State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,  2007  

400N0665  
HOUSE BILL   NO.     1291  

Introduced by:     The Committee on Education at the request of the Office of the Governor  


         FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  create a teacher compensation assistance program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  There is hereby created the teacher compensation assistance program within the Department of Education to provide funds to school districts for the purpose of assisting school districts with teacher compensation. The department shall provide two-thirds of the funds for the teacher compensation assistance program to each participating school district. The Board of Education shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to create an oversight board appointed by the secretary of education for approval of applications as well as guidelines for district applications based on district instructional goals or market compensation. Participation in the program is discretionary. District applications shall be approved by the local board of education. The applications shall be reviewed by the teacher compensation assistance program oversight board and shall be recommended to the Board of Education for final approval.

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