State Aid
The South Dakota Legislature’s Legislative Planning Committee completed the introductory chapter of the two year study on K-12 education and its different funding components. Monday’s opener took on the tenor of the opening meetings for a House or Senate Education committee, as planning committee members heard presentations on the state funding formula for education, …
On Monday (6/16), members of the Legislative Planning Committee will begin their work on an in-depth study of K-12 education and its different components. Topics of the study include, the education funding formula, the revenue, expenditures and accounting practices for education, salary needs, budget reserves and tax levies. “This is a vast, vast topic …
Watch Wade’s Welcome and then read The Bulletin. This month’s Bulletin provides you with donation information to assist the Hoven School District, a preview of the study of K-12 education set to begin this month, an announcement of a new online training site ASBSD is offering and much more.
Watch Wade’s Welcome and then read the ASBSD Bulletin, which provides you the latest on the long-term legislative study planned for K-12 education, April’s ASBSD Board of Director’s meeting, the Academic Excellence Luncheon and much more. Read the Bulletin here.
A little more than a month after committing funding above three percent to K-12 schools, the legislature is committing a two-year study to education. Members of the Legislative Executive Board voted 13-0 to assign an in-depth study of K-12 education to the Legislative Planning Committee. The planning committee will focus on a wide …
South Dakota legislators recently completed their letter of intent requesting school districts use the additional $2.2 million appropriated as part of Senate Bill 188 to improve teacher salaries. Senate Bill 188 provides a 3.35 percent increase to the per-student allocation for the 2014-15 school year and sets the PSA at approximately $4,781. The additional $2.2 …
Letter of intent related to funding increase released Read More »
The 89th legislative summary concluded on Monday, March 31 with “Veto Day” and with the conclusion comes the publication of ASBSD’s 2014 Legislative Summary. You can download the legislative summary here. Or visit our Publications and Forms page – link at the top of the homepage – and download the summary under the “2014 …
Schools are officially set to receive a 3.35 percent increase to the per-student allocation next year after Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed Senate Bill 188 in to law this week. On unanimous votes, the Senate and House passed a bill to provide an additional $2.2 million in ongoing state aid for districts. The 3.35 percent …
Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed two bills related to the Building South Dakota Fund and were intricately tied to providing schools with an increase to the PSA. Senate Bill 157 provides an appropriation of $30 million spread over the next three years to the Building S.D. fund and ensures that following the three year period …
The fervor surrounding school funding had been building. It started in 2011 when the state handed down funding cuts to balance the budget and progressed each year after. During the 2013 legislative interim when the legislature commissioned a school funding study details of an oncoming crisis were discussed. School districts were losing great …
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