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Friday’s House Education committee meeting wrapped up a good week for K-12 funding. With the committee’s passage (11-4) of House Bill 1003, which would set the annual index factor increase for education funding at a minimum of two percent, on Friday accompanied by referral of House Bill 1004, which would set the per-student allocation […]
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A small step in the legislative process was a big win for school districts on Wednesday. House Education committee members voted 13-2 to refer a bill that would return the per-student allocation to its previous highpoint of $4,805. ASBSD supports House Bill 1004. “Schools are not in the business to make money. We’re
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K-12 education’s funding conversation got started this week in the legislature and takes its turn on center stage soon with bill hearings for legislation that would return the per-student allocation to its high-point of $4,805 and another that would guarantee a minimum, annual increase of two percent to funding for schools. “The Associated School
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ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany appeared on South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s Midday this afternoon (Tuesday, Dec. 10) to discuss Governor’s budget proposal, school funding needs and Common Core. Pogany was joined by SASD Executive Director Rob Monson. Pogany and Monson spent the legislative interim advocating for the per-student allocation to be elevated to at
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In his budget address today, Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s commitment of a three percent increase to K-12 education funding went above and beyond the statutory requirement. “In September, (revenue projections) didn’t look very good,” Gov. Daugaard said during the address. “Fortunately, the situation has changed. I can propose a three percent increase for K-12.”
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Governor Dennis Daugaard is scheduled to give his annual budget address next week. What it will entail for school funding remains to be seen, but ASBSD’s Board of Directors heard firsthand what is likely to be provided. Governor’s office Director of Policy and Communications Tony Venhuizen joined ASBSD’s Board of Directors at their November
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In a narrow vote, K-12 education received a needed victory. Members of the legislative interim committee charged with studying school funding voted 8-7 on Monday (Oct. 21) to support a bill that would ask the legislature to set the per-student allocation at $4,805 – the PSA’s highpoint in 2010. ASBSD has supported a return
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Committee members of the education funding study will likely meet for the fourth and likely final time on Monday at the Capitol Building in Pierre. The study has focused on how the school funding formula affects a district’s decision to seek an opt-out or utilize special tax levies, funding’s effect on graduation and technology’s
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One meeting likely remains in the legislative interim study of school funding. And while the results of the study remain murky, one solution is nearly universal among the K-12 education community: we need to get back to $4,805. The number signifies the state’s per-student allocation highpoint, which was provided for the 2010-11 school year
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A school district’s decisions to opt-out or utilize capital outlay flexibility to help supplement their general fund were the final subjects up for analysis by the legislative interim committee on school funding at a meeting Monday (Sept. 23) in Pierre. Yesterday’s meeting was the third for committee members charged with studying how the state’s
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