Tom Pischke on K-12 funding

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2026 Regular Session×1.0077 bills

SCR1Urging Congress to increase federal funding for special education.proNay✗
SB105provide for the employment of veterans' service officers by the Department of Veterans Affairs.proNay✗
SB204make an appropriation for a grant to the Douglas school district for the construction costs of a new school.proYea✓
SB104reduce certain gross receipts tax rates and a use tax rate, and to repeal a conditional reduction of certain gross receipts tax rates.proNay✗
SB104reduce certain gross receipts tax rates and a use tax rate, and to repeal a conditional reduction of certain gross receipts tax rates.proNay✗
HB1095establish provisions for the operation of automated motor vehicles.proNay✗
HB1244repeal the special donations fund and make an appropriation to the Department of Education for the provision of a grant to support the Jobs for America's Graduates-South Dakota program.proYea✓
HB1234provide funding to schools from the contractor's excise tax on concentrated animal feeding operations.proYea✓
SB182revise the special education property tax levy for school districts and to revise the state aid to special education formula.proNay✗
HB1141adjust certain maximum school district tax rates.proNay✗
HB1152provide financial assistance for school sentinel training.proYea✓
HB1198provide an excess levy for the capital outlay fund.proYea✗tabled
HB1280make an appropriation for updating the educator certification system within the Department of Education and to declare an emergency.proNay✗
HB1279make an appropriation for the development of a K-12 civics and history curriculum and to declare an emergency.proYea✓
SB44repeal provisions regarding the creation of river basin natural resource districts.proYea✓
HB1340appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.proNay✗
SB111establish and modify provisions related to economic development.proYea✓
SB106modify the amount required to be set aside for extraordinary expenses incurred in providing special education programs.proNay✗
HB1082establish parameters for the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to students.proYea✓
SB106modify the amount required to be set aside for extraordinary expenses incurred in providing special education programs.proNay✗
HB1139repeal provisions regarding maximum taxes levied by a school district for capital outlay.proNay✗
HB1139repeal provisions regarding maximum taxes levied by a school district for capital outlay.proNay✗
HB1082establish parameters for the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to students.proYea✓
HB1262make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency.proYea✓
SB149create the Medicaid expansion fund and to transfer monies received as a result of expanding Medicaid eligibility.proNay✗
SB149create the Medicaid expansion fund and to transfer monies received as a result of expanding Medicaid eligibility.proYea✓
SB75modify provisions pertaining to the designation of a legal newspaper.antiYea✗
SB75modify provisions pertaining to the designation of a legal newspaper.antiYea✗
HB1027modify substances listed on the controlled substances schedule and to declare an emergency.proYea✓
SB179revise the property tax levies for the general fund of school districts and to revise the state aid to education formula.proYea✓
SB179revise the property tax levies for the general fund of school districts and to revise the state aid to education formula.proYea✓
SB49revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.proNay✗
SB114establish and modify provisions related to public safety.proNay✓tabled
HB1024require that an application for a medical marijuana registry identification card include a notice of federal law regarding firearms and the unlawful use of a controlled substance.proNay✗
SB97establish the admissibility of evidence of similar crimes in sexual assault cases.proNay✗
SB174revise the purposes for which a school district's capital outlay fund may be used.proYea✓
HB1119revise the general state aid formula to provide adjustment for alternative education students participating in interscholastic activities.proNay✗
HB1119revise the general state aid formula to provide adjustment for alternative education students participating in interscholastic activities.proNay✗
SB62amend provisions regarding delivery of electronic insurance documents.proNay✗
HB1326appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and common schools.proNay✗
HB1255remove the requirement for a mandatory appraisal in exchanges of land between school districts.proYea✓
HB1081add solar energy tax revenue to the calculation of local effort for state aid to school districts.antiNay✓
HB1308provide for the payment of signing bonuses to school district staff members.proYea✓
HB1032make an appropriation for the demolition and reconstruction of agricultural-use structures at South Dakota State University, and to declare an emergency.proYea✓
SB171make and change an appropriation related to the construction of the new state public health laboratory and to declare an emergency.proNay✗
SB85require an election for an excess tax levy of a school district.antiYea✗
HB1051revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.antiYea✗
HB1031authorize certain wind and solar easements and leases by the commissioner of School and Public Lands.proNay✗
HB1031authorize certain wind and solar easements and leases by the commissioner of School and Public Lands.proNay✗
HB1144revise certain provisions regarding the transportation of students participating in open enrollment.proNay✗
SB39establish the Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates program and the special donation fund.proNay✗
HB1175define dyslexia for the purposes of special education and related services.proYea✓
SB170revise certain provisions regarding school district capital outlay funds.proYea✓
SB175remove certain eligibility requirements for the partners in education tax credit program.proYea✓
HB1047make an appropriation to the Department of Education to improve and renovate the Cultural Heritage Center and to declare an emergency.proYea✓
SB26transfer a property tax relief program, to change income requirements for certain property tax relief programs, and to index certain income schedules to inflation.proYea✓
HB1123authorize school boards to modify the length of terms for members to allow for holding joint elections.proYea✓
SB81expand permission on installing electric wiring in a residence.proYea✓
HB1091enact the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact.proYea✓
SB191appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.proYea✓
HB1142improve education outcomes and college affordability.proYea✗tabled
SB151revise and repeal provisions related to the licensure of athletic trainers.proYea✓
HB1201make an appropriation for the teacher apprenticeship pathway program.proNay✗
HB1001revise the timing of the recalculation of the allocations for the disability levels in the state aid to special education formula.proYea✓
HB1130amend permissible uses of a school district's capital outlay fund.proYea✓
HB1066authorize the transfer of wind energy tax revenue from a school district general fund.proYea✓
HB1232lower the compulsory age for school attendance.proYea✓
SB188account for educational opportunities provided to students during a state of emergency and to declare an emergency.proYea✓
SB189provide exemptions from certain requirements for the 2019-2020 school year and to declare an emergency.proYea✓
SB46allow for the consideration of certain instruction to count towards the minimum number of hours required in a school term during a declared state of emergency.proYea✓
HCR6015To encourage the Executive Board of the Legislature to create an interim legislative study on mental health education in this state.proNay✗
HB1163provide for the use of screening instruments in determining kindergarten readiness.proNay✗
HB1172assist students in objectively reviewing scientific information.proYea✓
SB155create the jail improvement and construction fund for the improvement and construction of jails, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.antiYea✗
SB155create the jail improvement and construction fund for the improvement and construction of jails, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.antiYea✗
HB1313require education in prenatal human growth and development.antiYea✗
HB1174establish the date of kindergarten enrollment eligibility.mixedYea✗

2025 Regular Session×0.7019 bills

HB1235Reduce a limit on the annual increases of property tax revenues payable to certain taxing districts, and to subject school districts to a limit on property taxes collected in a year.antiYea✗
HB1003Amend definitions pertaining to the school funding formula.proYea✓
SB70Modify the maximum sparsity benefit a sparse school district is eligible to receive.proYea✓
SB55Revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.proNay✗
HB1004Provide tuition for a student who is placed in a residential treatment center that provides educational programming.proYea✓
HB1092Make an appropriation for a student teacher stipend grant program.proNay✗
SB6Authorize a loan from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund to a school district adjoining a federal military installation for the construction or expansion of a school building.proYea✓
SB6Authorize a loan from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund to a school district adjoining a federal military installation for the construction or expansion of a school building.proYea✓
SB6Authorize a loan from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund to a school district adjoining a federal military installation for the construction or expansion of a school building.proYea✓
SB161Establish a maximum school administrator salary.antiYea✗
SB220Appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and common schools.proYea✓
HB1040Reduce the state's contribution to a subsidized high school dual credit program.antiYea✗
HB1040Reduce the state's contribution to a subsidized high school dual credit program.antiYea✗
SB208Amend provisions pertaining to a school district's proposed opt out, capital outlay certificate, or other agreement.proYea✓
SB216Reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze.antiYea✗
SB216Reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze.antiNay✓
SB216Reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze.antiNay✓
HB1002Require that all certified educators take a course in South Dakota Indian Studies.proYea✓
SB51Require the display and curricular inclusion of the Ten Commandments and other documents.antiYea✗

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