Committee: House Appropriations
MOTION:
TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27
Moved by:
Representative Derby
Second by:
Representative Jaspers
Action:
Prevailed by voice vote.
SB 72:
to revise certain provisions relating to state aid to education and to require
a legislative interim study of educational opportunities and to declare an
emergency.
Presented by:
Bob Stevens, representing the South Dakota Education Association, who expressed
concern on the portion of the Senate amendment dealing with special education
The gavel was passed to Vice Chair Richter at this time.
MOTION:
DO PASS SB 72
Moved by:
Representative Putnam
Second by:
Representative Jaspers
Action:
Was not acted on.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION:
DEFER SB 72
Moved by:
Representative Derby
Second by:
Representative Sokolow
Action:
Was not acted on.
SB 108:
to revise budget transfer authority.
Presented by:
Representative J. E. (Jim) Putnam
Proponents:
Curt Everson, Commissioner of the Bureau of Finance and Management,
supporting the bill in the amended form
Opponents: None
MOTION:
DO PASS SB 108
Moved by:
Representative McNenny
Second by:
Representative Duxbury
Action:
Prevailed by unanimous roll call vote.
(10-0-0-0)
Voting yes:
Cerny, Duxbury, Sokolow, Derby, Jaspers, Kredit, McNenny, Munson (Donald),
Richter, Putnam
The gavel was returned to Chair Putnam.
"
Section
1.
There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of one hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($150,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Department of
Education and Cultural Affairs to provide grants to Cheyenne River Community College in Eagle
Butte, Oglala Lakota College in Kyle, Sinte Gleska University in Rosebud, and Sisseton-Wahpeton
Community College in Sisseton, provided the institutions maintain accreditation by the North
Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Section
2.
In awarding the grants, the department shall calculate each institution's share of the
funds in section 1 of this Act by multiplying the total appropriation by the percentage of total
enrollment at each institution.
Section
3.
Any institution receiving a grant pursuant to this Act shall provide the department a
copy of the institution's nondiscrimination policy whereby the institution does not engage in and will
discipline acts of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, or natural origin in regards to its
employment practices.
Section
4.
The secretary of the Department of Education and Cultural Affairs shall approve
vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.
Section
5.
That section 5 of chapter 134 of the 1996 Session Laws be repealed.
Section 5. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Department of Education and
Cultural Affairs to provide cost equalization grants to non-Indian students attending tribal
universities or colleges.
Section
6.
That section 3 of chapter 105 of the 1995 Session Laws be repealed.
Section 3. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Department of Education and
Cultural Affairs to provide cost equalization grants as provided in sections 8 to 13, inclusive, of this
Act to non-Indian students attending tribal universities or colleges.
"
SB 72:
to revise certain provisions relating to state aid to education and to require
a legislative interim study of educational opportunities and to declare an
emergency.
The pending motion to
defer SB 72 was withdrawn.
CONSIDERATION OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION DO PASS SB 72
MOTION:
TO AMEND TITLE OF SB 72
Chair Putnam resumed the Chair.
SB 109:
to appropriate money for rural school and community renewal.
MOTION:
TO TABLE SB 109
Moved by:
Representative Richter
Second by:
Representative McNenny
Action:
Failed by roll call vote.
(4-6-0-0)
Voting yes:
Kredit, McNenny, Richter, Putnam
Voting no:
Cerny, Duxbury, Sokolow, Derby, Jaspers, Munson (Donald)
MOTION:
DEFER SB 109 TO THE 35TH LEGISLATIVE DAY
Moved by:
Representative Duxbury
Second by:
Representative Cerny
Point of order being raised, Dale Bertsch, LRC, advised the Committee can send out an amended
bill on Monday; thereafter it would require a rule suspension.
Action:
Prevailed by voice vote.
Representative Munson requested a history of the Youth-At-Risk Fund.
MOTION:
ADJOURN
Moved by:
Representative Sokolow
Second by:
Representative Richter
Action:
Prevailed by voice vote.
Respectfully submitted,
Arlene G. Krueger