Advocating on behalf of our public school system is an important job and ASBSD’s Legislative Action Network (LAN) steps up to take on that task. With the 2019 legislative session having begun, we need LAN members to be read to communicate to legislators the positions of ASBSD and their local board on legislative issues relating to public […]
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After getting through committee, the bill promoting the civics literacy program came to halt on the chamber floor. House members defeated House Bill 1051, which establishes the South Dakota state seal of civics literacy program, on a 32-38 vote. HB 1051 called for the creation of a program school districts could have participated commemorating
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After debate, discussion and a day’s break to think on it, a bill altering assessment requirements for certain students stopped its legislative run. House Education committee members tabled House Bill 1065, which removed the assessment requirement for students receiving alternative instruction, on a 13-2 vote. The action came after the committee deferred additional
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A bill alleviating residency requirement constraints on students of military families cleared one chamber of the legislature. On a 65-0 vote, Representatives members approved House Bill 1044, which authorizes enrollment in a school district to which a students’ family is locating to, due to military transfer. ASBSD is monitoring the bill and assisted
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Two bills crossed the Capitol hall from the Senate to the House, but just one made it out of latter’s education committee. House Education committee members passed Senate Bill 23, which revises references to repealed or obsolete provisions related to DOE, on a 13-1 vote, but defeated Senate Bill 24, which revises certain provisions
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Gov. Kristi Noem came up with proposed funding for state aid above what’s required by law in the first budget address of her tenure. Gov. Noem’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2020 included an increase to state aid of 2.5 percent, which is 0.2 percent higher than what’s required in state statute, as inflation came
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Committee members confirmed a program commending students for civics literacy. House Education committee members passed House Bill 1051, which establishes the South Dakota state seal of civics literacy program, on a 14-0 vote. HB 1051 creates a voluntary program that school districts can choose to participate in which would affix a sticker of
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Legislative committee members brought down a bill that could have put schools in line to face litigation. On a 5-2 vote, the Senate Education committee defeated Senate Bill 49, which voided the SDHSAA policy on transgender student participation and requires student gender be determined by what is stated on the student’s birth certificate.
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A House committee and the full chamber opted to continue the discussion on adding to the key topics that can be discussed in executive session. House State Affairs committee members passed House Bill 1048, which permits a school board to discuss and deliberate school safety plans, and other provisions, in executive session, on a
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A bill expediting the enrollment process of students from military families transferring into a district passed out of legislative committee. On a unanimous vote, House Military and Veterans Affairs committee members approved an amended version of House Bill 1044, which authorizes enrollment in a school district to which a students’ family is locating to,
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