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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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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