Two education related bills crossed the Capitol halls last week. Senate Bill 24, which revises certain provisions relating to state assessments, passed the Senate Education committee on 7-0 vote and then, an amended version, passed the full Senate on 34-0 vote. The bill removes the requirement that state assessments be given to students …
Committee members wasted no time in acting on legislation in House Ed. In their first committee meeting of the 2019 legislative session, House Education committee members unanimously passed two education related bills. House Bill 1001, which requires the recalculation of the special education disability levels’ amount allocation to take place every two years, …
Gov. Kristi Noem touched on a few K-12 topics during her inaugural State of the State address on Tuesday (1/8). Among those topics was a proposed requirement that every high school graduate be able to pass the United States Citizenship exam. “Civics needs to reemerge,” Gov. Noem said during her address, adding that …
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The holiday shopping season brought in the green to keep state revenue figures out of the red. Revenue collections in December came in slightly more than $10 million higher than what the legislature adopted for the month during last year’s legislative session. The December figures were a needed rebound over November’s numbers, which were …
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Three new members join four committee veterans to deal with education issues on the committee level in the Senate this session. Sen. Alan Solano takes the reigns as Chair of the seven-member Senate Education committee, which is scheduled to meet on Tuesday and Thursday at 7:45 a.m. Let’s meet the committee members: Sen. …
Two-thirds of this session’s education committee on the House side will be different than the year prior. House Education, which will meet on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:45 a.m., welcomes 10 new members – including four first time legislators – to the 15-member committee in 2019. Rep. Lana Greenfield will serve as committee Chair …
The 2019 legislative session begins on Tuesday (Jan. 8) and ASBSD has you covered for coverage of the daily occurrences in the legislature. Four ASBSD resources will help you keep up-to-date on the 94th legislative session, they include: ASBSD Bill Tracker ASBSD Blog Legislative Session Documents List of Legislative Cracker Barrels ASBSD Bill Tracker provides you …
The 2019 legislative session begins soon and the 94th legislative session features more than a few key days. This year’s session contains two more days than last year’s and kicks off with Gov. Kristi Noem’s first State of the State address on Tuesday, January 8. Gov. Noem also plans to hold an additional …
ASBSD is bringing the latest in our lineup of events aimed at assisting school board members and administrators with the negotiations process. Join ASBSD Director of Policy and Legal Services Gerry Kaufman and expert School Law Attorney Rodney Freeman as they review the collective bargain process and examine the negotiated agreements of school districts …
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In his final budget address, Gov. Dennis Daugaard proposed schools receive a 2.3 percent increase in state aid for Fiscal Year 2020. The proposed increase in state aid meets the statutory requirement of schools receiving the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) or 3 percent, whichever is less, as CPI-W came in at 2.3 percent for …
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