SD Board of Regents
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Pierre, SD 57501
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State Legislative Resources

88th session of the South Dakota Legislature
January 8-March 25, 2013

Links to 2012 Legislative Session

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Legislative Updates:

The regents' executive director coordinates preparation and submission of legislative bills authorized by the board; monitors the progress of legislation affecting higher education; provides reports to the board, the presidents, and superintendents; and presents testimony - as authorized by the Board of Regents - on legislation that affects the public higher education system.


Higher Education Policy in the News:

 

March 29, 2012 -- The South Dakota Board of Regents approved tuition and mandatory fees for the upcoming academic year. The impact to students within the public university system is an average cost increase of $463.97 per year, or 6.5 percent.

 

March 29, 2012 -- The South Dakota Board of Regents has adopted a framework for a performance funding model that rewards public universities for their success in producing college graduates.

 

March 29, 2012 -- A lower-cost option for delivering the first two years of a baccalaureate education will be offered soon at University Center-Sioux Falls. The UC-SF Foundations program aims to bring new students into South Dakota’s public university system and graduate more of them to meet workforce demands.

 

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