Committee: House Education
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
P - Present
E - Excused
A - Absent
Roll Call
P Bartling
P Campbell
P Ecklund
P Hawks
P Johns
P Kaiser
P May
P Ring
P Schaefer
P Stevens
P Tulson
P Tyler
P Wick
P Haggar (Jenna), Vice-Chair
P Sly, Chair
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Chair, Representative Sly.
MOTION: TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 6, 2013
Moved by: Haggar (Jenna)
Second by: Ecklund
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
HB 1200: require a school board to conduct a public hearing on certain proposals
which will obligate the school district for future payments.
Presented by: Representative Lance Russell
MOTION: TO TABLE HB 1200
Moved by: Johns
Second by: Bartling
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (13-0-2-0)
Voting Yes: Bartling, Campbell, Ecklund, Hawks, Johns, Kaiser, May, Ring, Schaefer, Stevens,
Tulson, Haggar (Jenna), Sly
Excused: Tyler, Wick
SB 96: exempt certain school districts from the requirement to reorganize due to low
enrollment.
Presented by: Senator J. Mark Johnston
Proponents: Dennis Goodwin, Platte-Geddes School District
Dan Guericke, Mid-Central Education Cooperative
Lance Witte, Superintendent, Wessington Springs School District
John Pedersen, USA group
Melody Schopp, Department of Education
Bill Engberg, Assoc School Boards of SD
MOTION: DO PASS SB 96
Moved by: Stevens
Second by: Ecklund
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (15-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Bartling, Campbell, Ecklund, Hawks, Johns, Kaiser, May, Ring, Schaefer, Stevens,
Tulson, Tyler, Wick, Haggar (Jenna), Sly
HB 1213: provide a reduced amount of state aid to education funding to certain
school districts with a fall enrollment of less than one hundred.
Presented by: Representative Charles Hoffman
Others: Bobbi Rank, Department of Education (Handouts: Answered questions)
MOTION: DO PASS HB 1213
Moved by: Stevens
Second by: Ecklund
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (9-6-0-0)
Voting Yes: Campbell, Ecklund, Kaiser, May, Stevens, Tulson, Wick, Haggar (Jenna), Sly
Voting No: Bartling, Hawks, Johns, Ring, Schaefer, Tyler
HB 1198: allow certain opportunity scholarship recipients who graduate early to use
the remainder of their scholarship award for graduate studies.
Presented by: Representative Paula Hawks, self
Proponents: Dr, Jack Warner, Board of Regents
Representative Bernie Hunhoff
Taylor McCance, Self ( Telephone testimony)
Opponents: Liza Clark, Bureau of Finance and Management
MOTION: DO PASS HB 1198
Moved by: Ecklund
Second by: Tyler
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (13-2-0-0)
Voting Yes: Bartling, Campbell, Ecklund, Hawks, Johns, May, Ring, Schaefer, Stevens, Tulson,
Tyler, Wick, Sly
Voting No: Kaiser, Haggar (Jenna)
Chair, Representative Sly passed the Gavel to Vice Chair, Haggar (Jenna)
HB 1183: establish a pilot program that uses home-based educational technology to
prepare certain preschool children for school.
Presented by: Representative Jacqueline Sly (Handout: 1)
Opponents: Kathy Cruse, SD Headstart Association
Linda Schauer, Concerned Women For America
Rob Monson, School Administrators of SD
MOTION: DO PASS HB 1183
Moved by: Ecklund
Action: Died for lack of a second.
MOTION: SUBSTITUTE MOTION AMEND HB 1183
On page 1, line 7, of the printed bill, after "exceed" insert "two hundred percent of".
On page 4, line 8, after "state." insert "At least one-half of the preschool children who
participate in the program shall be from families whose annual income does not exceed one hundred
percent of the federal poverty level, and the remaining participants shall be from families whose
annual income does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty level.".