An Act to establish certain restrictions regarding funds from the state subsidized dual credit program for certain students.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That § 13-28-37.1 be AMENDED:

13-28-37.1. State subsidized high school dual credit program--Tuition rate--Payment of tuition and costs.

A state subsidized high school dual credit program shall be established for any student in grades eleven or twelve. The public institution of higher education or postsecondary technical institute offering the credit shall set the admission standards. A participating institution shall regularly submit course availability, enrollment, and completion data to the Department of Education.

If a student receives a failing grade in any course or withdraws from a course after the deadline and does not receive credit for the course, the student is responsible for the full dual credit rate of tuition for that course. The Board of Regents may remove a student's responsibility for tuition under this section if the student demonstrates good cause for failing a course or withdrawing from a course.

The Board of Regents shall set a high school dual credit tuition rate equivalent to forty-three percent of the undergraduate off-campus tuition rate. The student taking the course shall pay an amount equal to thirty-three and three tenths percent of the total high school dual credit tuition rate and a school district may pay any portion of the student's share. The state shall pay an amount equal to sixty-six and seven tenths percent of the total high school dual credit tuition rate. No public institution of higher education or postsecondary technical institute offering the credit may require any additional fees.

The student is responsible for any other costs involved with attending a postsecondary institution. For the purposes of this section, the term, undergraduate off-campus tuition rate, means the per-credit rate, as set by the Board of Regents, that was in effect on January first of the previous fiscal year.