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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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
Senators voted 32-1 to advance a bill that would revise the suspension requirements for students participating in extracurricular activities that are convicted of a drug related offense. Senate Bill 113 would impose a thirty calendar day suspension and would make the student ineligible for two games/activities upon completion of the suspension for a first offense. …
Watch Wade’s Welcome and then read The Bulletin for the latest news from the first four weeks of legislative session, the results of teacher adequacy report, events hosted by the Association in February and much more.
The House and Senate had their opportunity earlier in session to voice their opinions on the growing concern in school districts about a potential teacher adequacy problem and shortage with their votes on House Concurrent Resolution 1002. The resolution called for the acknowledgement of the teacher shortage and the difficulties districts in South Dakota …
Start dates for schools could be up to the legislature beginning next year. House Bill 1093 would prohibit public schools from starting a school term before the last Monday in August. House State Affairs committee members voted 8-5 to advance the bill to the House floor on Wednesday. ASBSD opposes the bill. …
Capital Outlay will remain the same, for now. The House Education committee killed House Bill 1001, which called for a gradual reduction over a four-year period of the percentage of capital outlay funds that school districts could utilize as part of the flexibility provision prescribed by law, on a 9-5 vote on Wednesday. …
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