A bill that would essentially lower the number of signatures needed to refer a school board’s start day decision moved another step closer to law on Monday. House Bill 1164, which would require a start date referral petition to have five percent of the total number of registered voters voting in the previous general […]
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Members of the House Appropriations committee passed the bill that would supply schools with the proposed three percent increase. On a 9-0 vote, committee members supported Senate Bill 37, which, with the three percent increase, would set the per-student allocation at $4,764 for the 2014-15 school year. ASBSD supports the bill. ASBSD
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Just like its experience across the hall in the House, a bill requiring the reciting of the pledge of allegiance at the start of each school day in every public school classroom had no opposition during its committee hearing. Members of the Senate Education committee unanimously passed House Bill 1150 following a wave of
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The first of potentially two bills related to Common Core is headed to Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s desk. Senate Bill 64, which requires a moratorium period of no less than six months to allow for public comment before the adoption of new content standards drafted by a multistate consortium, passed on a 63-3 vote in
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Two bills intricately tied to providing the three percent increase to state aid for education passed the Senate on Tuesday. Senate Bill 157, which provides an appropriation to the Building South Dakota fund, and Senate Bill 158, which revises certain funding provisions of the Building South Dakota fund, both passed on 35-0 votes. Last week,
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Although none have been proposed to this point, a bill that would accommodate for the allocation of one-time dollars to schools passed the House on Tuesday. House Bill 1236, which establishes the school innovation and emergency fund, passed on a 57-11 vote. Rep. Jacqueline Sly, the bill’s sponsor, said the bill is a
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Rep. Jim Bolin was unsuccessful in his attempt to get House Bill 1187 on the House’s debate calendar on Tuesday just one day after successfully smoking the bill out of the House Education committee. HB 1187 provides for the exemption of certain students from the requirement to take certain academic assessment tests. ASBSD opposed
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Senators unanimously passed a bill supporting the teaching of CPR in schools. Senate Bill 145 identifies CPR as a recommended skill that all schools should include within school health curriculum, recommends use of nationally recognized program for instruction and survey’s school districts about CPR instruction. The bill originally sought to have CPR counted
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Senate Education sent four K-12 education bills to the floor on Tuesday morning. Committee members passed House Bill 1181, which allows for the requirement of a certification of health from an employee of a school at the request of the district’s Superintendent, on a unanimous vote. ASBSD supports the bill. Rep. Peggy Gibson,
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The House’s version of a bill that would repeal the Common Core Standards failed to get past the House Education committee on Monday. On an 8-7 vote, committee members killed House Bill 1243, which called for a reset to the Common Core implementation process that has been in the works since 2010. Last
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