With fewer than ten days left in legislative session, focus is turning towards finalizing the state budget and board members need to be advocating to their legislators for an increase in state aid for next year. A few weeks ago, members of the Joint Appropriations committee adopted revenue projections for the Fiscal Year 2019 …
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A bill potentially conflicting school board policy on public comment during meetings reached the Senate floor. Senate Local Government committee members passed House Bill 1172, which revises certain provisions regarding meetings of certain public bodies, on a 4-2 vote in a hearing that stretched over two meetings. HB 1172 requires school boards – and …
Just one legislative hurdle remains before a bill ensuring audit reports are in the hands of board members reaches the governor. House Appropriators passed Senate Bill 100, which establishes certain provisions related to grant monitoring and review, on an 8-0 vote. ASBSD supports the bill. “We agree wholeheartedly with the pieces you see …
Changes came to a capital outlay obligations bill in committee. Senate Education committee members unanimously approved an amended version of House Bill 1297, which revises certain provisions regarding capital outlay obligations. Amendments made to HB 1297 permit districts to raise their C/O levy to a level necessary to cover their capital outlay obligations …
An amended version of the tribal regalia bill is headed to a chamber floor. House Bill 1252, which prohibits certain government entities from prohibiting any person from wearing traditional tribal regalia or objects of cultural significance at a school honoring or graduation ceremony, passed the Senate Education committee on a 7-0 vote. The amended …
A bill clarifying the law on a student’s resident district cleared another legislative hurdle. Senate Education committee members passed House Bill 1114, which establishes certain requirements for students enrolling in resident school districts or assigned schools after participating in open enrollment, on a 5-1 vote. HB 1114 allows a student who has open enrolled out …
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Legislative Cracker Barrels in your area offer access to your local legislators, as well as the chance to hear their answers on a variety of legislative topics. Below you will find a list of dates and locations of legislative cracker barrels being held throughout South Dakota that have been posted thus far. Please …
A bill providing appropriators more decision making ability on waivers is a step closer to law. On a 6-3 vote, Senate appropriators approved House Bill 1166, which provides the Joint or Interim Appropriations committee the power to approve, amend or deny teacher compensation waivers. Sen. Justin Cronin told committee members the bill came about following the past year’s …
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A carve out of the minimum enrollment threshold for schools came out of committee. House Bill 1215, which revises certain provisions regarding reorganization of certain school districts with low enrollment, passed the Senate Education committee on a 6-1 vote. HB 1215 would specifically carve out an exemption for a district falling below the 100 student threshold for a …
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Two days after its hearing, defeat came for a bill prohibiting certain settlement options for the state and other political subdivisions. On Wednesday (2/28), House Judiciary committee members voted 10-3 to defeat Senate Bill 84, which prohibits the state of South Dakota or any political subdivision from entering into a settlement agreement that includes …
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