A new manner for the minor boundary change process found favor in the Senate on Tuesday (2/9). Senators passed Senate Bill 5, which revises the process of school district boundary change, on a vote of 33-1. SB 5 would remove the provision in law that allows for school district boundary changes to be …
The debate on providing private school scholarships for students returned to South Dakota’s legislature. Senate Bill 159, which uses tax credits from the insurance company premium and annuity tax to fund private school scholarships, passed the Senate Education committee on a vote of 6-1. SB 159 would provide $2 million in scholarship dollars …
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A parade of supporters and unanimous committee vote got Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s proposal to increase teacher pay off to a great start on Monday (2/8). Nearly 20 supporters from the education, business and agriculture communities testified in favor of House Bill 1182, which increases the state’s sales tax by a half cent and reduces …
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The debate about adding a leased residential property tax classification started on Thursday (1/27). “What we don’t have is a category for those people that live in a property, but don’t own it,” Rep. Don Haggar, the bill’s sponsor, testified. “(House Bill 1086) just creates the category.” House Taxation committee members expressed interest …
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Gov. Dennis Daugaard punctuated his budget address on Tuesday (Dec. 8) by stating teacher salaries in South Dakota need to be improved. “I agree that South Dakota needs to increase teacher salaries,” Gov. Daugaard said, noting that the state was falling behind other states in the upper plains region. “The public expects us …
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Members of the ASBSD Board of Directors met last month and welcomed a new member to the board and reviewed the recommendations from the Blue Ribbon Task Force. The Board of Directors were joined by Howard School Board President Rick Olson, who was recently appointed by ASBSD President Eric Stroeder to represent the Southeast …
Members of the Minor Boundary Task Force met this month (November) for the fourth time to recommend proposed legislation, discuss additional proposals and review their final report. Task Force members reviewed draft legislation and public comments received since their August meeting on the proposed legislation to change the process by which a school district …
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Blue Ribbon Task Force members recently submitted a report to Gov. Dennis Daugaard that detailed the group’s findings on South Dakota’s teacher pipeline, their recommendations for adjusting the state aid formula, suggested changes to different school funding areas and a timeline for implementation. Task Force members told Gov. Daugaard that “at least $75 million …
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Two weeks after their final meeting, members of the Blue Ribbon Task Force reported to Gov. Dennis Daugaard that new money is needed to help cure the teacher shortage ailment in South Dakota. Among the recommendations (click here to read about additional suggestions) reported, none may be bigger than the group’s recurrent referral to …
The Blue Ribbon Task Force met for the final time last month (Oct. 29) to debate and confer on the final recommendations to put in their report to Gov. Dennis Daugaard, which is due to him by Dec. 1, on the group’s findings. The Task Force’s final stances on the many funding topics reviewed …
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