There’s three weeks gone in this year’s legislative session and the deadline to submit legislation comes this coming Thursday (2/2) so we’ll see what will join the 58-pieces of legislation currently being tracked on ASBSD’s Billtracker. Learn how ASBSD Billtracker works here. More than half of the 58 legislative proposals have ASBSD taking […]
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South Dakota’s public education system needs supportive voices. Many voices. Our advocacy efforts must be united, informed and ready as the 2023 legislative session is likely to bring legislation with potentially long-reaching harmful effects to public schools, especially to funding. “Vouchers, tax cuts, uncertain state aid increases, and that’s just the funding side,”
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A bill gutting the tax on groceries moved from one legislative committee to another. On a 12-1 vote, the House Taxation committee sent House Bill 1075, which repeals the sales tax on groceries, to the House Appropriations committee for review and vote. S.D. Bureau of Finance & Management Commissioner Jim Terwilliger said the bill
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A new scholarship program using public dollars for private education has been introduced as a bill and more detail was provided on the aims of the program. Senate Bill 100, which creates a scholarship program utilizing public funds for private education and other services, was introduced in the third week of the 2023 legislative
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Two juvenile justice proposals saw legislative action recently. Senate Bill 3, which requires law enforcement to report juvenile offenses to school officials , passed the Senate Education committee on a 4-2 vote. The bill emerged from the interim committee studying Juvenile Justice and requires a local law enforcement agency to inform officials when a juvenile
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The state Board of Education has revised its meeting schedule for 2023 and the Department of Education has also made revisions to a portion of the proposed social studies standards. 2023 meeting dates for the S.D. Board of Education Standards include Friday, February 10 in Rapid City, Monday, May 22 in Pierre, Monday, September
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Five percent found six votes to advance it in the appropriations process. Senate Bill 24, which provides the 5 percent increase in state aid and revises the property tax levies for school districts, was referred to the Joint Appropriations committee on a 6-0 vote by the Senate Education committee last week (1/19). ASBSD is
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After the second week of the 2023 legislative session, the ASBSD Billtracker is up to 22-pieces of legislation being tracked. Learn how ASBSD Billtracker works here. Of those 22 legislative proposals on the list, there’s seven we’re supporting, six being opposed and nine being monitored. Below is a breakdown of key bills ASBSD is
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Neighbor States Widening Teacher Pay Gap The average teacher salaries in South Dakota continue to lag behind our neighboring states with SD’s teachers the only state of the group of seven not top $50,000 in average teacher pay in 2020-21 and facing a growing gap. The closest regional competitor, Montana, is more
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A resolution to study a new educational path proceeded in the legislative process. House Education members and the House Representatives passed House Concurrent Resolution 6001, which proposes the study of a potential optional educational path. ASBSD is monitoring HCR 6001, which has been assigned to the Senate Education Committee. The resolution “comes
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