February14

Three percent bill through committee

The bill that supplies school districts with the proposed three percent funding increase from Gov. Dennis Daugaard passed through Senate Appropriations unanimously on Thursday.   ASBSD supports the bill.   In addition to providing the three percent increase, Senate Bill 37 sets the property tax levies for a school district’s general fund for fiscal year

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February14

Comm. has other plans for other revenue bill

A week after action was deferred, House Bill 1205’s fate was decided in House Taxation.   The committee chose to kill the bill, which called for the creation of the school district tax revenue fund to equalize dollars from revenue collected by school districts from the bank franchise tax, wind energy tax, and gross receipts

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February14

Payment bills pave way for three percent

Two bills that would help pave the way for the proposed three percent increase in funding for schools had hearings in Senate State Affairs on Wednesday.   Senate Bill 157, which provides an appropriation to the Building South Dakota fund, and Senate Bill 158, which revises certain funding provisions of the Building South Dakota fund,

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February14

No new property tax class

There will be no new property tax classification for South Dakota.   Members of the Senate State Affairs committee voted 7-2 to kill House Bill 1086, which created a new tax levy for a school district’s general fund for leased property. The premise of the bill had a similar fate in a Senate committee last

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February13

Tech, certificate and hours bills advance

Three bills supported by ASBSD made it through House Education on Wednesday.   House Bill 1005, which appropriates $2.85 million for technology-oriented professional development to be used for teacher compensation, passed and was referred to House Appropriations on 15-0 vote.   The bill was previous killed by the committee, but was brought back for reconsideration

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February12

Debate continues on CPR requirement bill

Parties on each side of the debate on a bill that would require schools to teach CPR and make it a graduation requirement will have more time to compromise following Monday’s Senate Health and Human Services committee meeting.   Committee chair Sen. Jean Hunhoff said “there is an interest” in Senate Bill 145, but the

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February12

Proposed pension levy expansion passes committee, House

An option that may help with the rising health insurance costs school districts are facing may be coming.   On Monday, House Taxation committee members voted 9-6 to pass House Bill 1218, which authorizes a school district to use certain tax levies for pension and health insurance purposes. The bill would not increase the levy,

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February11

NSBA National Connection

  By Laurie Hart, NSBA Senior Development Manager   Connect to Excellence!  South Dakota school boards will have access to enhanced national services this year, through a partnership of Associated School Boards of South Dakota and the National School Boards Association.   The ASBSD Board of Directors endorsed changes being made by the National School

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February09

Other revenue decision waits for another day

Members of the House Taxation committee needed more time to mull over the potential effects of a bill that would equalize certain forms of other revenue received by school districts.   The committee opted to defer action on House Bill 1205 after a close vote (7-8) to kill the bill failed. House Taxation is scheduled

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February09

Will school starts be mandated? NO.

The debate on school start date ended on Thursday.   House Bill 1093, which prohibits public schools from starting a school term before the last Monday in August, died on the House floor after a 29-40 vote.   ASBSD opposed the bill.   “South Dakota is a local control state,” Rep. Jacqueline Sly said during

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