March08

Important legal topics affecting schools on schedule for ASBSD/COSA School Law webinars

Eight important school law related topics will be covered as part of the 2022-23 ASBSD/COSA School Law webinar series.   Listen to school law experts on legal topics affecting school districts, get your questions answered AND have access to the webinar recording presentation throughout the 2023 Fiscal Year for $25 per individual webinar or for

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March07

Complexities of Collective Bargaining explained in upcoming webinars

Collective bargaining is a complex process and ASBSD’s five-part webinar series will answer your questions and give you in-depth information on the topic.   “Negotiations are something that have to be done as prescribed by SD codified law, so it’s important that school board members are knowledgeable,” Edgemont School Board Vice President Susan Humisont said.

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February28

2023 Legislative Cracker Barrel list

Legislative Cracker Barrels in your area offer access to your local legislators, as well as the chance to hear their answers on a variety of legislative topics.   Below you will find a list of dates and locations of legislative cracker barrels being held throughout South Dakota that have been posted thus far.   Please

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February13

2023 ASBSD Billtracker Update: One voucher bill down, one upcoming, contact your Reps

Two school voucher bills were introduced for the 2023 legislative session and are posted on ASBSD’s Billtracker page, with one having recently been defeated and another with a legislative committee hearing upcoming.   You can read about the taxation bills & revenue here, the juvenile justice bills here, the bills that are moving on here

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February11

2023 ASBSD Billtracker Update: Taxes, revenue & funding

A handful of the pieces of legislation being tracked by ASBSD on our Billtracker page during the 2023 legislative session deal with tax reduction or repeal in some manner and their outcome will inevitably be affected by the state’s revenue collections, with adoption of FY24 revenue estimates upcoming.   You can read about the, the

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February09

2023 ASBSD Billtracker Update: Bills that move on…

Fifty pieces of legislation being tracked by ASBSD on our Billtracker page remain in the process for the 2023 legislative session.   You can read about the taxation bills & revenue here, the school voucher bills here, the juvenile justice bills here and the bills that have been defeated here.   Here is a breakdown

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February08

2023 ASBSD Billtracker Update:…Bills that are gone

Nearly one-third of the pieces of legislation being tracked by ASBSD on our Billtracker page have been ousted from the process for the 2023 legislative session.   You can read about the taxation bills & revenue here, the school voucher bills here, the juvenile justice bills here and the bills that are moving on here.

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January30

2023 ASBSD Billtracker Update: Week Three

There’s three weeks gone in this year’s legislative session and the deadline to submit legislation comes this coming Thursday (2/2) so we’ll see what will join the 58-pieces of legislation currently being tracked on ASBSD’s Billtracker.   Learn how ASBSD Billtracker works here.   More than half of the 58 legislative proposals have ASBSD taking

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January30

One more LAN Update webinar coming up

South Dakota’s public education system needs supportive voices. Many voices.   Our advocacy efforts must be united, informed and ready as the 2023 legislative session is likely to bring legislation with potentially long-reaching harmful effects to public schools, especially to funding.   “Vouchers, tax cuts, uncertain state aid increases, and that’s just the funding side,”

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January29

First grocery tax cut bill heads to House Approps

A bill gutting the tax on groceries moved from one legislative committee to another.   On a 12-1 vote, the House Taxation committee sent House Bill 1075, which repeals the sales tax on groceries, to the House Appropriations committee for review and vote.   S.D. Bureau of Finance & Management Commissioner Jim Terwilliger said the bill

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