Gov. Kristi Noem’s official budget proposal is coming this week. Last Thursday (1/17), Gov. Noem sent official request to the South Dakota Legislature’s House and Senate for a joint session of the chambers on Wednesday, January 23 beginning at 1 p.m. “I will be giving my budget address, which will outline a lot …
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“We will also continue to support South Dakota schools…” wrote Gov. Kristi Noem in her weekly column on Friday (12/2) previewing Tuesday’s (12/6) Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Address. What the Governor’s statement means for South Dakota’s public schools, remains to be seen. During the 2022 legislative session, public schools gratefully received a 6 …
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South Dakota’s revenue figures from the holiday season brought with them some cheer and a note from Gov. Kristi Noem during her State of the State Address that any extra money should be prioritized for K-12 education. “Since my budget address, revenues have been slightly better than expected,” Gov. Noem said during her address …
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With the governor’s signature on the final few bills left in legislative session, South Dakota schools are officially set to receive a 2.5 percent increase in state aid for the 2019-20 school year. On Wednesday (3/27), Gov. Kristi Noem signed Senate Bill 191, which appropriates funds for the FY2020 general fund budget, and Senate …
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Gov. Kristi Noem came up with proposed funding for state aid above what’s required by law in the first budget address of her tenure. Gov. Noem’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2020 included an increase to state aid of 2.5 percent, which is 0.2 percent higher than what’s required in state statute, as inflation came …
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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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Two school voucher bills were introduced for the 2023 legislative session and are posted on ASBSD’s Billtracker page, with one having recently been defeated and another with a legislative committee hearing upcoming. You can read about the taxation bills & revenue here, the juvenile justice bills here, the bills that are moving on here …
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Five percent found six votes to advance it in the appropriations process. Senate Bill 24, which provides the 5 percent increase in state aid and revises the property tax levies for school districts, was referred to the Joint Appropriations committee on a 6-0 vote by the Senate Education committee last week (1/19). ASBSD is …
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Neighbor States Widening Teacher Pay Gap The average teacher salaries in South Dakota continue to lag behind our neighboring states with SD’s teachers the only state of the group of seven not top $50,000 in average teacher pay in 2020-21 and facing a growing gap. The closest regional competitor, Montana, is more …
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Gov. Kristi Noem kicked of the 98th South Dakota Legislative Session with her State of the State address. While K-12 education didn’t get a lot of attention during her address, Gov. Noem did mention the Stronger Families Scholarship that she mentioned in last month’s budget address. The Fiscal Year 2024 Governor’s budget summary …
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