SDLRC - 2020 Senate Bill 39 - SD Legislature establish the Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates program and the special donation fund.

ENTITLED An Act to establish the Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates program and the special donation fund.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added:

13-66-1. Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates program--Establishment.

The Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates program is hereby established within the Department of Education. The program is a public-private partnership to prevent students who have serious barriers to high school graduation from dropping out.

Section 2. That a NEW SECTION be added:

13-66-2. Conduct of program.

To carry out the program established in    13-66-1, the Department of Education, consistent with the policies of the nationally recognized Jobs for America's Graduates, Incorporated, shall:

(1) Establish performance standards for the program;

(2) Provide ongoing enhancement and improvements in the program;

(3) Provide information on the results of the program; and

(4) Provide training for participating schools.

Section 3. That a NEW SECTION be added:

13-66-3. Special donation fund--Contributions--Use and disbursements.

There is hereby created within the state treasury the special donations fund, into which any grant, devise, bequest, donation, or gift, other than real property, made or offered for the benefit of the Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates Program shall be deposited. All moneys in the fund created in this section shall be used for the purposes of initiation, expansion, support, enhancement, or in carrying out the objectives of the Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates program. Interest earned on the money in the fund shall be deposited into the fund. Expenditures from the fund shall be appropriated through the normal budgeting process.

An Act to establish the Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates program and the special donation fund.

I certify that the attached Act originated in the: Senate as Bill No. 39 Secretary of the Senate President of the Senate Attest: Secretary of the Senate Speaker of the House Attest: Chief Clerk Senate Bill No. 39 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________, 2020 at ____________M. By for the Governor The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2020 Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State Filed ____________, 2020 at _________ o'clock __M. Secretary of State By Asst. Secretary of State