2013 Legislative Session
A Senate committee defeated a bill reimbursing schools for training costs related to the Sentinel program. On a 7-2 vote, Senate Appropriations committee members tabled House Bill 1152, which provides financial assistance for school sentinel training. ASBSD was monitoring the bill. HB 1152 sought to provide a $1,500 reimbursement – paid by the S.D. […]
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A bill reimbursing schools for training costs related to the Sentinel program crossed the Capitol hall. House Bill 1152, which provides financial assistance for school sentinel training, passed the House of Representatives on a 45-25 vote last week. HB 1152 would provide a $1,500 reimbursement – paid by the S.D. Department of Education – to school districts
Bill reimbursing schools for Sentinel training to Senate Read More »
Three very different education related issues reached the House floor on Monday (2/10). House Bill 1152, which provides financial assistance for school sentinel training, passed the House Education committee on 10-5 vote. ASBSD is monitoring the bill. HB 1152 would provide a $1,500 reimbursement – paid by the S.D. Department of Education –
Sentinel funding, kindergarten eligibility and OE prohibition bills pass Read More »
Legislators tabbed to review special education funding began their study recently (6/13). The 13-member legislative panel convened to review South Dakota’s extraordinary cost fund for special education, which districts can apply for to receive additional funding for special education costs. “It’s an important subject for all of us,” Committee Chair Rep. Mary Duvall
Committee commences Extraordinary Cost Fund study Read More »
Representatives from the McLaughlin School District and BoardDocs will host a FREE event to share with you how going paperless has saved their district dollars and time AND how it can do the same for you! Join McLaughlin Superintendent Scott Lepke, School Board President Juliana White Bull-Taken Alive and Principal Jeremy Hurd, BoardDocs and ASBSD for
BoardDocs webinar rescheduled for May 4 Read More »
School funding study committee members voted to support two key bills – returning the per-student allocation to $4,805 and implementing a timetable for capital outlay flexibility reduction – that will have lasting effects on K-12 education at their final meeting on Monday (Oct. 21). In addition to those bills, the committee voted to support
Additional proposals from the Funding Committee Read More »
Capital Outlay flexibility concerns were raised by some funding committee members at the start of the study in June. At Monday’s (Oct. 21) fourth and final meeting, they addressed them. Committee members voted 9-5 to support a bill that would require districts to steadily decrease their reliance on the provision, which allows districts to
Funding committee vote favors flexibility reductions Read More »
In a narrow vote, K-12 education received a needed victory. Members of the legislative interim committee charged with studying school funding voted 8-7 on Monday (Oct. 21) to support a bill that would ask the legislature to set the per-student allocation at $4,805 – the PSA’s highpoint in 2010. ASBSD has supported a return
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Committee members of the education funding study will likely meet for the fourth and likely final time on Monday at the Capitol Building in Pierre. The study has focused on how the school funding formula affects a district’s decision to seek an opt-out or utilize special tax levies, funding’s effect on graduation and technology’s
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One meeting likely remains in the legislative interim study of school funding. And while the results of the study remain murky, one solution is nearly universal among the K-12 education community: we need to get back to $4,805. The number signifies the state’s per-student allocation highpoint, which was provided for the 2010-11 school year
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