AMENDMENT FOR SENATE EDUCATION ENGROSSED BILL
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___________________ moved that SB 21 be amended as follows:


     On page 2, line 11, of the printed bill, after "." Insert "However, no tuition regulation program agreement established pursuant to section 1 of this Act may specify a rate of tuition that is greater than one hundred ten percent of the per student allocation as defined in subdivision 13- 13-10.1(4).".

     On page 4, after line 2, insert:

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     Section 11. That chapter 13-28A be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

    
     If the rate of tuition specified in a tuition regulation program agreement established pursuant to section 1 of this Act is greater than the per student allocation as defined in subdivision 13-13- 10.1(4), any South Dakota school district that pays tuition to a bordering state school district in accordance with that agreement is entitled to the difference between the rate of tuition and the per student allocation for each student for whom tuition is paid.
    If the rate of tuition specified in a tuition regulation program agreement established pursuant to section 1 of this Act is less than the per student allocation, any South Dakota school district that receives tuition from a bordering state school district in accordance with that agreement is entitled to the difference between the per student allocation and the rate of tuition for each student for whom tuition is received.
    The entitlements created in this section shall be paid out of money appropriated in the general appropriations act for state aid to education.".

    On page 4, delete lines 5 to 9, inclusive, and insert "Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent a school district which has a contract with a bordering state from continuing that contract.".