The inevitable increase in funding for the private school scholarship program has proceeded in the legislature. Senate Bill 71, which increases the private school scholarship fund total to $3.5 million form $2 million, passed the Senate Education committee on 5-1 vote and the Senate on a 27-5 vote. Implemented in 2016, the private […]
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A legislative committee advanced a bill banning the participation of anyone other than biological females in girls’ sports at the end of the first week of the 2022 legislative session. Senate Bill 46, which changes process of participation in girls’ sports, passed the Senate State Affairs committee on an 8-1 vote. SB 46
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A report detailing teacher pay in South Dakota was recently approved by the board charged with reviewing its progress. Members of the Teacher Compensation Review Board (TCRB) approved its final report in September and sent it on to Gov. Kristi Noem and the legislature for review. Read the final report here. Conclusions in
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The Governor’s signature is all that awaits a bill seeking expansion of the private school scholarship program. Senate Bill 175, which expands the student eligibility options for the private school scholarship program, passed the House State Affairs committee on a 10-3 vote and the full House on a 60-9 vote. The bill would allow
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With the fate of many of the K-12 education bills decided or in their final legislative stages, the focus in the final two weeks of the legislature’s main run turns to funding. This week, Senate Bill 49, which sets the School District General Fund levy, target teacher salary and overhead rate for FY 2022, will
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School districts seeking to use tax revenue from the wind energy tax only await the Governor’s signature to do so. House Bill 1066, which authorizes the transfer of wind energy tax revenue from a school district general fund, passed the Senate Education committee on a 6-1 vote and the full Senate on a 35-0
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The creep towards expanding the state’s private school scholarship program continued. Senate Bill 175, which expands the student eligibility options for the private school scholarship program, passed the Senate on a 30-5 vote. The bill would allow any students in grades kindergarten through 12th grade to receive a private school scholarship should they meet the income eligibility
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South Dakota’s private school scholarship program could expand should the latest bill chipping away at the program’s initial parameters continues to progress. Senate Bill 175, which expands the student eligibility options for the private school scholarship program, passed the Senate Education committee on a 6-0 vote. The bill would allow any students in
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A bill adjusting the way tax revenue from wind energy tax can be used by school districts breezed through its first legislative chamber. On a 14-0 vote, the House Education committee passed House Bill 1066, which authorizes the transfer of wind energy tax revenue from a school district general fund, and on a 68-0
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