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 29, 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: 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.
Committee Secretary