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Board reviews bills, adopts positions on multiple state measures affecting school funding and operations

Sioux Falls School District 49-5 Board of Education · January 27, 2026
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Summary

The board reviewed a long list of House and Senate bills and approved recommended positions (support, oppose or neutral) on measures affecting school property tax levies, special education funding, free meals for reduced‑price students and other items; the board instructed staff to post and finalize positions.

Todd, the district legislative presenter, summarized dozens of bills under consideration at the statehouse and recommended the district’s positions. He read bill numbers and brief descriptions and asked the board to stop him for discussion on items that required further attention.

Among the items discussed, the presenter called out a bill that would set school tax levies (noting an example…

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