Bills affecting Student / education borrower in South Dakota — 2026 session

Provide a property tax credit for the payment of nonpublic school tuition.

Authorize the construction of a trades center on the campus of Lake Area Technical College, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Make an appropriation for the design and construction of an indoor athletics facility at Dakota State University and to declare an emergency.

Revise the terms of county extension board members.

Make an appropriation for the design and construction of an athletic facility at the University of South Dakota and to declare an emergency.

Make an appropriation for the design and construction of a new soccer venue at South Dakota State University and to declare an emergency.

Permit technical college employees to join the state health plan.

Revise registration fees for drones and establish a fund to support drone aviation.

Require the reporting of funding given by certain persons and governments to institutions under the control of the Board of Regents and the South Dakota Board of Technical Education.

Make an appropriation for the design and construction of an addition to the existing swine wean-to-finish barn at South Dakota State University and to declare an emergency.

Prohibit the Board of Regents and institutions under its control from requiring certain students to reside in on-campus housing or purchase meal plans.

Make an appropriation to the South Dakota Board of Technical Education to construct an advanced manufacturing laboratory space and classrooms on the campus of Southeast Technical College and to declare an emergency.

Remove an enhanced permit as a condition of carrying a concealed pistol while on the campus of a public institution of higher education.

Update the reference to the Internal Revenue Code to reflect current federal law for the administration of higher education savings plans.