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HB 1220 direct the secretary of education to rescind a GEAR UP grant w...
State of South Dakota  
NINETY-FIRST SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2016  

569X0628   HOUSE BILL   NO.  1220  

Introduced by:    Representatives Bartling, Haggar (Don), Hawley, Qualm, and Schoenfish and Senators Heinert, Bradford, Hunhoff (Bernie), Parsley, Sutton, and Van Gerpen
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to direct the secretary of education to rescind a GEAR UP grant waiver.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That the code be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
    The secretary of the Department of Education is hereby directed to rescind a waiver that the Department of Education requested from the federal government as part of the 2011application for a state grant under the Gaining Early Awareness And Readiness For Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) state grants program. The recision of the waiver will allow grant funding to be used to fund scholarships for Native American students. It is the intent of the Legislature that fifty to seventy-five percent of the total funding received through this grant go toward scholarships for Native American students as is the original intent of the federal law creating the grant program.


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