State Aid
A report detailing teacher pay in South Dakota was recently approved by the board charged with reviewing its progress. Members of the Teacher Compensation Review Board (TCRB) approved its final report in September and sent it on to Gov. Kristi Noem and the legislature for review. Read the final report here. Conclusions in …
Teacher pay report reviewed and approved by TCRB Read More »
ASBSD’s Board of Directors began the 2021-22 year by discussing the board’s executive committee, welcoming two new members and welcoming back two directors, and more. The ASBSD Board of Directors met the day prior to the 2021 ASBSD-SASD Convention and decided to maintain the current Executive Committee for the board in order to allow …
ASBSD honored school board members, former administrators and public school advocates and community representatives who went above and beyond for their local school districts. Mobridge-Pollock School Board President and ASBSD President Eric Stroeder earned the 2021 Associated School Boards of South Dakota’s Outstanding School Board Member of the Year honor, which is presented to …
Board members and administrators will receive expert information and advice on the collective bargaining process as part of ASBSD’s five-part webinar series. Veteran School Law Attorneys Gerry Kaufman and Rodney Freeman presented their vast knowledge of the collective bargaining process in five separate hour-long recorded webinars, each covering its own unique topic. For …
Five CB webinar recordings available for viewing Read More »
There will be an increase in state aid for public schools next school year. Senate Bill 49, which sets the School District General Fund levy, target teacher salary and overhead rate for FY 2022, received only 5 no votes with Joint Appropriations passing it 16-2, the Senate supporting it 34-0 and the House approving it …
Schools are set to receive one-time funding from the 2021 legislative session. Senate Bill 64, which Revises the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2021, passed the Joint Appropriations committee 18-0, the Senate floor 34-0 and the House floor 58-11. ASBSD supported the bill, which will provide $11 million in one-time funding to …
A bill set to bring about major changes to homeschool statute will become law on July 1. On a 41-27 vote, the House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 177, which makes significant changes to homeschool laws, and Gov. Kristi Noem, surrounded by supporters of the proposal, signed it into law. Rep. Rebecca Reimers, the …
Overhaul of homeschool laws passed by House, signed by Gov Read More »
With the fate of many of the K-12 education bills decided or in their final legislative stages, the focus in the final two weeks of the legislature’s main run turns to funding. This week, Senate Bill 49, which sets the School District General Fund levy, target teacher salary and overhead rate for FY 2022, will …
School funding proposals to be addressed in remaining session days Read More »
The civics education update has its funding through the first chamber of the legislature. On a 63-5 vote, House members passed House Bill 1279, which appropriates $900,000 for the development of civics curriculum and resources. The proposed one-time funding of $900,000 would go to four areas of the review and development of civics education, including: Creating …
School districts seeking to use tax revenue from the wind energy tax only await the Governor’s signature to do so. House Bill 1066, which authorizes the transfer of wind energy tax revenue from a school district general fund, passed the Senate Education committee on a 6-1 vote and the full Senate on a 35-0 …
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