Two bills tied closely to school district’s receiving the proposed three percent funding increase cleared another hurdle on Tuesday.   Members of the House State Affairs committee passed Senate Bill’s 157 and 158 on 9-4 votes, respectively.   ASBSD supports both bills. Executive Director Wade Pogany testified the bills are much needed for schools in

Members of the House Appropriations committee passed the bill that would supply schools with the proposed three percent increase.   On a 9-0 vote, committee members supported Senate Bill 37, which, with the three percent increase, would set the per-student allocation at $4,764 for the 2014-15 school year.   ASBSD supports the bill.   ASBSD

Two bills intricately tied to providing the three percent increase to state aid for education passed the Senate on Tuesday.   Senate Bill 157, which provides an appropriation to the Building South Dakota fund, and Senate Bill 158, which revises certain funding provisions of the Building South Dakota fund, both passed on 35-0 votes. Last week,

Although none have been proposed to this point, a bill that would accommodate for the allocation of one-time dollars to schools passed the House on Tuesday.   House Bill 1236, which establishes the school innovation and emergency fund, passed on a 57-11 vote.   Rep. Jacqueline Sly, the bill’s sponsor, said the bill is a

A bill calling for the equalization in the distribution of fine money to school districts was swept away from the House floor.   Representatives voted 32-38 to defeat House Bill 1204.   The bill, sponsored by Rep. Dan Dryden, who introduced a similar other revenue equalization bill that died in committee, would have included the

The final day of the fifth week of the 2014 legislative session proved difficult for K-12 education.   Members of the House Appropriations committee voted to kill House Bills 1003 and 1004 on 5-4 decisions for each. ASBSD supported both bills.   HB 1003 would have set the annual index factor increase for education funding

The bill that supplies school districts with the proposed three percent funding increase from Gov. Dennis Daugaard passed through Senate Appropriations unanimously on Thursday.   ASBSD supports the bill.   In addition to providing the three percent increase, Senate Bill 37 sets the property tax levies for a school district’s general fund for fiscal year

Two bills that would help pave the way for the proposed three percent increase in funding for schools had hearings in Senate State Affairs on Wednesday.   Senate Bill 157, which provides an appropriation to the Building South Dakota fund, and Senate Bill 158, which revises certain funding provisions of the Building South Dakota fund,