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, FEBRUARY 17, 2009
E - Excused
A - Absent
P Gray
P Jerstad
P Knudson, Vice-Chair
P Nesselhuf
P Olson (Russell)
P Peterson
P Garnos, Chair
Moved by: Olson (Russell)
Second by: Knudson
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
SB 191: establish eligibility criteria, community planning processes, and quality
benchmarks for state-supported prekindergarten programs.
Presented by: Senator Thomas Dempster (Handout: 1)
Proponents: Rob Grunewald, Self, Minneapolis, Minn. (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
(Handout: 2,3)
Deb Barnett, Department of Education
Ron Moquist, Self, Sioux Falls (Raven Industry)
Rhonda Kludt, Self, Huron (Educator/United Way)
Susan Randall, SD Voices For Children
Wayne Lueders, Associated School Boards of SD (Handout: 4)
Sandra Waltman, SD Education Association
Dennis Hook, SD Headstart Association
Bob O'Connell, Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce
Dale Bertsch, Governor's Office
Opponents: Cindy Flakoll, Concerned Women For America
Chris Hupke, SD Family Policy Council
Kitty Werthmann, Eagle Forum
MOTION:
DO PASS SB 191
Moved by: Knudson
Second by: Jerstad
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (5-2-0-0)
Voting Yes: Jerstad, Knudson, Nesselhuf, Peterson, Garnos
Voting No: Gray, Olson (Russell)
MOTION:
REMOVE SB 132 FROM THE TABLE
Moved by: Nesselhuf
Second by: Olson (Russell)
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
SB 132: exempt certain school districts from the requirement to reorganize due to
low enrollment.
Presented by: Senator Margaret Gillespie
Committee asked for clarification: Sandra Waltman former employee of School and Public Lands
Tom Oster, Secretary, Department of Education
MOTION:
AMEND SB 132
13-13-1.
The commissioner of school and public lands, after any adjustments that have been
made pursuant to § 5-10-18.3, shall apportion the school funds as follows: the commissioner shall
ascertain from the division of education the total number of resident pupils in average daily
membership
as defined in 13-13-1.1
in
all schools in
each school district and the total number of
pupils in average daily membership in all
schools in the state
school districts
, and on that basis of
the school population, the commissioner shall apportion to each school district, pro rata, such share,
as its population of resident pupils in average daily membership in
schools within the school
district's boundaries and resident pupils attending private schools
,
the school district
bears to the
total
number of pupils in average daily membership in all
schools in the state
school districts
. The funds
to be apportioned include funds derived from the lease of school lands, the lease of public lands not
apportioned to any educational, penal, or charitable institution, the interest, dividends, and other
income on invested funds derived from the sale of school lands and public lands not apportioned to
any such institution, and the interest, dividends, and other income on invested funds derived from
the five percent paid by the United States on sale of public lands within the state.
Section 2. That
§
13-13-1.1
be amended to read as follows:
13-13-1.1.
The individual school district average daily membership as calculated by the Division
of Education Services and Resources for distribution of school and public lands funds may not
include pupils for whom the
public
school
district
receives tuition, shall include pupils for whom the
district pays tuition, and shall include resident pupils attending
public schools within the district and
resident pupils attending
private schools.
Section 3. The secretary of education may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to provide
for the certification of resident pupils attending public or private schools in another state."
Cheri Hauschild