Senators sent a school safety plan on to the House on Wednesday (2/3). On a 34-1 vote, Senators passed a slightly amended version of Senate Bill 63, which requires school districts to implement, practice and review safety plans. “The emergency plan really needs to be developed and looked at every year,” Sen. Larry […]
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Legislative committee members favored a bill expanding the bid process timeline. House Bill 1102, which expands the period from 30 to 45 days for the opening of bids to the time the contract must be awarded, passed the House Local Government committee on a 12-1 vote on Tuesday (2/2). “Thirty days is simply
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A bill related to insurance pooling has passed the House and is headed for the Senate. House Bill 1090, which requires certain statements and audits concerning insurance pooling arrangements to be filed with the Department of Legislative Audit, passed the House Commerce and Energy committee on 13-0 vote and the House on a vote of
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A bill with the potential to subtract up to $400,000 in other revenue for school districts failed to find support in the House on Tuesday (2/2). House Bill 1097, which would exempt certain taxes and fees from the gross receipts tax on telecommunications services, was defeated by Representatives on a 24-41 vote. ASBSD opposed the
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Through the House and now the Senate, on to the governor’s desk goes a bill at improving energy costs for building projects. Members of the Senate Commerce and Energy committee initially passed HB 1032, which revises certain provisions regarding guaranteed energy savings contracts, on a 6-0 vote and the full Senate sent the bill on
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ASBSD invites school board members and administrators from member districts to our 2016 Legislative Day on Tuesday, February 16. ASBSD Legislative Day is a day of advocacy and action in support of public education and celebration of the service of our school board members as part of South Dakota School Board Recognition Week. School
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The debate about adding a leased residential property tax classification started on Thursday (1/27). “What we don’t have is a category for those people that live in a property, but don’t own it,” Rep. Don Haggar, the bill’s sponsor, testified. “(House Bill 1086) just creates the category.” House Taxation committee members expressed interest
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Legislative committee members approved a bill that could potentially subtract up to $400,000 from other revenue supplied to school districts on Thursday (1/28). On an 11-4 vote, members of the House Taxation committee passed House Bill 1097, which would exempt certain taxes and fees from the gross receipts tax on telecommunications services. South
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An amended version of a bill restricting access to bathrooms and locker rooms for transgender students, which could have unknown legal ramifications for public schools, passed the House. House Bill 1008, which separates bathrooms, locker rooms and shower rooms in public schools based on the biological sex of a student, passed the House State
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