Legislative pieces related to juvenile justice continue to make their way through the 2023 legislative session with multiple proposals being tracked by ASBSD on our Billtracker page. You can read about the taxation bills & revenue here, the school voucher bills here, the bills that are moving on here and the bills that have […]
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Two juvenile justice proposals saw legislative action recently. Senate Bill 3, which requires law enforcement to report juvenile offenses to school officials , passed the Senate Education committee on a 4-2 vote. The bill emerged from the interim committee studying Juvenile Justice and requires a local law enforcement agency to inform officials when a juvenile
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A resolution to study a new educational path proceeded in the legislative process. House Education members and the House Representatives passed House Concurrent Resolution 6001, which proposes the study of a potential optional educational path. ASBSD is monitoring HCR 6001, which has been assigned to the Senate Education Committee. The resolution “comes
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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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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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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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A property tax cut and juvenile justice reforms emerged from the 2022 legislative interim and will be introduced as bills during the 2023 legislative session. On a 10-3 vote, members of the Property Tax Structure and Tax Burden interim committee approved a proposal providing an eight-figure property tax cut. In the proposal “one
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A wide-ranging discussion took place during the first meeting of the interim study on juvenile justice. The Study Committee on Juvenile Justice began it’s work last week (6/16) hearing testimony from more than 10 individuals connected to the matter whether through schools, law enforcement agencies or in the juvenile court system. Student truancy served as
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The study on juvenile justice will begin this week. Fifteen legislators will consider and develop alternatives for the placement of juvenile offenders as part of the Study Committee on Juvenile Justice beginning this Thursday (6/16) at 9 a.m. (Central). You can listen to the meeting here and view the agenda here. Wednesday’s agenda includes
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Nearly 100 more position openings were posted in May this school year than last on ASBSD’s Teacher Placement website. At the end of May, ASBSD’s Teacher Placement had 480 open positions listed, which is an increase of 82 positions from May of 2021. The 480 open positions are almost 100 postings higher than
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