Legislation is crossing chambers and headed to the governor’s desk quickly as the 91st legislative session crosses its halfway point. Here’s a brief rundown on the action taken on a few of the bills ASBSD is tracking. House Bill 1056, which clarifies language from legislation passed last year, ensuring a veteran would receive an […]
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A new manner for the minor boundary change process found favor in the Senate on Tuesday (2/9). Senators passed Senate Bill 5, which revises the process of school district boundary change, on a vote of 33-1. SB 5 would remove the provision in law that allows for school district boundary changes to be
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Senators sent a school safety plan on to the House on Wednesday (2/3). On a 34-1 vote, Senators passed a slightly amended version of Senate Bill 63, which requires school districts to implement, practice and review safety plans. “The emergency plan really needs to be developed and looked at every year,” Sen. Larry
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Legislative committee members favored a bill expanding the bid process timeline. House Bill 1102, which expands the period from 30 to 45 days for the opening of bids to the time the contract must be awarded, passed the House Local Government committee on a 12-1 vote on Tuesday (2/2). “Thirty days is simply
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A bill related to insurance pooling has passed the House and is headed for the Senate. House Bill 1090, which requires certain statements and audits concerning insurance pooling arrangements to be filed with the Department of Legislative Audit, passed the House Commerce and Energy committee on 13-0 vote and the House on a vote of
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Through the House and now the Senate, on to the governor’s desk goes a bill at improving energy costs for building projects. Members of the Senate Commerce and Energy committee initially passed HB 1032, which revises certain provisions regarding guaranteed energy savings contracts, on a 6-0 vote and the full Senate sent the bill on
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ASBSD invites school board members and administrators from member districts to our 2016 Legislative Day on Tuesday, February 16. ASBSD Legislative Day is a day of advocacy and action in support of public education and celebration of the service of our school board members as part of South Dakota School Board Recognition Week. School
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An amended version of a bill restricting access to bathrooms and locker rooms for transgender students, which could have unknown legal ramifications for public schools, passed the House. House Bill 1008, which separates bathrooms, locker rooms and shower rooms in public schools based on the biological sex of a student, passed the House State
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Legislation clarifying veterans’ preference language found favor from the House of Representatives. House State Affairs members unanimously passed an amended version of House Bill 1056, which revises certain provisions relating to the veterans’ preference in employment, on Monday (1/25), with members of the House doing the same on Wednesday (1/27). HB 1056’s sponsor, Rep. Fred
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A bill that proposes a minor adjustment to local election ballots passed the House. On 13-0 vote at Thursday’s (1/21) meeting, members of House Local Government committee passed House Bill 1034, which revises certain provisions concerning local government elections, and recommended it be placed on the House’s consent calendar. The House also passed the bill
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