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SOS office requesting Business Managers provide contact info to County Auditors

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The Secretary of State’s office has requested school districts contact their county auditor immediately and provide the district’s contact information in order for the county auditor’s office to forward absentee ballot requests to the school district. County auditors are processing many absentee ballot requests on which voters are requesting “all” absentee ballots they are […]

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Options for Remote School Board Meetings

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Below are three options SASD and ASBSD have compiled for school boards and districts to consider should they choose to hold your upcoming school board meetings remotely. We are not endorsing any of the services, but simply wanted to make you aware of what may be available to your school board and district. We

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Two percent increase in play, special session looms

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Two percent is still currently in the cards for school districts for the 2020-21 school year, but the possibility of a special session looms. At the end of the legislative session and prior to the outbreak of the Coronavirus in the state, Gov. Kristi Noem and the legislature came together to support a two

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Revenue figures could have direct effect on state aid increase

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The Coronavirus outbreak has had an impact on the state’s economy that has yet to be seen. School districts received the two percent increase required by law, which is three percent or inflation, whichever is less and inflation for Fiscal Year 2021 is at 2 percent. That increase is in flux as a special session looms

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Schools closed for year, requirement waivers passed

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Gov. Kristi Noem has decided school buildings will not reopen for the 2019-20 school year and the legislature passed two laws waiving certain requirements of school districts. “It just doesn’t make sense to bring our kids back into our school buildings this year,” Gov. Kristi Noem said during a press conference last week.

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Special education set to receive increase in funding

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Special education is set to receive an increase in aid for the 2020-21 school year. House 1042, which sets the Special Education levy and disability level funding for FY 2021, passed the House on a 60-7 vote and the Senate on a 32-2 vote. HB 1042 sets the maximum special education fund levy

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House Education sends new school system bill to 41st day

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A smoke-out attempt didn’t save a bill creating a new school system in South Dakota, which had previously been defeated in committee. Senate Bill 66, which creates and funds Oceti Sakowin community-based schools, was defeated by the House Education committee on a 9-5 vote with a smoke-out attempt being unsuccessful on the House floor

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Cap Outlay compromise bill passed, signed into law

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In its final vote, a compromise bill on capital outlay provisions proved to have overwhelming support. House members passed Senate Bill 170, which revises certain provisions regarding school district capital outlay funds, on a 65-3 vote. Among the four votes it took between two committees and two chambers, the bill only had four “No” votes.

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New provision for C/O fund purchases put in statute

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It wasn’t unanimous, but a new provision for purchases with capital outlay reached the Governor’s desk. House members voted 50-18 to pass Senate Bill 174, which permits capital outlay funding to be used to purchase or renew instructional software. Votes on the bill had previously been all “Yes.” “Today’s modern classroom is so

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Amended C/O certificate referendum bill bounced by Sen. comm.

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Committee member downed an amended bill that would have set precedent in the bond elections of school districts. On a 6-0 vote, Senate Education committee members defeated House Bill 1263, which requires school district bond elections to have 30 percent voter turnout to be valid. ASBSD opposed the bill. “This is a

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