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Each member of the House Education returns to their seat on the committee. The 15-member House Education committee, which will meet on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:45 a.m., brings every member back for the 2022 legislative session with Rep. Lana Greenfield serving as committee chair for her fourth year. Let’s get to know the committee […]
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No changes were made to the Senate Education committee for the 2022 legislative session. Sen. Blake Curd will serve as Chair of the seven-member Senate Education committee, which is scheduled to meet on Tuesday and Thursday at 7:45 a.m. during the 2022 legislative session. Let’s meet the committee members: Sen. Blake Curd (District 12)
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The 2022 legislative session begins this week (1/11) and ASBSD has you covered for coverage of the daily occurrences in the legislature. Four ASBSD resources will help you keep up-to-date on the 97th legislative session, they include: ASBSD Billtracker ASBSD Blog Legislative Session Documents List of Legislative Cracker Barrels ASBSD Billtracker provides you with a list of
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The 2022 legislative session begins on Tuesday, January 11th and the 97th legislative session features many important days during which many pieces of K-12 related legislation will be debated and voted on. This year’s session contains 38 legislative days and kicked off with Gov. Kristi Noem’s State of the State address at 1 p.m. on January 11th.
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Schools received a nearly unprecedented state aid increase proposal from Gov. Kristi Noem for the 2022-23 school year. At Gov. Noem’s budget address this month she proposed a 6 percent increase in state aid for the 2022-23 school year. The 6 percent increase brings $41 million in new, ongoing funding to state aid.
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Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) is accepting applications for the Davis-Bahcall Scholars Program. The program is a once-in-a-lifetime, all-expense-paid opportunity that connects science-curious students with peers and mentors as they explore the modern world of STEM research in the summer of 2022. The Davis-Bahcall Scholars Program is open to South Dakota high school
Revenue collections exceeded projections for the fifth consecutive month. November’s revenue collections exceed the legislature’s adopted projections by $14.5 million, which was powered by sales tax collection being nearly $13 million above projection. The surplus revenue projection for the month brought the 2022 Fiscal Year total collections to nearly $88 million more than
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The South Dakota School Safety Center, which is a department with the state Department of Public Safety and provides many safety resources to schools, announced a partnership with the premier anonymous tip reporting platform designed for schools. P3 Campus, which supplements student safety and mental health initiatives for schools, is the industry leader in
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The South Dakota School Safety Center is introducing a new opportunity for South Dakota Schools to keep kids safe and foster a positive school climate. The program is called “Handle With Care” (HWC) which promotse safe and supportive homes, schools and communities that protect children, and help traumatized children heal and thrive. HWC programs support children exposed to
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Grant funds administered through the South Dakota Office of Homeland Security are now available to South Dakota K-12 schools to increase school safety through threat assessment training. The program offers training to school officials on how to identify and deal with violent situations. Several South Dakota schools have already registered for the program, which
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