Senator Russell Olson, Chair Representative Tad Perry, Vice Chair
Third Meeting Rapid City & Spearfish, SD September 19, 2012 7:30 AM
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
7:30 a.m. Tour University Center-Rapid City --A complimentary continental breakfast will be provided in Room 127
9:00 a.m. Tour Western Dakota Technical Institute --Meet in Dakota Lecture Hall
10:30 a.m. Tour South Dakota School of Mines and Technology --Meet in the Surbeck Center, Dorr Room --At the conclusion of the tour, a complimentary box lunch will be provided for committee members and staff
11:45 a.m. Committee members travel to Spearfish
1:00 p.m. Tour Black Hills State University --Meet in President’s Conference Room, 2nd floor, Student Union
2:00 p.m. Call to Order Determination of Quorum Approval of Minutes from the Second Meeting Approval of the Agenda Opening remarks of the Chair and Vice Chair
2:15 p.m. How to monitor the quality of an academic program
--Sarah Carter, Interim Director Division of Curriculum, Career and Technical Education South Dakota Department of Education
--Duane Hrncir, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at SDSM&T
2:45 p.m. Postsecondary Technical Institutes--Review of the current funding formula
--Mark Wilson, President Western Dakota Technical Institute
--Greg Von Wald, President Mitchell Technical Institute
3:05 p.m. Board of Regents--Review of the current funding approach, the performance funding pilot, and the proposed performance funding model
--Dr. Jack Warner, Executive Director South Dakota Board of Regents
3:45 p.m. Report of the subcommittee
--Representative Perry and other subcommittee members
4:15 p.m. Public Testimony
4:30 p.m. Committee Discussion and Planning Staff Directives
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
PLEASE NOTE: All times are Mountain Daylight Time and are approximate.
Members: Senator Russell Olson (Chair); Representative Tad Perry (Vice Chair); Senators Jim Bradford, J. Mark Johnston, Al Novstrup, Deb Peters, J.E. ‘Jim’ Putnam, and Larry Tidemann; Representatives Dan Dryden, Tom Jones, Mark Kirkeby, Scott Munsterman, Jim White, Dean Wink and Susan Wismer.
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