State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2013  

659U0029   SENATE BILL   NO.  3  

Introduced by:    Senators Olson (Russell), Bradford, Johnston, Jones, Kirkeby, Peters, Tidemann, and White and Representatives Dryden, Munsterman, and Wismer at the request of the Interim Postsecondary Education-Purpose and Funding Study Committee
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to require the reporting of the outcomes of certain licensure and certification examinations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. If any department, board, or commission of the state administers a licensure or certification examination to any person who completed a degree program at an institution under the control of the Board of Regents, the department, board, or commission shall annually report to the Board of Regents the following:
            (1)    The number of persons who completed a degree program at each institution under the control of the Board of Regents to whom the department, board, or commission administered a licensure or certification examination during that year; and
            (2)    The number of persons in subdivision (1) who successfully passed the licensure or certification examination, including any subparts of any licensure or certification process.
    Section 2. If any department, board, or commission of the state administers a licensure or

certification examination to any person who completes a degree program or a training program at a public postsecondary technical institute in the state, the department, board, or commission shall annually report to the Board of Education the following:

            (1)    The number of persons who completed a degree program or training program at each public postsecondary technical institute in the state and to whom the department, board, or commission administered a licensure or certification examination during that year; and
            (2)    The number of persons in subdivision (1) who successfully passed the licensure or certification examination, including any subparts of any licensure or certification process.
    Section 3. The Board of Regents and the Board of Education shall each compile the information received pursuant to this Act and provide it to the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council no later than November fifteenth of each year.