: Nesselhuf
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
SB 34: revise certain provisions regarding the South Dakota Board of Education's
role if a school district fails to develop a reorganization plan.
Presented by: Tom Oster, Secretary Department of Education
MOTION:
DO PASS SB 34
Moved by: Knudson
Second by: Gray
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (4-3-0-0)
Voting Yes: Gray, Knudson, Olson (Russell), Garnos
Voting No: Jerstad, Nesselhuf, Peterson
SB 38: require school districts to keep contiguous boundaries when reorganizing.
Presented by: Tom Oster, Secretary Department of Education
Opponents: Dick Tieszen, SD Associated School Boards
John Koskan, Self, Wood, SD
MOTION:
DEFER SB 38 UNTIL ANOTHER DAY.
Moved by: Knudson
Second by: Nesselhuf
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
MOTION:
SUBSTITUTE MOTION DEFER SB 38 TO THE 41ST LEGISLATIVE DAY
Moved by: Jerstad
Second by: Peterson
Action: Failed by roll call vote. (2-5-0-0)
Voting Yes: Jerstad, Peterson
Voting No: Gray, Knudson, Nesselhuf, Olson (Russell), Garnos
SB 39: make an appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse certain
school districts for consolidation incentives and to declare an emergency.
Presented by: Tamara Darnall, Director of Finance & Management, DOE
MOTION:
DO PASS SB 39
Moved by: Nesselhuf
Second by: Gray
Action: Was not acted on.
MOTION:
SUBSTITUTE MOTION REFER SB 39 TO APPROPRIATIONS
Moved by: Knudson
Second by: Nesselhuf
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Gray, Jerstad, Knudson, Nesselhuf, Olson (Russell), Peterson, Garnos
MOTION:
ADJOURN
Moved by: Peterson
Second by: Olson (Russell)
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
Committee Secretary