P - Present
E - Excused
A - Absent
Roll Call
P Sutton
P Peters
P Novstrup (Al)
P Heineman
P Haverly
P Juhnke
P Putnam
P Tidemann, Vice-Chair
P Brown, Chair
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Corey Brown.
SB 77: provide for the establishment of a scholarship program for postsecondary
technical institute students and to make an appropriation therefor.
Presented by: Senator Russell Olson
Representative Mitch Fargen (Handouts: Documents 1, 2 & 3)
Proponents: Dick Tieszen, Technical Institutes (Handouts: Document 4)
Julie Johnson, Absolutely Aberdeen
John Kerstiens, SD Farmers Union
MOTION: DO PASS SB 77
Moved by: Haverly
Second by: Sutton
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (9-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Sutton, Peters, Novstrup (Al), Heineman, Haverly, Juhnke, Putnam, Tidemann,
Brown
SB 98: provide for a pilot program initiating two mathematics and science academies
and to make an appropriation therefor.
Presented by: Senator Mark Johnston
Proponents: Mark Lee, Sioux Falls University Center
MOTION: DO PASS SB 98
Moved by: Haverly
Second by: Heineman
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-0-2-0)
Voting Yes: Sutton, Novstrup (Al), Heineman, Haverly, Juhnke, Tidemann, Brown
Excused: Peters, Putnam
SB 139: establish the Teach for America grant program within the Department of
Education and to make an appropriation therefor.
Presented by: Senator Phyllis Heinemann
Proponents: Senator Mark Johnston
James Curran, Teach For America, Mission (Handouts: Document 5)
Representative Kevin Killer
MOTION: DO PASS SB 139
Moved by: Haverly
Second by: Peters
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (9-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Sutton, Peters, Novstrup (Al), Heineman, Haverly, Juhnke, Putnam, Tidemann,
Brown
HB 1040: make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses
and to declare an emergency.
Presented by: Emily Ward, Bureau of Finance and Management
Proponents: Paul Kinsman, Bureau of Administration
MOTION: DO PASS HB 1040
Barb Bjorneberg