January 2023

School reps discuss juvenile justice system with legis. comm.

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Representatives from the education community shared their thoughts with a legislative committee on schools and the juvenile justice system. ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany, Large School Group Representative Dianna Miller and SASD Executive Director Rob Monson discussed the issues schools are facing when dealing with juvenile offenders and potential solutions with the Senate Judiciary …

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Teacher Openings Exceeding Record Levels

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Open teacher positions exceeded record levels in the previous school and calendar years and the concerning trend has continued its rise halfway through the 2022-23 school year. The ASBSD Teacher Placement Center, which is a website for school districts to post open positions in their schools, saw more than 3,000 positions posted during the …

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2023 ASBSD Billtracker Update: Week One

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Legislative session’s through one week and the ASBSD Billtracker has accumulated 19-pieces of legislation so far. Learn how ASBSD Billtracker works here. Thus far, ASBSD is supporting six bills, opposing three and 10 more are listed as “monitor.” Positions on pieces of legislation are determined by member boards by voting at the Delegate Assembly …

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2023 ASBSD Legislative Resources

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The 2023 legislative session began this week (1/10) and ASBSD has you covered for coverage of the daily occurrences in the legislature. Four ASBSD resources will help you keep up-to-date on the 98th legislative session, they include: ASBSD Billtracker ASBSD Blog Legislative Session Documents List of Legislative Cracker Barrels ASBSD Billtracker provides you with a list of …

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Scholarship program referenced in Gov’s State of the State

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Gov. Kristi Noem kicked of the 98th South Dakota Legislative Session with her State of the State address. While K-12 education didn’t get a lot of attention during her address, Gov. Noem did mention the Stronger Families Scholarship that she mentioned in last month’s budget address. The Fiscal Year 2024 Governor’s budget summary …

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2023’s most important legislative days

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The 2023 legislative session began on Tuesday, January 10th and the 98th legislative session features many important days during which many pieces of K-12 related legislation will be debated and voted on. This year’s session contains 38 legislative days and kicked off with Gov. Kristi Noem’s State of the State address on Tuesday. Read about the address here. …

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Homeland Security grants available for schools in 2023

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Homeland Security grant funding will be available for public schools by application at the start of 2023. The South Dakota Office of Homeland Security will be accepting applications from public schools for one-time project funding from January 1 through February 17, 2023. Click here to complete the application. Funding will be …

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Gov proposes 5 percent funding increase, tax cut and scholarship program

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It’s a proposed 5 percent increase in state aid for public schools. On Tuesday (12/6), Gov. Kristi Noem shared her proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024 with legislators and the public. “This year I am recommending a 5 percent increase,” Gov. Noem said during the address in reference to state aid. The …

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FY23 revenue collections exceeding expectations by more than $100 million

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Revenue collections in South Dakota so far in Fiscal Year 2023 exceeded expectations by nine figures. Through November of FY23, the state’s revenue collections surpassed the figure adopted by the legislature by $135,260,272. Revenue figures for FY23 were adopted by the legislature earlier this year during the 2022 legislative session and since the …

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