Open Government
A bill keeping the government from entering into confidential settlements saw its way across the Capitol hall. Senate Bill 59, which prohibits the state or a political subdivision from including a nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement in a settlement, passed the Senate Judiciary committee on a 5-0 vote and full Senate, 23-10. Sen. Arthur …
Senate sends settlement prohibition bill to House Read More »
One step remains in the legislative process for a bill aiming to expand the executive session topics list to include school safety plans. On an 8-0 vote, Senate State Affairs committee members passed House Bill 1048, which permits a school board to discuss and deliberate school safety plans, and other provisions, in executive session. …
Senate comm. sends safety plan discussion through Read More »
School districts being able to acquire opioid antagonists got a step closer. Senate Health and Human Services committee members passed Senate Bill 84, which permits a school district to possess and, if needed, administer opioid antagonists, on a 7-0 vote. SB 84 permits a school board to acquire opioid antagonists, as it would …
Bill permitting schools access to opioid antagonists through comm. Read More »
Advocating on behalf of our public school system is an important job and ASBSD’s Legislative Action Network (LAN) steps up to take on that task. With the 2019 legislative session having begun, we need LAN members to be read to communicate to legislators the positions of ASBSD and their local board on legislative issues relating to public …
A bill alleviating residency requirement constraints on students of military families cleared one chamber of the legislature. On a 65-0 vote, Representatives members approved House Bill 1044, which authorizes enrollment in a school district to which a students’ family is locating to, due to military transfer. ASBSD is monitoring the bill and assisted …
Military family residency requirement bill bound for Senate Read More »
Legislative committee members brought down a bill that could have put schools in line to face litigation. On a 5-2 vote, the Senate Education committee defeated Senate Bill 49, which voided the SDHSAA policy on transgender student participation and requires student gender be determined by what is stated on the student’s birth certificate. …
Senate comm. sends SDHSAA policy repeal to 41st day Read More »
A House committee and the full chamber opted to continue the discussion on adding to the key topics that can be discussed in executive session. House State Affairs committee members passed House Bill 1048, which permits a school board to discuss and deliberate school safety plans, and other provisions, in executive session, on a …
House approves adding safety plan discussion to exec. session Read More »
A bill expediting the enrollment process of students from military families transferring into a district passed out of legislative committee. On a unanimous vote, House Military and Veterans Affairs committee members approved an amended version of House Bill 1044, which authorizes enrollment in a school district to which a students’ family is locating to, …
Senators sent on a bill resetting the membership of a special education oversight board and establishing it in state statute recently (1/22). On a 34-0 vote, Senators passed Senate Bill 1, which establishes the Extraordinary Cost Oversight Board in state statute and amends membership. Sen. Ryan Maher noted on the Senate floor that …
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 …
Gov. Noem notes ed. initiatives in inaugural State of the State Read More »
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