It’s a proposed 5 percent increase in state aid for public schools. On Tuesday (12/6), Gov. Kristi Noem shared her proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024 with legislators and the public. “This year I am recommending a 5 percent increase,” Gov. Noem said during the address in reference to state aid. The …
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Revenue collections in South Dakota so far in Fiscal Year 2023 exceeded expectations by nine figures. Through November of FY23, the state’s revenue collections surpassed the figure adopted by the legislature by $135,260,272. Revenue figures for FY23 were adopted by the legislature earlier this year during the 2022 legislative session and since the …
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A property tax cut and juvenile justice reforms emerged from the 2022 legislative interim and will be introduced as bills during the 2023 legislative session. On a 10-3 vote, members of the Property Tax Structure and Tax Burden interim committee approved a proposal providing an eight-figure property tax cut. In the proposal “one …
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School Board Members and Administrators, please meet with your legislators before the 2023 legislative session begins in January. Click here to see what legislators represent your district and click here to view legislator contact information. “We need our school leaders to meet with their legislators before session begins,” ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany …
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Open teaching positions in South Dakota continue to add up each month. In November, the ASBSD Teacher Placement website, which is hosted by ASBSD for school districts to post teacher and administrator positions they are seeking to fill, logged 158 open teaching positions posted The 158 open positions in November are three times …
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“We will also continue to support South Dakota schools…” wrote Gov. Kristi Noem in her weekly column on Friday (12/2) previewing Tuesday’s (12/6) Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Address. What the Governor’s statement means for South Dakota’s public schools, remains to be seen. During the 2022 legislative session, public schools gratefully received a 6 …
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Board members representing their districts at the 2022 Delegate Assembly engaged in a robust discussion on the proposed legislative platform of ASBSD. Delegates in attendance approved 44 legislative resolutions, which are pointed legislative policy positions, and 12 standing positions, which are broad statements on legislative policy, that compromise ASBSD’s legislative platform for the 2023 …
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ASBSD’s gavel was officially passed at the most recent Board of Directors meeting, where members also approved proposed legislative priorities for Delegate Assembly and new enrollment categories for Association regions. ASBSD President Lisa Snedeker of Woonsocket was officially passed the gavel from Past President Eric Stroeder of Mobridge-Pollock at the board’s November board meeting. …
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Updated terminology was incorporated into multiple sample policies ranging from school board legal status to students in foster care and a few other topics in between. BB: School Board Legal Status Changed reference for Vocational Education to Technical Education DBDA: General Fund Balance Changes the term LEP to the updated term English Learner (EL) …
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All of South Dakota’s public schools met teacher pay targets for the year and will continue to receive a waiver from their general fund cash balances. School Finance Accountability Board members received their FY2022 Accountabilities report in which it noted all public school districts met their average teacher compensation target for the year. …
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