A new scholarship program using public dollars for private education has been introduced as a bill and more detail was provided on the aims of the program. Senate Bill 100, which creates a scholarship program utilizing public funds for private education and other services, was introduced in the third week of the 2023 legislative […]
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Open teaching positions in South Dakota continue to add up each month. In November, the ASBSD Teacher Placement website, which is hosted by ASBSD for school districts to post teacher and administrator positions they are seeking to fill, logged 158 open teaching positions posted The 158 open positions in November are three times
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The proposal to establish community-based schools returned this session. Senate Bill 139, which creates a community-based school utilizing state funds, passed the Senate Education committee on a 6-1 vote. ASBSD opposes the bill as it was introduced in the same form as it has in previous years thus raising the same questions and
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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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A legislative committee advanced a bill banning the participation of anyone other than biological females in girls’ sports at the end of the first week of the 2022 legislative session. Senate Bill 46, which changes process of participation in girls’ sports, passed the Senate State Affairs committee on an 8-1 vote. SB 46
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Policies of a school district, especially those negotiated with bargaining representatives for the protection of teachers, have the full force and effect of law, and legally bind the school district. Wessington Springs Ed. Assoc. v. Wessington springs Sch. Dist., 467 N.W. 2d 101 (S.D. 1991). Five sample school board policies were recently amended by the
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Expert school law information is still available in eight webinars this year – at a lower rate! The great minds in school law in South Dakota covered eight legal topics affecting school districts each in an hour-long webinar and you can still register for them to receive the recordings. For just $25, you
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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
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The Governor’s signature is all that awaits a bill seeking expansion of the private school scholarship program. Senate Bill 175, which expands the student eligibility options for the private school scholarship program, passed the House State Affairs committee on a 10-3 vote and the full House on a 60-9 vote. The bill would allow
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An increase in state aid for next year and one-time money for this year remain in play after the adoption of revenue figures. On a 14-3 vote, Legislative Appropriators adopted revenue figures for Fiscal Year 2022, which total $1.834 billion in revenue and is more than $30 million above what Gov. Kristi Noem proposed
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