AMENDMENT FOR SENATE ENGROSSED BILL
1238oa

___________________ moved that HB 1238 be amended as follows:

     On page 3, between lines 19 and 20 of the Senate engrossed bill, insert:

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     Section 7. The Board of Regents shall prepare a comprehensive plan for the instructional and research missions of the public universities. The plan shall address the time frame of the first quarter of the twenty-first century. The plan shall include the following elements:

             (1)    Demographic patterns of the different populations sectors served by postsecondary education including:
             (a)    Dual enrollment of high school students;
             (b)    Traditional age students eighteen to twenty-three years of age, inclusive;
             (c)    Nontraditional students twenty-four years of age and over; and
             (d)    Continuing education of the workforce;
             (2)    Access to higher education through different approaches including:
             (a)    Residential campuses--Black Hills State University, Dakota State University, Northern State University, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, South Dakota State University, and University of South Dakota;
             (b)    Satellite campuses--Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Pierre;
             (c)    Distance education--Electronic University Consortium;
             (d)    Technical institute partnerships; and
             (e)    Relationships with other accredited institutions--Native American, independent and proprietary institutions;
             (3)    Activities and responses to the goals of the Governor's 2010 Economic Development and 2010 Education Initiatives; and
             (4)    Comparative information on state higher education policy; and
             (5)    Recommendations for changes necessary to respond to demographic patterns and access to instructional and research mission opportunities.

     The Board of Regents shall submit the plan and report to the Governor and Legislature no later than November 15, 2006.".