| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
|
 Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR H.J. 348 02/2013 |
Postsec.,
Community College | revise certain provisions regarding the students eligible for resident tuition benefits at universities controlled by the Board of Regents.
H.B. 1012
The bill allows for South Dakota residents who graduated from a South Dakota high school to be eligible for resident tuition rates at instit...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | State Accountability System
S.B. 25
Creates a new state accountability system for public elementary and secondary schools to hold public schools accountable for student achieve...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Student Transfer
H.B. 1189
Establishes a deadline within each semester after which no student may transfer to a school district other than the resident school district...
| More... |
Finance--Student Fees |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Programming Instruction Fees
H.B. 1195
Forbids school districts to collect a fee for providing programming as a high school extracurricular activity.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sess...
| More... |
Finance--Student Fees |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Fee for Early Childhood Services
H.B. 1195
Permits schools to charge a fee for early childhood services for any child who is under the age of compulsory attendance pursuant to § 13-27...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher and Principal Evaluations
H.B. 1234
Provides that beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, any public school district seeking state accreditation must evaluate each certified te...
| More... |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Bullying Policy
S.B. 130
Requires each school district to adopt a policy prohibiting bullying. If a school district does not have a bullying policy, the district mus...
| More... |
Standards--Common Core State Standards |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Common Core State Standards
H.B. 1128
Requires that the Board of Education, prior to adopting any standards proposed through the Common Core State Standards Initiative conduct, o...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Incentive Program
H.B. 1234
Creates the math and science teacher incentive program for the purpose of providing rewards ($2500) to attract certified teachers who teach ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Teaching Needs Scholarship Program
H.B. 1234
Creates the South Dakota critical teaching needs scholarship program to encourage South Dakota's high school graduates to obtain their posts...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Teach for America Grant Program
S.B. 139
Creates a Teach for America grant program within the Department of Education with an aim to allow the number of teachers placed to grow from...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Tenure
H.B. 1234
Provides that any teacher who is not in or beyond the fourth consecutive term of employment with the school district prior to July 1, 2016, ...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Nonsectarian Textbooks
S.B. 186
Updates the definition of the nonsectarian textbooks that are loaned to certain students to include digital materials.
http://legis.state.s...
| More... |
Attendance--Truancy |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
P-12 | Attendance of Children Receiving Alternative Instruction.
H.B. 1005
Revises certain provisions regarding the excuse from attendance of children receiving alternative instruction.http://legis.state.sd.us/sessi...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
P-12 | District Payment of Criminal Background Checks
H.B. 1124
Permits a school district, at the discretion of the school district, to pay the fees charged for any criminal background investigation that ...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
P-12 | Disclosure of Public Employee Contracts
S.B. 106
Allows for the public inspection or copying of any current or prior contract with any public employee and any related document that specifie...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
Postsec. | Veteran Residency Requirements
S.B. 80
Exempts veterans from the twelve-month residency requirement for the purposes of tuition and fees. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2012/Bi...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Institution Authorization
S.B. 191
Provides that no postsecondary institution may provide educational programs at physical locations in the state unless it has been issued a c...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Excusal
H.B. 1133
Amends statute to state that once a parent or guardian of a child files an application with a school official for excusal,
the child shall b...
| More... |
Finance--Bonds |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
Community College | Finance - Bonds
H.B. 1228
An act to increase the bonding limit of the four technical institutes.
1-16A-77. The aggregate outstanding principal amount of bonds, notes...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Capital Outlay
S.B. 111
Extend for two years the period of time in which school districts may expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation, insurance, ene...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | School finance
S.B. 152
Revises certain provisions concerning state aid to education, to revise and provide for the adjustment of the per student allocation for the...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Concussions
S.B. 149
Establishes policies for youth athletes with concussions resulting from participation in youth athletic activities. The South Dakota High
Sc...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Jump Start Scholarship Program
H.B. 1175
Establishs the jump start scholarship program to be administered by the Board of Regents. The purpose of the program is to allow a student w...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
Postsec. | Facilities
H.B. 1008
Authorize the Board of Regents to expend higher education facilities funds to maintain and repair certain facilities occupied under capital ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
Postsec. | Performance improvement fund
H.B. 1235
Creates a special fund known as the Board of Regents performance improvement fund. All monies in this fund are dedicated for the purposes of...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--District Size |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | District Reorganization
H.B. 1093
Revise the criteria used to exempt certain school districts from the requirement to reorganize. Section amended to read:
After July 1, 2007,...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Transportation
S.B. 77
An Act requiring school boards to approve pick-up locations for any open enrolled students who are transported in their resident school dist...
| More... |
Special Education--Finance |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Special Education Finance
H.B. 1249
An Act to authorize a carryover of the fiscal year 2011 state aid to special education appropriation to fiscal year 2012.
Notwithstanding th...
| More... |
Special Education--Finance |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Special Education Funding
S.B. 192
Revise certain allocations for disabilities in the state aid for special education formula.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2011/Bills/SB1...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | School Counselors
H.B. 1070
Prohibit school districts from employing school counselors who are not certified.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2011/Bills/HB1070ENR.pdf...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Student Activities
S.B. 65
An Act to allow nonpublic schools accredited by certain accrediting agencies other than the Department of Education to become members of the...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Pilot Charter Schools
S.B. 63
Provides for the establishment of a pilot charter school in the state if the Department of Education receives a federal grant under the Amer...
| More... |
Finance |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Finance
S.B. 67
Revises property tax levies for the general fund of a school district; relates to agricultural property and single-family dwellings.
http://...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Financial Aid
H.B. 1160
Provides that any student who does not meet certain high school course requirements is eligible for the opportunity scholarship program by p...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
GOVERNOR'S veto overridden by SENATE. 03/2010 |
Postsec. | Student Aid
H.B. 1240
Creates the state need-based grant fund; provides for the awarding of need-based grants; repeals provisions regarding tuition equalization g...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Consolidation
H.B. 1181
Eliminates the consolidation financial incentives for any school districts that consolidate after July 1, 2010.
http://legis.state.sd.us/ses...
| More... |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Military Student Mobility
S.B. 88
Adopts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children; provide for transfer of school records.
http://legis.state.s...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Teacher Standards and Evaluation
S.B. 24
Establishes standards for teaching; requires an annual teacher evaluation; provides for the development of a model evaluation instrument.
ht...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 | Entrepreneurship Education
H.B. 1152
Requires the Department of Education to develop a framework for entrepreneurship education for use at middle and high school levels.
http://...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 | Finance
S.B. 25
Repeals provisions related to tuition for students transferring from a resident district that does not receive state aid to education; repea...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 | School Finance
H.B. 1108
Revises the definition of the general fund base percentage in the calculation of state aid to education.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2...
| More... |
Special Education--Finance |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 | Finance
H.B. 1020
Authorizes the transfer of certain special education funds to other funds under certain conditions; provides that in any fiscal year in whic...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 | Teacher certification
H.B. 1024
Repeals the requirement for school districts to have teaching certificates on file; relates to contracts and academic training.
http://legis...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Job Corps
S.B. 126
Revises certain provisions regarding school attendance and enrollment in the Job Corps.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB126EN...
| More... |
Finance |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Finance
S.B. 136
Repeals the provision that requires cooperatives to set aside a portion of the net proceeds as an education fund.
http://legis.state.sd.us/s...
| More... |
Finance |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | public record
S.B. 143
Requires a searchable internet website for the posting and access of certain public records and financial information of the state, municipa...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Finance--districts
S.B. 91
Allows certain school districts, for a period of years, to expend capital outlay funds for certain motor fuel transportation costs; includes...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Finance
S.B. 88
Rescinds the repeal on funding for certain sparse school districts that will take effect on June 30, 2009.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Finance
H.B. 1254
Revises the funding of elementary and secondary education and to increase the required minimum size of a school district. Excludes any feder...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Finance
S.B. 106
Revises the index factor in the state aid to general education formula, sets a maximum per student allocation for school districts with an e...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Finance
S.B. 80
Revises the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB80ENR.pdf...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Finance
S.B. 132
Allows resident students that attend school out of state to be counted in the resident school district's average daily membership for the pu...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | property tax
S.B. 149
Revises the annual property tax levies for the general fund of a school district; provides that any adjustment to the levy for agricultural ...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Finance
S.B. 165
Provides that school district governing boards may authorize one or more private, nonprofit benevolent organizations to, independently of th...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | School boards
H.B. 1067
Provides that the voters of any school district may amend the number of board members by a majority vote of all voters.
http://legis.state.s...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Graduation Requirements
S.B. 185
Revises graduation requirements for students entering the ninth grade in 2009; eliminates the option of the basic high school program; relat...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
Postsec. | Financial aid
S.B. 164
Revises the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009 to fund the state Opportunity Scholarship.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/200...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary finance
H.B. 1074
Increases expenditure authority previously granted to the Board of Regents; designates circumstances in which such authority may be used; ap...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Technical institutes
S.B. 117
Appropriates funds to the postsecondary technical institutes for program enhancement; requires reporting on funds received.
http://legis.sta...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
Postsec. | Nonaccredited postsecondary
H.B. 1149
Allows a person or entity to offer postsecondary education credit while seeking accreditation from a recognized accrediting agency; relates ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | school districts
S.B. 38
Requires school districts to keep contiguous boundaries when reorganizing; permits exceptions.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | consolidation
S.B. 39
Makes an appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives.
http://legis.state...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Consolidation
S.B. 174
Requires a school district to which a former contracting school district is annexed to assign certain resident students to a school district...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | shared services
S.B. 140
Allows school districts to enter into contractual agreements with school boards of other school districts to provide for the whole-grade sha...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed by Governor 03/2009 |
P-12 | Special education
S.B. 101
Clarifies the school residence of a child assigned to an approved out of district special education residential or tuition day program when ...
| More... |
Special Education--Finance |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | special education
S.B. 190
Revises allocations for disabilities in the state aid for special education formula.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB190ENR.p...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 02/2009 |
P-12 | Repeals Academic Achievement Test Advisory Council
H.B. 1045
Repeals the provisions for the state Academic Achievement Test Advisory Council.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/HB1045ENR.pdf...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 02/2009 |
P-12 | Multidistrict, Career and Technical Academy
H.B. 1044
Defines "Multidistrict, career and technical academy," as an educational entity designed to provide career and technical education and acade...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
Vetoed 02/2009 |
P-12 | Consolidation
H.B. 1171
Exempts a school district from the minimum size requirement if it operates the only remaining public high school located within the boundari...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 02/2009 |
P-12 | Guidance counselor
H.B. 1186
Reimburses and rewards public school counselors who earn the credential of National Certified School Counselor.
http://legis.state.sd.us/ses...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 08/2008 |
P-12 | CAREER/TECHNICAL EDUCATION, EARLY INTERVENTION RULES
24:10:42:24; 24:43:13:01; 24:43:13:02
Amends Career/Technical Education rules to improve the accountability system. Amends Early Intervention Program rules for clarification, eli...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 04/2008 |
Postsec. | Career and Technical Education
24:10:45:01, :02, :06 thru :10, inclusive, :16, :17
Amends rules to assure that current practices for training instructional staff at the post-secondary technical institutes are up-to-date by ...
| More... |
Finance--Bonds |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
Community College | Finance
H.B. 1218
Increases the maximum allowable outstanding amount of bonds issued by the Health and Educational Facility Authority on behalf of four techni...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Student Records/Rights
H.B. 1090
Requires that most records and applications regarding a minor child reference the names and addresses of both parents; includes medical, den...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | finance--career and technical education
S.B. 155
Provides state aid to education to certain school districts for students who currently attend a high school primarily focused on career and ...
| More... |
Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | Enrollment
S.B. 21
Revises certain provisions related to the local school district interstate enrollment options program.
http://www.ecs.org/html/offsite.asp?d...
| More... |
Finance |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | Finance
H.B. 1087
Revises the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2008 regarding appropriations to the Department of Executive Management, the Departme...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | Finance
S.B. 22
Revises provisions related to the payment of additional funds to consolidated school districts for average daily membership; declares an eme...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | finance--district
H.B. 1143
Repeals requirements related to school district employee retirement benefits.
http://legis.state.sd.us/index.aspx...
| More... |
Finance--Equity |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | Finance equity
H.B. 1047
Appropriates money from the general fund to the Department of Education for the purpose of making payments to sparse school districts.
http:...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | Finance--district,
H.B. 1288
Allows any school district that qualifies for both the declining enrollment allowance and the growing enrollment payment in the same fiscal ...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | Finance formula
S.B. 187
Revises the General Education State Aid Formula for purposes of increasing teachers' salaries; revises provisions related to payments of add...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | Finance
H.B. 1120
Revises property tax levies for the general fund of a school district; provides maximum tax levies for agricultural property, an owner-occup...
| More... |
Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Ethics
H.B. 1138
Prohibits the use of a false academic degree or a degree that is not completed to obtain employment, a promotion, admission to postsecondary...
| More... |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | American Indian
H.B. 1050
Revises certain provisions regarding Indian education; provides for teacher studies.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2008/Bills/HB1050ENR....
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | Virtual school
H.B. 1312
Changes the state virtual high school to the state virtual school.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2008/Bills/HB1312ENR.htm...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
Postsec. | Interstate compacts
S.B. 153
Authorizes the Governor to enter the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact; provides for the appointment of resident members to the M...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
Postsec. | Tuition/fees
H.B. 1274
Revises the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2008; increases amounts to be transferred to the opportunity scholarships.
http://leg...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
Postsec. | tuition--teachers and veterans
H.B. 1224
Provides for the funding of reduced tuition programs for veterans and teachers.
http://legis.state.sd.us...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
Postsec. | scholarships
S.B. 201
An act to revise certain eligibility requirements for the state Opportunity Scholarship.
http://legis.state.sd.us...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
Postsec. | postsecondary finance
H.B. 1226
Provides funds to postsecondary technical institutes
http://legis.state.sd.us/index.aspx....
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Vetoed 02/2008 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary finance
H.B. 1016
Establishes a new system of funding for the postsecondary technical institutes; requires the Board of Education to evaluate the apportionmen...
| More... |
Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec. | College entrance exams
H.B. 1186
Revises eligibility requirements for the opportunity scholarship by allowing a student to take the ACT or SAT test after graduating from hig...
| More... |
Special Education |
Vetoed 02/2008 |
P-12 | Deaf/Hearing Impaired
H.B. 1242
Requires the Department of Education and the Board of Regents to establish programs and policies for children who are deaf and hard-of-heari...
| More... |
Special Education--Finance |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | Special education finance
H.B. 1045
Revises provisions related to the calculation of state aid to special education; includes a cognitive disability; provides for nonresident s...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | Teacher compensation
H.B. 1044
Revises certain provisions regarding the teacher compensation assistance program.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2008/Bills/HB1044ENR.htm...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
Adopted 10/2007 |
Postsec. | TEACHER CERTIFICATION, STANDARDS OF ACCREDITATION
SDR 24:15:03:08, :10, :43:01:01, :02:02, :08, :09:03
Amends rules to allow school service specialists to add a teaching program to their current certificate upon completion of a full degree. Re...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 04/2007 |
P-12 | Pedagogy, Test Exemption
24:15:02:08, 24:43:01:01
Amends rules to allow those teachers who have experience and request certification to be exempt from the pedagogy test that measures "how do...
| More... |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 | Expands Use of State Institute Fund
S.B. 68
Adds support activities related to school accreditation and teacher training and retention to the list of purposes for use of the State Inst...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 | Kindergarten Attendance
S.B. 33
Amends 13-28-2 to read: Any child who is five years old on the first day of September is eligible for enrollment in kindergarten during that...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 | Raises Compulsory Attendance Age to 18
S.B. 199
Increases the compulsory attendance age for school attendance from 16 to 18, unless the child has graduated or is excused per certain provis...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Vetoed 03/2007 |
Community College,
Postsec. | State Board of Technical Institutes
S.B. 95
Establishes a State Board of Technical Institutes, to provide for its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and to provide for the transfer ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 | Interstate Enrollment Agreements
H.B. 1236
Allows the Department of Education to enter into enrollment agreements with the State of Iowa.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2007/bills/...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 | Funding Formula and Consolidation Incentives
S.B. 157
Revises the state aid to education formula and sets funding amounts to reimburse districts that choose to consolidate.
http://www.legis.stat...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 | Funding for Small School Districts
S.B. 32
Revises provisions relating to the distribution of state aid funds to sparse school districts.Defines sparse school districts as having an a...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 | Creates Seven Education Service Agencies
H.B. 1171
Part of this bill requires the secretary of the Department of Education shall establish seven education service agencies to provide services...
| More... |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 | Partial Attendance of Homeschooled Students
H.B. 1266
Requires a school district of a child excused from school attendance (home schooled) pursuant to § 13-27-2 to admit that child to a public s...
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Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 | Indian Education
H.B. 1290
Provides for an Office of Indian Education and an Indian Education Advisory Council. Requires the Council to consist of representatives of a...
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No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 | Funding Based on AYP
S.B. 67
Repeals provisions related to distribution of funds to school districts based on adequate yearly progress (§ 13-3-70 through 72).
http://leg...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 | Credit for Distance Learning Courses
H.B. 1113
Adds a new section. Prohibits school districts from granting credit for distance learning courses offered through entities other than the So...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Technical Institute Task Force
H.B. 1279
Creates the Technical Institute task force to study permanent funding options for the state technical institutes; provides for its compositi...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 02/2007 |
P-12 | Sanctions for Cheating
H.B. 1033
Establishes process for following up on allegations of certified personnel and teachers for compromising the integrity of a state-required a...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 02/2007 |
P-12 | Writing Assessments
H.B. 1035
Revises the required grade levels for assessment of writing skills by every public school district. Changes from grades 5 and 9 to "at least...
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Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 02/2007 |
P-12 | Interstate Enrollment Options
H.B. 1038
Removed provision that required students who are not residents of South Dakota to reside in school districts that border South Dakota in ord...
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State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 02/2007 |
P-12 | Data Submission
H.B. 1034
Revises provisions regarding data submission. Requires any school district or school seeking state accreditation shall submit enrollment dat...
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Technology |
Signed into law 02/2007 |
P-12 | Office of Educational Technology
S.B. 27
Repeals provisions establishing the Office of Educational Technology (roles infused within department). ...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Unofficially approved by Voters. 11/2006 |
P-12 | Revenue for "Education Enhancement"
V. 5
(INITIATED MEASURE 2) Increases the tax on cigarettes and tobacco products; dedicates revenue for tobacco prevention and cessation program, ...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 | Teacher Accreditation Programs/Guidelines and Virtual High School
Article 24:16, 24:43:12:09 to :11 inclusive, Article 24:53
Amends rules to establish the process for the accreditation and program approval of teacher preparation programs and closely align the rules...
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Scheduling/School Calendar |
Active 05/2006 |
P-12 | Start of School Year Date Restrictions
Measure 3 (V. 6)
(Initiated Measure 3) Restricts the start of a regular school term prior to the last day of August. On 11/07/2006 Ballot.
http://www.sdsos....
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | District Funding Related to Meeting Adequate Yearly Progress
S.B. 198
Appropriates funds to increase funding to education and to assist sparse school districts; requires legislation as part of the final report ...
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Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Definition of Enrolled Student
H.B. 1079, H.B. 1176
Adds a new section. A student is enrolled if:
(1) The student is less than twenty-one years of age on the first day of July or the student i...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Creates a Virtual High School
H.B. 1236
Creates a Virtual High School to provides choice accessibility, flexibility, quality and equity in curricular offerings for high school -age...
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P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Requires Kindergarten Attendance
H.B. 1175
Requires all children to attend kindergarten; establishes a minimum length of time for kindergarten programs; provides that any child under ...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Stipends for Nationally Certified Teachers
S.B. 83
Increases the length of time for which nationally certified teachers may receive stipends to be paid upon receipt of documentation of certif...
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Career/Technical Education |
Line Item Veto 02/2006 |
P-12 | Career and Technical Education Grants
S.B. 168
Appropriates $1 million for enhancement of secondary career and technical education from the state general fund; provides for grants. Requir...
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Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 02/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Resident Tuition for Students in Schools Operated by US Bureau of Indian Affairs
S.B. 88
Adds a new section: Any student who is a graduate of an accredited high school operated by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs in the...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 02/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Eligibility for Opportunity Scholarship
H.B. 1157
Extends opportunity scholarship eligibility to resident students who attend college or technical school out-of-state and then return to atte...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 02/2006 |
P-12 | Safety Zones
S.B. 149
Creates community safety zones; prohibits residing or loitering in community safety zones which lies within five hundred feet from grounds o...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 02/2006 |
P-12 | Incentives for Consolidation
H.B. 1243
Makes an $552,209 appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse school districts for consolidation incentives.
http://legis.stat...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 02/2006 |
P-12 | Special Education Funding
H.B. 1025
Revises state aid to special education; provides for a special education levy percentage per dollars of valuation.
http://legis.state.sd.us/...
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Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 02/2006 |
P-12 | Student Eligibilty Restrictions
H.B. 1147
Amends 13-32-9. Any person adjudicated, convicted, the subject of an informal adjustment or court approved juvenile diversion program, or th...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 08/2005 |
P-12 | Federal Requirements for Teachers
SDCR 24:05:25:06, 27:01.01 thru 01.06, 04.01, .02, 08.01 thru .04, 27:09, 12, 13.02, 15 thru .03, 16, 18, 19.01, 30:06.01, 15:02:08, 03:01, 03, .01, 06, 08 thru 10, 06:02
Aligns rules with the federal 2004 IDEA legislation. Enables districts to inform in-service teachers about the federal new requirements. All...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 05/2005 |
P-12 | One-Year Certificates/Certificate Extensions
SDCR 24:03:01 thru 24:03:09 (Deleted); 24:43:01 thru 24:43:11, 24:15:02:03, 24:15:03:03.01, 09, 24:15:04:03
Establishes rules regarding the department issuing one-year certificates to teachers who have let their certificates lapse. Grants an additi...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Cross Border Education Contracts
H.B. 1149
Allows the Department of Education to enter into certain enrollment agreements with the State of North Dakota; compensates certain school di...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | State Aid to Education Formula Student Allocation
S.B. 157
Directs the state department to undertake a study of the allocation of state funds to the various public school districts (due by Dec. 1, 20...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | House Bill 1220 Appropriation Repeal
S.B. 224
Repeals the appropriation of $3,006,960 from the state's General Fund to the Education Enhancement Trust Fund - contained in House Bill 1220...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Local Officials
S.B. 171
Prohibits certain officials from voting if a conflict of interest exists. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2005/bills/SB171enr.pdf...
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High School |
Rule Adoption 03/2005 |
P-12 | Study Courses/Licensure/Certification/Endorsements
24:15:03:04, 24:15:06:22, 24:15:06:36, 24:15:06:37, 24:15:01:01, 24:16:08:16, 24:16:08:59, 24:03:01:01, 24:03:06:06.01, 24:03:06:31, 24:03:06:32
Creates definitions for three proposed high school courses of study. "Advanced high school program," the required course of study every stud...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Distance Learning Providers
H.B. 1170
An Act to provide for the certification of distance learning providers and to authorize the Board of Education to promulgate rules relating ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Vetoed 03/2005 |
Postsec. | Opportunity Scholarship Program
H.B. 1028
Makes an appropriation to support students participating in the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship program during the spring 2005 term and...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | School Boards Reorganization
S.B. 66
Provides certain options to school boards in reorganization. Boards may decide by resolution to reorganize or may accept or decide based on ...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Legal Costs as Allowable Special Education Funds
S.B. 72
Includes legal costs as allowable expenditures from the special education fund. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2005/bills/SB72enr.pdf...
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Students |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Interscholastic Student Activities
H.B. 1093
Any seventh or eighth grade student who attends a nonpublic elementary or middle school that is not affiliated with a nonpublic high school ...
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Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Teacher Contracts
H.B. 1169
Adds several new sections related to terminating or nonrenewing a teacher's contract -- most regarding notice. Until a teacher is in or beyo...
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Health |
Signed into law 02/2005 |
P-12 | Student Tuberculosis Screening
S.B. 39
Repeals the requirement for tuberculosis screening for school students and employees. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2005/bills/SB39enr.p...
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High School |
Signed into law 02/2005 |
P-12 | Honorary Diplomas for Vietnam Veterans
H.B. 1163
Allows Vietnam veterans to receive honorary high school diplomas....
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Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 02/2005 |
P-12 | Gifted Children Education
H.B. 1063
Repeals the requirement that the state board establish standards for gifted and talented educational programs; appeals procedures involving ...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 02/2005 |
P-12 | Electronic School Records
H.B. 1081
Allows a school district to maintain permanent school records electronically rather than on microfilm.http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2005...
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High School |
Adopted 12/2004 |
P-12 | Exemption Process/Technical Education/Study Courses
SDCR 24:03:01:01, 04:16, 17, 17.01, 18, 06:06.01, 31, 32, 10:42:23
Aligns rule to current statutes and removes State Board of Education from the exemption process. Changes new technical education program pro...
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High School |
Adopted 09/2004 |
P-12 | Curriculum/Content Requirements
24:14:04:12.01, 12.02; 15:06:33, 36; 03:06:06.05, 15:01:01; 16:01:01, 05:03; 06:01, 02, 03, 07:01; 16:07:01, 02, 03, 08:01 thru 58 (Non-Seq.), 09:03 thru 05, 10:06 and 07
Eliminates requirement that evidence of completion of all required sections of the Dakota STEP assessment must appear on the student's trans...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 06/2004 |
P-12 | Endorsement Approval/Content Exam/Certification
24:15:06:01 thru 24:16:10:04 (Non-Seq.)
Amends rules to give the department the authority to grant endorsement level approval, rather than individual universities. Allows students ...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 | State Aid to Education Formula
S.B. 206
Increases the per student allocation in the state aid to education formula....
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 03/2004 |
P-12 | Implementation Date/Curriculum Rule Back One Year
24:03:06:06.05, 24:15:03:06, 24:15:05:01, 24:15:05:02, 24:15:05:03, 24:15:05:04
Establishes rules moving the implementation date of a curriculum rule back one year. Enables an individual licensed as a clinical psychologi...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 02/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Quality Education
S.B. 150
Appropriations bill. Appropriates money to enhance the quality of education in the state; provides also for postsecondary education....
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 02/2004 |
P-12 | School Board Member Per Diem Amount
S.B. 159
Allows a school board to set the amount of per diem that each member of that board may receive....
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High School |
Signed into law 02/2004 |
P-12 | Basic High School Program
H.B. 1001
Provides for a basic high school program and a recommended high school program; requires most students to complete the recommended one; sets...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 02/2004 |
P-12 | School Administrator Certification
S.B. 173
Clarifies the alternative certification requirements for school administrators....
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P-3 |
Signed into law 02/2004 |
P-12 | Child Care Availability Quality
S.B. 117
Establishes a task force to improve the quality and availability of child care and early learning opportunities....
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P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 02/2004 |
P-12 | Kindergarten Standards
S.B. 67
Requires school districts to offer kindergarten and to require content standards for kindergarten. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2004/b...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 02/2004 |
Postsec. | Bonded Revenue System
H.B. 1015
Permits the Board of Regents to create a multi- institution bonded revenue system....
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Private Schools |
Adopted, On November 2004 Ballot 02/2004 |
P-12 | Provision of Certain Services to All Children
HJR 1003/Constitutional Amendment B
Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election amendments to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of South D...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 02/2004 |
P-12 | Department of Education Consolidation Incentives
S.B. 49
Makes an appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives....
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Special Education |
Signed into law 02/2004 |
P-12 | State Special Education Payment
S.B. 48
Revises the per student allocation for each disability level for the purposes of calculating the payment of state aid to special education....
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Special Education |
Signed into law 02/2004 |
P-12 | Electronic Textbook Versions
H.B. 1221
Requires certain school book publishers to provide electronic versions of textbooks suitable for conversion into Braille....
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Career/Technical Education |
Rule Adoption 01/2004 |
P-12 | Convene a Meeting of the Technical Directors/Staff
24:10:42:23
Establishes rules requiring the director of the Office of Career and Technical Education to convene a meeting of the technical directors and...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 10/2003 |
P-12 | Renewal Hours/College Transcripted Hours/Applicant
24:15:03:06
Establishes rules requiring that a minimum of three of the six renewal hours be college transcripted hours and that all six hours be related...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 08/2003 |
P-12 | Licensure Exams for Teachers
24:15:01:01, :02:08, :03:01, :03:02, :03:06, :03:07, :03:11, :04:01; 24:16:05:03, :05:05; 24:41:01:01 to :03:01,
Establishes rules requiring that the Professional Teachers Practices and Standards Commission and the Professional Administrators Practices ...
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High School |
Rule Adoption 04/2003 |
P-12 | Requirements for High School Graduation and Credits
24:03:06:06:01
Amends rules regarding the requirement of three mathematics credits for high school graduation and the allotment for graduation credit for c...
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Accountability |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Accountability System for Public Schools
S.B. 40
Establishes a single, statewide state accountability system. The system is required to hold public schools and public school districts accou...
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Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | National Assessment of Educational Progress
S.B. 38
Requires participation in the national assessment of educational progress....
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Criminal Background Investigations
S.B. 157
Clarifies and revises certain provisions concerning criminal background investigations of school district employees and student teachers....
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | State Aid
S.B. 170
Increases the per student allocation in the state aid to education formula....
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Property Taxes
H.B. 1064
Revises the property taxes of the general fund of a school district (rates for personal dwellings, agricultural, etc.) All levies are to be...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Elected Officials Called to Active Duty
S.B. 57
Provides for the temporary replacement of certain elected officials of counties, municipalities, school districts, or special purpose distri...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | School Administrator Certification
S.B. 71
Provides for the certification of school administrators. The alternative certification program is to be delivered by an accredited college ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
Postsec. | Regents Scholarship Program
H.B. 1026
Establishes the regents scholarship program and makes an appropriation therefor....
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Assessment |
Signed into law 02/2003 |
P-12 | Assessments Required in Public Schools
S.B. 39
Revises the achievement assessments required in public schools, and the grades to be assessed....
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Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 02/2003 |
P-12 | Open Enrollment
H.B. 1042
Students (or their families) may apply to a school district other than the resident district or in a school within the resident district oth...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 02/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Student Credit Hours
H.B. 1077
Amends 13-28-37. Any student in grades ten, eleven, or twelve may apply to an institution of higher education or a postsecondary vocational...
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Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 02/2003 |
P-12 | Home School Students
H.B. 1068
Permits home school students to participate in high school interscholastic activities. If the school board or governing body of an accredit...
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Parent/Family |
Signed into law 02/2003 |
P-12 | Teacher Parent Conferences
H.B. 1041
Amends 13-26-4. A school may have teacher-parent conferences during the school year and not more than 16.5 hours may be counted as hours i...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 02/2003 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Savings Program
S.B. 32
Exempts the higher education savings program accounts from certain claims of creditors; provides certain moneys placed in education savings ...
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Private Schools |
Signed into law 02/2003 |
P-12 | Nonpublic School Student Transportation
S.B. 224
Allows school districts to provide transportation to nonpublic school students if no additional public funds are expended to provide the tra...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 02/2003 |
P-12 | School Districts
H.B. 1040
Defines the consolidation of school districts. (1) "Joint district," a school district having territory in two or more adjoining counties. ...
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School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
Signed into law 02/2003 |
P-12 | School Districts
H.B. 1039
Makes an appropriation to fund consolidation incentive payments to certain school districts....
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No Child Left Behind |
Active 10/2002 |
P-12 | 2002 Consolidated Plan
N/A
2002 Consolidated Plan: (http://www.state.sd.us/deca/NCLB/ESEAapp.pdf)
Appendix A: (http://www.state.sd.us/deca/NCLB/appendixA.pdf)
Appendix...
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Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 02/2002 |
P-12 | Open Enrollment Revisions
S.B. 87
Prevents students who open enroll into a school district from transferring back to the resident district during the same school year....
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Civic Education |
Signed into law 02/2002 |
P-12 | Flag and Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 94
Permits the posting or display of the United States flag and giving the pledge of allegiance within public schools in the State....
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 02/2002 |
P-12 | Excess Tax Levys
S.B. 89
Allows school board to initiate a vote relating to the imposition of an excess tax levy; declares an emergency....
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 02/2002 |
P-12 | Excess Tax Levy Votes
H.B. 1112
Allows school boards to initiate a vote relating to the imposition of an excess tax levy with the use of a resolution....
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 02/2002 |
P-12 | Size of School Boards
S.B. 57
Allows districts to modify the size of board of directors....
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Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
To governor 02/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Admission Requirements Revision
S.B. 17
Revises provisions regarding public university admission requirements for foreign language instruction; deletes the exception for high schoo...
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Postsecondary Participation--Outreach |
Signed into law 02/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Parental Notification
S.B. 16
Requires school districts to provide the Board of Regents' office a mailing list of students in grades 7-12 by Nov. 1 each year. The list wi...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 02/2002 |
P-12 | Military Recruiters
S.B. 165
Requires school systems to allow military recruiters access to students and school facilities....
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Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Signed into law 02/2002 |
P-12 | Teacher Mentor Program
S.B. 5
Establishes a Teacher Mentor Program in school districts which elect to participate; establishes duties and qualifications for mentor teache...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | Standards-Based Assessment
S.B. 234
Every school district shall administer the same national norm-referenced academic achievement test to all students in 2, 4, 8, and 11, and e...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | Distribution of State Aid
H.B. 1258
Revises the distribution of state aid to education....
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Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | Code of Ethics
S.B. 153
Subjects uncertified school administrators to a code of ethics....
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Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
Postsec. | Accreditation
S.B. 160
Prohibits the offering of postsecondary education credit or degree by non-accredited institutions....
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Vetoed 03/2001 |
Postsec. | Regents Scholarship
S.B. 239
Would have established the regents scholarship program and provides for its funding. Would have allowed students to attend one of the publi...
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Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | Grants for Afterschool Programs
H.B. 1229
Makes an appropriation to provide grants to out-of-school time programs....
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Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | Extraordinary Cost Fund
S.B. 60
Expands the uses of the Special Education Extraordinary Cost Fund....
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | Illegal substances
S.B. 63
Revises the definition of illegal substances for purposes of revoking or refusing to issue a certificate to a teacher or administrator; perm...
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | Background Check Exemptions
S.B. 91
Exempts certain school district employees from the requirement for certain background checks....
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | Background Check Transfers
S.B. 117, S.B. 91
Any school district employee who is employed by more than one school district is only required to obtain one criminal background investigati...
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Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | Resident district's fiscal obligation for student enrolled in another district
H.B. 1158
Any student who enrolls in another district from a district that does not receive state aid remains the financial obligation of the resident...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | Capital Outlay for Lease-Purchase
H.B. 1006
Adjusts the use of the capital outlay fund; provides that it may also be used for installment or lease-purchase payments for the purchase of...
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Finance--Facilities |
Veto overridden 02/2001 |
P-12 | Funding for Textbooks
H.B. 1196
Authorizes the funding of textbooks through the school capital outlay fund....
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Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | Permanent School Fund Inflation Adjustment
S.B. 93
Amends Chapter 5-10 by adding a new section that sets inflation adjustment period, states that the rate rate of inflation is based on the co...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | Timing: Adjusting Property Tax Levies
H.B. 1187
Revises the time period for adjusting property tax levies for the purpose of maintaining the state's percentage of aid to general and specia...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | Employment Prohibition
H.B. 1067
Prohibits school boards from employing any person whose certificate has been revoked or suspended....
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | Additional compensation for teachers that teach over Digital Dakota Network
H.B. 1291
Any teacher that teaches a course over the Digital Dakota Network shall receive additional compensation for each course and from each school...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Savings Plan
S.B. 248
Creates a Higher Education Savings Plan....
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Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
Postsec. | Rehabilitation Services to Include Student Tuition/Fees
H.B. 1030
Revises the rehabilitation services provided at public cost to disabled and visually impaired persons based on economic need to include post...
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Privatization |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | Contracts With Soft Drink Vendors
H.B. 1070
Allows vendors to sell soft drinks or other concessions on school property; permits a school district to enter into contracts for sale of so...
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Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | Funding for Reading
H.B. 1230
Makes an appropriation for the acceleration of the Reading Enhancement Program....
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School Safety |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | Notification of Student Violence
H.B. 1004
Provides notice to schools if a student commits a crime of violence....
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | District Boundaries
H.B. 1123
Repeals that the requirement that school districts consist of adjoining territory....
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Special Education |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | Residency for Special Education Services
S.B. 145
Revises school district residency for the purposes of special education; revises the distribution of state aid to special education....
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 | Repeals certain penalties against persons teaching in nonpublic schools
S.B. 62
Repeals § 13-42-1 that made it a petty offense for a person to teach in a nonpublic school any of state required courses without being certi...
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Finance |
Unofficially approved on the ballot 11/2000 |
P-12 | Investments of School Funds
V. 5
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT E (SJR-1-2000); permits the investment of the Permanent School Funds in certain stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and ot...
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Background Checks
H.B. 1200
Requires criminal background checks of school employees; prohibits employment of certain persons in schools....
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Finance--District |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Technology Office, Referenda, Finance
H.B. 1257
Enhances learning in public schools; reimburses nationally certified teachers; establishes an Office of Education Technology; studies the pu...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Property Tax
S.B. 199
This bill reduces the maximum tax rates that a school district may levy starting in the year 2001. The rates are reduced in the following m...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Revises Property Tax Levies
H.B. 1139
Revises the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district....
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Health |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Teen Smoking
H.B. 1243
Authorizes the Department of Human Services to develop and implement programs aimed at reducing the use of tobacco by youth; accepts and exp...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Vetoed 03/2000 |
Postsec. | Education Savings Plan
H.B. 1057
Creates the South Dakota education savings plan....
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Religion |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Ten Commandments
H.B. 1261
Permits schools to display the Ten Commandments....
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Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | School Calendar
S.B. 178
This bill changes the minimum required time in school for 4th through 12th graders from 175 days to 962.5 hours. The Board of Education wil...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Special Education
H.B. 1058
The legislation deals with the transfer of a special education student from a resident district to a nonresident district. Under previous l...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Special Education Funding
S.B. 23
Allows certain children to be included as a level 2, 3, 4, or 5 disability for the purpose of calculating special education state aid....
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Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | National Board Certification
H.B. 1255
Reimburses public school teachers who become nationally certified....
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Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Long-Term Substitutes
S.B. 172
Defines long-term substitute teachers; requires certain reporting on the use of long-term substitute teachers....
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Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 02/2000 |
P-12 | Enrollment
H.B. 1015
The legislation states that a school district's standards for open enrollment shall be limited to the capacity of a program, class, grade le...
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Health |
Signed into law 02/2000 |
P-12 | Vaccinations
S.B. 42
Requires a varicella immunization for school entry....
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School Safety |
Signed into law 02/2000 |
P-12 | Reporting by Law Enforcement
H.B. 1192
Allows law enforcement agencies to report certain violations of law and threats made by a student....
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