SB 53 was debated in the House of Representatives March 10, 2015.. This bill would have given school funding not only it’s 1.5% increase in per student state funding, but would have added another .5%, bringing total increase in state funding to 2%. In exchange for that .5% this year, schools would have been required…
The South Dakota Board of Education will hold public hearings on proposed standards to be adopted on March 16, 2015, in Sioux Falls. This meeting will include the fourth of four required public hearings to adopt the: South Dakota Proposed K-12 Education Technology Standards South Dakota Proposed K-12 Fine Arts Standards South Dakota Proposed K-12…
Judge Green of the circuit court of Cole County, Missouri has just granted summary judgment in favor on the claim that Missouri’s membership fees to Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia are unlawful under the Compact Clause of the U.S. Constitution as well as “state and federal law.” Judge Green has permanently enjoined the State of Missouri…
HB 1223, the bill to remove Common Core from South Dakota, failed to get enough votes today to “remove the not” from the “do not pass” recommendation from the House Ed. Committee.(Link) So with a vote of 39 – 31, HB 1223 is now dead. The Representatives who voted to “remove the not” and send…
They didn’t even try to sweeten the name of this bill. They are now using our children for research and they want to do even more research with our children as the guinea pigs. We are on this slippery slope and it is now time to stand and say, “Enough!” Just say NO!!! From flstopcccoalition: February,…
Congressional Leadership Is Bull-Rushing Through HR5, Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (rebranded the “Student Success Act”) HR 5 is an education bill that gives the government more authority over your children than you have. This bill is very dangerous It must be stopped. The House is scheduled to vote on HR5 on Thursday, 2/26/15.…
Much has been made by the pro Common Core people about the forty minutes that was given to both sides to present their case regarding HB 1223. I would like to share some information about that. When we were told that this bill was scheduled for committee hearing on February 18, 2015 , we were…
The Thomas B Fordham Institute has been widely recognized as giving the Common Core State Standards a grade that the standards can’t possibly support. They have been widely criticized for accepting $1 million from the Gates Foundation to promote the Common Core Standards. (Link) But before the Common Core, the Fordham Institute had been grading…
HB 1184 was heard in House Education Committee today. This bill would have regulated what information the Digital Learning (DL) platforms our children use in school can share and store. Think of your credit card or an online transaction. By law, you receive a privacy policy statement telling what that company will do with your…
On Thursday, February 19, 2015, there was a successful smoke out of HB 1223, the bill to remove the Common Core and other multi-state standards from South Dakota. When we arrive at the capitol we are told, “Welcome to the people’s house.” This legislative session, that hasn’t exactly been the case for parents and teachers…
South Dakotans Against Common Core 