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Four grants awarded to SD school districts as part of SB 133

Four grants awarded to SD school districts as part of SB 133

A lot of a focus this previous legislative session was on the sales tax increase for teacher pay. Passed alongside the sales tax increase was a bill focused on saving money in education so more money could be freed up for teacher pay. That bill was SB 133 (SoDakLiberty Posts). SB 133 created a shared employee services grant program to create an incentive for school districts to share employees,…

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Rules Review committee meeting on Tues July 12, Board of Ed rule changes to handle 2016 legislation

Rules Review committee meeting on Tues July 12, Board of Ed rule changes to handle 2016 legislation

On Tuesday, July 12, at 10:00 am CT the legislative Rules Review committee will meet in Pierre. The meeting will be held in Room 414 of the State Capital building. SDPB will also provide live audio for anyone wishing to listen in on the meeting. The previous meeting was held on June 1. My post prior that meeting is here. The minutes from that meeting can be read here. I also have a post looking…

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District 19 State Senate Republican Primary: Nelson and Finck

District 19 State Senate Republican Primary: Nelson and Finck

SD Legislative District 19. Screenshot from LRC website 5/20/16. South Dakota legislative District 19 has  a Republican Primary for State Senate. District 19 is in SE South Dakota. Towns in this district include Alexandria, Armour, Bridgewater, Canistota, Corsica, Delmont, Dimock, Emery, Farmer, Freeman, Fulton, Menno, Montrose, Olivet, Parkston, Salem, Scotland, Spencer, Tabor, Tripp, and…

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7 bills announced signed into law on Fri Mar 11 by Governor Daugaard

7 bills announced signed into law on Fri Mar 11 by Governor Daugaard

On Friday, March 11, South Dakota Governor Daugaard sent out a press releases announcing four more bills signed into law. Then he announced the signing of the three bills coming out of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on teacher pay. I will be looking deeper at the Blue Ribbon Task Force in the near future, so I won’t go very deep into them in this post. HB 1182 (SoDakLiberty Posts) – Increase the…

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House Appropriations has 2 bills on Tues Mar 1, BRTF bills to help teacher pay and retention

House Appropriations has 2 bills on Tues Mar 1, BRTF bills to help teacher pay and retention

On Tuesday, March 1, at 8:00 am the SD House Committee on Appropriations will take on 2 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do change! One way to listen to these meetings live is via the audio links on the Schedule page of the LRC website. While there you can also view the status board for the meetings as they are going on. SB…

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Senate State Affairs has 5 bills on Fri Feb 19, Democrats sales tax teacher pay proposal

Senate State Affairs has 5 bills on Fri Feb 19, Democrats sales tax teacher pay proposal

On Friday, February 19, at 10:00 am the SD Senate State Affairs committee will take on 5 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do change! One way to listen to these meetings live is via the audio links on the Schedule page of the LRC website. While there you can also view the status board for the meetings as they are going on. SB…

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