Taxation
The fourth week of legislative session brings the first of three bill submission deadlines and a full week of session that is certain to shake up ASBSD’s Billtracker. Learn how ASBSD Billtracker works here. The latest week of the 2022 legislative session, ended as a very busy one for ASBSD Billtracker as nearly […]
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Teacher Pay Behind Neighbors, Rank Falling Nationally The average teacher salaries in South Dakota continue to lag far behind those of neighboring states with South Dakota the only state of the group of seven not top $50,000 in average teacher pay in 2019-20. The closest regional competitor remains more than $3,000 ahead
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A close committee vote followed by overwhelming favor on the floor sent teacher pay accountability extension to the Senate. On an 8-6 vote by the House Education committee and a 65-1 vote by the full House, House Bill 1080, which extends the average teacher compensation targets until the 2023-24 school year, to the Senate.
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Two education related bills took different routes out of committee. Senate Bill 95, which changes the timeline for the Teacher Compensation Review Board to meet from every 3 years to every 2 years, passed the Senate Education committee unanimously, 7-0. ASBSD supports the bill. “I see this bill as a better state
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Legislative session enters its third week and ASBSD Billtracker, which provides you with a list of each piece of legislation the Association is tracking during session, continues to be filled with activity. Learn how ASBSD Billtracker works here. Following the second week of the 2022 legislative session, ASBSD Billtracker has added nine more bills
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The first step in South Dakota public schools receiving a 6 percent increase in state aid was taken in the legislature. With a “Do Pass” recommendation, the Senate Education committee referred Senate Bill 59, which provides the 6 percent increase in state aid and special education and revises the property tax levies for school
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The inevitable increase in funding for the private school scholarship program has proceeded in the legislature. Senate Bill 71, which increases the private school scholarship fund total to $3.5 million form $2 million, passed the Senate Education committee on 5-1 vote and the Senate on a 27-5 vote. Implemented in 2016, the private
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Legislative committee members approved a cutout in property tax assessment of very specific ag land. House Bill 1039, which provides for the assessment of certain agricultural land as noncropland, passed the House Ag committee on a 10-3 vote. The bill would change land currently classified as cropland to noncropland if it is greater
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With legislative session here for the next nine weeks, ASBSD Billtracker, which provides you with a list of each piece of legislation the Association is tracking during session, is filling up and will be regularly updated. Learn how ASBSD Billtracker works here. After the first week of 97th Legislative Session, the ASBSD Billtracker has
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South Dakota’s strong 2022 Fiscal Year continued in December. Gov. Kristi Noem touted the month and year’s strength in her State of the State Address on Tuesday (1/11) citing “exceptional revenue growth that South Dakota has enjoyed” because of the steps the state has taken in the past few years. “So far this
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