State of South Dakota
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EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2013
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659U0029
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SENATE BILL NO. 3
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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
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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.