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authorize compensation for water project district directors.

SB84 allows directors of water project districts in South Dakota to receive compensation for their service, whereas previously they served without pay. The bill removes old restrictions that prohibited such compensation and updates the rules governing how water project districts operate and compensate their board members.

revise the retirement benefits of certain rehired teachers at qualifying public school districts.

This bill allows retired teachers in South Dakota to return to full-time teaching work at any school district while continuing to receive their annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) to their retirement benefits, as long as they've been retired for at least 12 months. Previously, retirees who went back to work would lose their COLA payments during the time they were working. The bill creates an exception specifically for teachers, treating them differently from other rehired state employees.

expand eligibility for certain teachers who receive reduced tuition at Board of Regents institutions.

South Dakota's reduced tuition program for teachers taking required college courses now includes vocational instructors in addition to elementary and secondary teachers. Vocational instructors can attend Board of Regents institutions while paying only 50% of tuition (plus full fees), the same benefit previously available only to classroom teachers, to help them maintain their teaching certificates or meet employment requirements.

make an appropriation for the demolition and reconstruction of agricultural-use structures at South Dakota State University, and to declare an emergency.

HB1032 appropriates state funds to demolish and rebuild agricultural-use buildings at South Dakota State University. The bill declares an emergency so the money can be spent immediately rather than waiting for the normal budget process.

make an appropriation to address the rising number of teacher vacancies throughout the state and to declare an emergency.

This bill appropriates $1 from the state's general fund to the Department of Education to help address teacher vacancies in South Dakota schools and declares an emergency so the law takes effect immediately. The minimal funding amount suggests this is primarily a procedural bill to formally declare the teacher vacancy situation an emergency rather than provide substantial financial relief for the problem.