Education

allow for the payment of goods or services by a school district between school board meetings in certain circumstances.

revise the requirements pertaining to average teacher compensation and to establish a minimum teacher salary.

require the Department of Social Services and the Department of Education to apply for and administer the summer electronic benefit transfer for children program and to make an appropriation therefor.

create the building opportunity through out-of-school time program and to make an appropriation therefor.

amend provisions pertaining to the partners in education tax credit program.

create the Dr. Nicholas W. Drummond Center for Civic Engagement at Black Hills State University.

recognize students as Rushmore State Athletes upon demonstrating prescribed levels of physical fitness.

reimburse school districts for costs incurred in providing reduced price meals to students.

provide for the creation and use of South Dakota educational empowerment accounts.

provide for the creation and use of South Dakota educational empowerment accounts.

require the publication of measures taken to restrict the access of obscene materials by minors.

make an appropriation for the teacher apprenticeship pathway program.

provide for the creation and use of South Dakota educational empowerment accounts.

amend the school funding formula to provide for the use of an averaged fall enrollment when determining local need.

institute procedures for addressing the bullying of a student.

create a one-year career and technical education instructor educator permit.

make an appropriation to provide a grant for the construction of a veteran's skilled trade center.

expand eligibility for the reduced tuition benefit for certain school district and Head Start employees at Board of Regents institutions to school counselors.

increase the annual limit of tax credits that an insurance company may claim through the partners in education tax credit program.

establish parameters for the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced price meals to students.

remove provisions for establishing a uniform method for calculating high school credit received from completing a postsecondary course.

merge the Professional Teachers Practices and Standards Commission and the Professional Administrators Practices and Standards Commission.

make an appropriation to the Department of Education to provide professional development in literacy to teachers, and to declare an emergency.

provide a grant to qualifying teachers to incentivize recruitment and retention and to make an appropriation therefor.

establish qualifications for members of the Board of Education Standards.

require administration of the ACT to public school students in grade eleven.

revise the method by which completion of a required suicide awareness and prevention training is verified.

merge the Professional Teachers Practices and Standards Commission and the Professional Administrators Practices and Standards Commission.