Gov. Dennis Daugaard made the first wave of appointments to his Blue Ribbon Task Force recently. In February, Gov. Daugaard announced plans for the Task Force, which is charged with solving the teacher shortage, reviewing school funding and examining student achievement. The Task Force will be co-chaired by Rep. Jacqueline Sly and Sen. […]
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South Dakota legislators will return to Pierre next week to wrap up the 90th legislative session. On Tuesday (3/31), legislators will return for “Veto Day” with three bills up for review, but just one related to K-12 education. Senate Bill 100, which proposed the creation of a leased residential property tax classification, was
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As the frantic work by legislators began on adopting South Dakota’s fiscal year 2016 budget a topic that dominated the lead in to and first weeks of legislative session faded away entirely. Capital Outlay received very little in the way of discussion – aside from the passage of Senate Bill 191 and tabling of House
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After some debate, it was decided the manner in which schools would receive a two percent increase in state aid proposed by Gov. Dennis Daugaard had to pass. Senators voted 26-7 and Representatives 48-18 to pass Senate Bill 53, which provides the proposed two percent increase to the state aid formula and brings the per-student
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Two K-12 related bills met their ends on Thursday (3/12) after legislative conference committees failed to concur on compromises. House members voted 49-17 to ultimately defeat a bill calling for the repeal of the South Dakota High School Activities Association’s policy on transgender student participation in sports. Rep. Jim Bolin, who was a
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With the revenue projections presented the financial parameters were set for South Dakota’s fiscal year 2016 budget. Legislative appropriators adopted the revenue projection recommendations presented by the appropriations subcommittee for the FY16 budget, as well as the FY15 updated projections. Rep. Dan Dryden said the revenue projections presented by the Bureau of Finance
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Along with the adoption of revenue projections, the 36th legislative day featured the appointment of legislative conference committees and the ratification of three K-12 related education. A legislative conference committee consists of a group of Senators and Representatives who review a bill that has been amended in one or both chambers and attempt to
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Change came to the bill providing schools the proposed two percent increase in state aid, but members of the House were confident in their ability to find enough funds for the increase to stay in place. The House voted 66-2 to pass an amended version of Senate Bill 53, which would provide the proposed
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ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany is fond of saying a bill’s never dead until session is done. That sentiment never rang more true than in the case of a proposed bill calling for the repeal of the South Dakota High School Activities Association’s policy on transgender student participation in sports. House members approved
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A bill that would have aided the development of online educational resources is no more after a hoghouse was introduced and approved by House members. Senate Bill 176, which called for the appropriation funds for the development of online resources and a rubric of textbook analysis for use in school districts, took on a
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