TAS LD 31
The House Appropriations Committee met this morning on Senate Bill 152. This bill will change the percentage of state aid to education and percentage of local property tax payers. This bill will not raise taxes, but it will not lower taxes as proposed in Governor Daugaard’s budget.
In fiscal year 2010 the state percentage to education was 56.1% with the local effort being 43.9%. Senate Bill 152 will allow the state’s share to go down by the proposed 10% cut. The states share will now be 53.8%, with the local effort being 46.2%. The Chair deferred action to a later day.
SB 186 failed on the 30th day on the House floor. It was taken off the table and hoghoused by the House Appropriations Committee. SB 186, now SB 133, would not change the cap allotted to the sparse schools. If the “sparse schools fund” is not fully funded through the general appropriations bill, SB 186 would pro-rate money to each of the sparse school districts. The amended bill passed out of committee with a 8-1 vote.
SB 7 also failed on the house floor and the Appropriations Committee took it off the table. Now SB 124 will appropriate money for the construction of a maintenance shop in Pierre for the Bureau of Administration (BOA). Currently the BOA has a lease with the Pierre School District, however the school now needs that shop space and the BOA needs a building to store equipment. This bill passed out of committee 9-0.
