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 TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 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: Gray
Second by: Nesselhuf
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
THE CHAIR DEFERRED SB 81 UNTIL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2009
SB 87: repeal the forthcoming mandate that, beginning on July 1, 2009, will require
students to stay in school until age eighteen or graduation.
Presented by: Senator Gordon Howie
Opponents: Dick Tieszen, Sioux Falls School District
Dianna Miller, Large School Group
Wayne Lueders, Associated School Boards of SD
Representative Jacqueline Sly, Self
Sandra Waltman, SD Education Association
Melody Schopp, Department of Education
Susan Randall, SD Voices For Children
Larry Zikmund, SD Association of Career and Technical Education and Associated
General Contractors-Building Chapter of South Dakota
MOTION:
DEFER SB 87 TO THE 41ST LEGISLATIVE DAY
Moved by: Knudson
Second by: Jerstad
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (6-1-0-0)
Voting Yes: Gray, Jerstad, Knudson, Nesselhuf, Olson (Russell), Garnos
Voting No: Peterson
PASSED GAVEL TO SENATOR KNUDSON, VICE CHAIR
SB 88: rescind the repeal on funding for sparse school districts that will take effect
on June 30, 2009.
Presented by: Senator Cooper Garnos (Handout: 1)
Proponents: Dick Tieszen, Sioux Falls School District
Senator Ryan Maher
Wayne Lueders, Associated School Boards of SD (Handout: 2)
John Pedersen, School Administrator of South Dakota
Mel Dutton, Faith School District
Dick Schaffan, McIntosh PSD 15-1
Sandy Arseneault, SD Education Assoc.
Shawn Winthers, Bison Schools (Handout: 3)
Opponents: Jim Terwilliger, Bureau of Finance and Management
Tammy Darnall, Department of Education
MOTION:
DO PASS SB 88
Moved by: Nesselhuf
Second by: Jerstad
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Gray, Jerstad, Knudson, Nesselhuf, Olson (Russell), Peterson, Garnos
PASSED GAVEL BACK TO SENATOR GARNOS, CHAIR
HB 1044: define a multidistrict, career and technical academy and to provide
provisions for the establishment of such an academy.
Proponents: Mark Wilson, Department of Education (Handout: 4)
Larry Zikmund, SD Association of Career and Technical Education and Associated
General Contractors-Building Chapter of South Dakota
MOTION:
DO PASS HB 1044
Moved by: Knudson
Second by: Olson (Russell)
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Gray, Jerstad, Knudson, Nesselhuf, Olson (Russell), Peterson, Garnos
MOTION:
PLACE HB 1044 ON CONSENT CALENDAR
Moved by: Knudson
Second by: Nesselhuf
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
HB 1045: repeal the provisions for the South Dakota Academic Achievement Test
Advisory Council.
Proponents: Melody Schopp, Department of Education
MOTION:
DO PASS HB 1045
Moved by: Peterson
Second by: Jerstad
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Gray, Jerstad, Knudson, Nesselhuf, Olson (Russell), Peterson, Garnos
MOTION:
PLACE HB 1045 ON CONSENT CALENDAR
Moved by: Olson (Russell)
Second by: Knudson
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
HB 1046: revise the eligibility requirements for the Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey
memorial scholarship award.
Proponents: Keith Moore, Department of Education
MOTION:
DO PASS HB 1046
Moved by: Olson (Russell)
Second by: Nesselhuf
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Gray, Jerstad, Knudson, Nesselhuf, Olson (Russell), Peterson, Garnos
MOTION:
PLACE HB 1046 ON CONSENT CALENDAR
Moved by: Knudson
Second by: Peterson
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
MOTION:
ADJOURN
Moved by: Nesselhuf
Second by: Knudson
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
Committee Secretary