The debate on a school district’s school start date is headed for the Senate. The start date argument that began earlier in session was in reincarnated, albeit with different details, in House Bill 1164 and passed through the House on a 57-12 vote on Monday. The bill would require a referral petition to […]
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A bill that would have earmarked $2.85 million for professional development related to technology for teachers failed to get past the House Appropriations committee last Friday. Committee members voted 7-2 to defer House Bill 1005 to the 41st legislative day. The deferral of HB 1005 marked the end of the line for the list
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Mere hours after its death in the House Education committee, House Bill 1187 was revived through a smoke out on the floor of the House. Rep. Jim Bolin, the bill’s sponsor, pleaded with Representatives to get the bill, which provides for the exemption of certain students from the requirement to take certain academic assessment
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Members of the House of Representatives passed the annual Cutler-Gabriel adjustment that sets the property tax levies for a school district’s general fund on Monday. On a 69-0 vote, Representatives sent House Bill 1085 across the hall to the Senate. Rep. David Lust said the bill is “a vehicle bill more or less,”
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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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