House Bill 1002 | Requires all certified educators to take a course in South Dakota Indian Studies. | Monitor | House floor (Awaiting Vote) | 1/17/2025 |
House Bill 1003 | Amends definitions pertaining to the school funding formula. | Monitor | House floor (Awaiting Vote) | 1/17/2025 |
House Bill 1004 | Provides tuition for a student who is placed in a residential treatment center. | Monitor | House Education (Hearing 1/24/25) | 1/17/2025 |
House Bill 1009 | Creates and funds a private school voucher program. | Oppose | House Education (Hearing 1/22/25) | 1/22/2025 |
House Bill 1010 | Requires cost model reports for certain programs and institutions. | Monitor | House Appropriations (Awaiting Hearing) | 1/14/2025 |
House Bill 1017 | Removes the local control of a district to determine payment for entrance to activities. | Oppose | House Education (Awaiting Hearing) | 1/14/2025 |
House Bill 1019 | Decreases the owner-occupied property tax levy to $0 and increases the sales tax to 5 percent with the intention to cover state aid. | Monitor | House (Awaiting Committee) | 1/8/2025 |
House Bill 1020 | Creates and funds a school voucher program for private and homeschool education. | Oppose | House Education(Awaiting Hearing) | 1/14/2025 |
House Bill 1035 | Appropriates $10 million in grant funding for school security enhancements. | Support | House Education (Awaiting Hearing) | 1/15/2025 |
House Bill 1039 | Repeals the state reimbursement program for teachers and school counselors who earn national board certification. | Monitor | House (Awaiting Committee) | 1/9/2025 |
House Bill 1040 | Adjusts the dual credit payment split between the student and the state. | Monitor | House (Awaiting Committee) | 1/9/2025 |
House Bill 1041 | Revises and repeals certain provisions pertaining to the state library and State Library Board. | Monitor | House (Awaiting Committee) | 1/9/2025 |
House Bill 1048 | Removes the local control of a school district and requires cash be accepted for any fee or charge. | Oppose | House Commerce (Awaiting Hearing) | 1/14/2025 |
House Bill 1054 | Forces a school board to develop a policy requiring the district to allow volunteer applicants into the building as chaplains to speak with students. | Oppose | House Education (Awaiting Hearing) | 1/16/2025 |
House Bill 1059 | Clarifies the meaning of teleconference for purposes of open meeting requirements. | Monitor | House Local Government (Awaiting Hearing) | 1/16/2025 |
House Bill 1068 | Allows a student to wear certain items at a graduation ceremony | Monitor | House Military & Veteran Affairs (Awaiting Hearing) | 1/17/2025 |
Senate Bill 7 | Prohibits the adoption or implementation of certain policies related to immigration enforcement. | Monitor | Senate Judiciary (Awaiting Hearing) | 1/14/2025 |
Senate Bill 48 | Modifies provisions pertaining to the registration of voters. | Monitor | Senate State Affairs (Awaiting Hearing) | 1/16/2025 |
Senate Bill 51 | Requires the posting of the Ten Commandments and accompanying documents in every classroom in every school building | Oppose | Senate Eductaion(Awaiting Hearing) | 1/17/2025 |
Senate Bill 55 | Provides the proposed increase in state aid to public schools. | Support | Senate Appropriations (Awaiting Hearing) | 1/14/2025 |
Senate Bill 70 | Increases the sparsity cap to $175,000 and adds an index factor to the sparsity factor funding. | Support | Senate Education(Awaiting Hearing) | 1/17/2025 |
Senate Bill 71 | Revises provisions pertaining to the compulsory age for school attendance. | Oppose | Senate (Awaiting Committee) | 1/15/2025 |
Senate Bill 74 | Mandates an undefined review of the open meeting laws of the state at the first meeting of the calendar year. | Oppose | Senate Local Government (Hearing 1/22/25) | 1/22/2025 |