84th Legislative Session _ 2009

Committee: Senate Education
Tuesday, February 03, 2009

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P    Gray
P    Jerstad
P    Knudson, Vice-Chair
P    Nesselhuf
P    Olson (Russell)
P    Peterson
P    Garnos, Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Senator Cooper, Garnos, Chair.

MOTION:     TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2009.

Moved by:    Nesselhuf
Second by:    Jerstad
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

        
SB 106: revise the index factor in the state aid to general education formula, to set a maximum per student allocation for school districts with an excess general fund balance, and to require the Legislature to estimate general fund revenues for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year.

Presented by:    Senator Dave Knudson
Proponents:    Bob O'Connell, Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce
        Jeff Parker, Self, Sioux Falls
        Sandra Waltman, SD Education Association
        Jim Hutmacher, SD Coalition of Schools
        John Pedersen, School Administrator of South Dakota
        Bill Engberg, Associated School Boards of SD (Handout: 1)


        Dick Tieszen, Sioux Falls School District
Opponents:    Tammy Darnall, Department of Education (Handout: 2)
        Jim Terwilliger, Bureau of Finance and Management

        THE CHAIR DEFERRED SB 106 UNTIL ANOTHER DAY.

        
SB 81: authorize the use of interscholastic activity admission fees by certain endowment funds.

Presented by:    Senator Bob Gray
Proponents:    Lindsey Riter-Rapp, High School Activities Assn.
        Wayne Carney, High School Activities Assn.
Opponents:    Jim Hutmacher, Mid Size Schools

MOTION:     DO PASS SB 81

Moved by:    Gray
Second by:    Nesselhuf
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (6-1-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Gray, Jerstad, Nesselhuf, Olson (Russell), Peterson, Garnos

Voting No:    Knudson

        THE CHAIR DEFERRED SB 91 UNTIL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2009.

        PASSED GAVEL TO SENATOR DAVE KNUDSON, VICE CHAIR

        
SB 101: clarify the school residence of a child assigned to an approved out of district special education residential or tuition day program when the residence of the child's parent or guardian changes.

Presented by:    Senator Cooper Garnos
Proponents:    Mike Keeley, Self (Handout: 3)
        Michelle Powers, Self, Brookings
        Dick Tieszen, Sioux Falls School District
        John Falther, Self, Avon
        Bill Engberg, Associated School Boards of SD
        John Pedersen, School Administrator of South Dakota

MOTION:     DO PASS SB 101

Moved by:    Gray
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 SB 101 ON CONSENT CALENDAR

Moved by:    Nesselhuf
Second by:    Jerstad
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

        PASSED GAVEL BACK TO SENATOR COOPER GARNOS, CHAIR.

        
SB 117: appropriate funds to the postsecondary technical institutes for program enhancement.

Proponents:    Dick Tieszen, Technical Institutes (Handout: 4)
        Deb Shephard, Lake Area Technical Institute
        Jeff Holcomb, Southeast Tech
        Kim Morey, Western Dakota Tech., Rapid City
        Greg Von Wald, Mitchell Tech., Mitchell (Handout: 5)
        Julie Johnson, Absolutely Aberdeen
        Ed Anderson, SD Rural Electric Association
        Greg Dean, SD Telecommunications Association
        Sandra Waltman, SD Education Association
        Deb Mortenson, Associated General Contractors of SD, Incorporated.
        Myron Rau, SD Trucking Association and SD Auto Dealers Association
Opponents:    Jim Terwilliger, Bureau of Finance and Management

MOTION:     REFER SB 117 TO APPROPRIATIONS

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

        THE CHAIR DEFERRED SB 112 UNTIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2009.

        THE CHAIR DEFERRED SB 118 UNTIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2009.

MOTION:     ADJOURN

Moved by:    Nesselhuf
Second by:    Olson (Russell)
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

Cheri Hauschild

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Committee Secretary
Cooper Garnos, Chair