An option offering flexibility for schools to offset the rising healthcare costs failed to gain traction in the Senate Taxation committee. Committee members voted 5-2 to kill House Bill 1218, which would have authorized a school district to use certain tax levies for pension and health insurance purposes. ASBSD supported the bill. […]
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Testimony was taken and it eventually led to the tabling of House Bill 1219 by the bill’s sponsor. HB 1219 would have required school districts to join with municipalities for annual elections to be held on the second Tuesday of November. However, Rep. Hal Wick decided to request the bill be tabled, which it
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A week after debating the details of a bill that would have required CPR to be taught in high schools and be counted as a graduation requirement, opposing sides came to a compromise. Representatives from the American Heart Association and South Dakota Department of Education collaborated to complete Senate Bill 145, which was passed
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A bill calling for the equalization in the distribution of fine money to school districts was swept away from the House floor. Representatives voted 32-38 to defeat House Bill 1204. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Dan Dryden, who introduced a similar other revenue equalization bill that died in committee, would have included the
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On a 9-3 vote, members of the House Local Government decided to approve a bill that would revise provisions on a petition to refer a school board’s start day decision. House Bill 1164 would require a petition to have five percent of the total number of registered voters voting in the previous general election,
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A bill that requires the reciting of the pledge of allegiance at the start of each school day in every public school classroom is assured of seeing the Senate. House Bill 1150 passed the House State Affairs committee and the House of Representatives on unanimous votes this week. ASBSD supports the bill.
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ASBSD’s Legislative Day brought school board members and administrators together with legislators to sit down and build and strengthen relationships. “We’re not here today to lobby you,” ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany told the attendees. “We’re here to get to know each other.” For photos from the event, visit the ASBSD Facebook page.
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Senate Education committee members stopped a bill that called for the repeal of the Common Core Standards on Tuesday. The committee voted 5-2 to kill Senate Bill 129. ASBSD opposed the bill. “School boards are in support of Common Core,” ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany said. “We debated this (issue) throughout the summer.
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South Dakota Senators showed their support for the three percent increase proposed by Gov. Dennis Daugaard with unanimous passage of Senate Bill 37. The bill that supplies school districts with the proposed three percent funding increase, which would set the per-student allocation at $4,764 for the 2014-15 school year. In addition to providing
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The final day of the fifth week of the 2014 legislative session proved difficult for K-12 education. Members of the House Appropriations committee voted to kill House Bills 1003 and 1004 on 5-4 decisions for each. ASBSD supported both bills. HB 1003 would have set the annual index factor increase for education funding
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