#2016:sb5

House Ed has 3 bills on Weds Feb 24, school boundary changes and reservation education

On Wednesday, February 23, at 7:45 am the SD House Education committee will take on 3 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 5 (SoDakLiberty…

Bills on the SD Senate Floor for Thurs Jan 28

SD Senate Floor. Photo by Ken Santema 03/30/15. Here are the bills on the South Dakota Senate floor for Thursday, January 28, which begins at 1:30 PM central. This is compiled using the calendar at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do change! This is also the last day for unlimited bill & joint resolution introduction (J.R. 6B-3). After this any legislator can only submit three…

Senate Ed has three bills on Tues Jan 26, including school lockdown bill

On Tuesday, Jan 26th, at 7:45 AM the SD Senate Education committee will take on 3 bills. SB 63 is pretty important to keep an eye on because of the mandate it places on schools. SB 5 (SoDakLiberty Posts) – Revise the procedure to initiate a school district boundary change. SoDakLiberty Stance: Undecided Prime Sponsors: Sen Deb Peters (R, Dist 9) and Rep Herman Otten (R, Dist 6) are the prime…

One bill prefiled for the School District Boundary Task Force

The School District Boundary Task Force prefiled one bill for the South Dakota 2016 legislative session. The task force was created by SB 134 (SoDakLiberty Posts) during the 2015 legislative session. SB 134 prevented minor boundary changes for one year and created the task force with these mission items: Examine the boundaries of the existing school districts and recommend possible changes to…