Dr. Ben Jones, Interim Secretary, Department of Education, introduced staff, made FY20 budget request as recommended by the Governor and gave department overview.
South Dakota Department of Education Presentation - FY20 Budget Hearing - Page 1
Mission: The South Dakota Department of Education is dedicated to enhancing learning through leadership and service. Vision: All students will leave the K-12 education system college, career and life ready. - Page 2
State Library Mission: The South Dakota State Library provides leadership for innovation and excellence in libraries and services to state government. State Historical Society Mission: The South Dakota State Historical Society collects, preserves, interprets and promotes the history of the people of South Dakota. - Page 3
College, Career, and Life Ready - All Students Graduate College, Career, and Life Ready - Page 4
How do we Accomplish these Goals? - Page 5
Establish Standards - Content Standards, Certification and Professional Practices, and Accreditation of Schools - Page 6
Support for Teachers - New funding formula and focus on teacher salaries - Page 7
South Dakota Average Teacher Salary - FY16 - FY19 - Chart - Page 8
South Dakota: District Norms Teacher Average Starting/Base Salary - Chart - Page 9
Teachers: Average Years of Experience School Year 2017-2018 - Pie Chart - Page 10
Statewide Mentoring Program - Established as part of 2016 Blue Ribbon Package - Page 11
Statewide Mentoring Program - Chart - SY 2016-17, SY 2017-18, SY 2018-19 - Mentors and New Teachers - Page 12
National Board Certification and Professional Development Opportunities - Page 13
Support for School Leaders - Aspiring School Leaders Event and Principal Leadership Development Program - Page 14
Support for Children and Students - Virtual School, Dual Credit, College Readiness Coursework, SDMyLife, School breakfast and lunch programs, and Birth-to-Three Program - Page 15
Initiatives - New Graduation Requirements - Approved July 2018 - Base diploma with three endorsements and Flexibility and Engagement - Page 16
Secretary Jones referred to Department of Education Handout - South Dakota High School Graduation Requirements
Representative Howard - question - why aren't students required to take science and math courses every year during high school.
Senator Greenfield - question - would you review what the old graduation versus the new graduation requirements and requested additional information.
Senator Greenfield - question - are schools requesting distance learning to help meet needs.
Senator Kolbeck - question - are the number of courses required to graduate changed.
Representative Howard - question - have we eliminated math common core content and commented common core isn't successful.
Representative Hunhoff - question - are students required to take advanced honors courses to qualify for the Opportunity Scholarship.
Representative Hunhoff - question - how many courses do technical students need to take to qualify for the Opportunity Scholarship.
Representative Howard - question - does the endorsement from the Department of Education have a monetary cost.
Representative Karr - question - are students required to choose one of these required paths set out by the Department of Education.
Representative Karr expressed concern for students who didn't know what they wanted to do.
Representative Howard - question - can students chose a different path to graduate other than the three options and is geometry required.
Workforce Education Fund Grants - Provided to districts for Career and Technical Education Programs - Six Grant were award for a total of in FY18 $388,377. - Page 17
Representative Howard - question - what budget unit is the Workforce Education Fund Grants.
Cultural Empowerment Efforts - Page 18
Project AWARE - Five year $8.7M grant from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address Mental Health - Page 19
Representative Howard - question - how will the State of South Dakota fund Project AWARE when the federal grant expires in five years.
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) - Differences: Every Student Succeeds Act replaces No Child Left Behind - Page 20
Organizational Chart - Department of Education - Page 21
FTE Utilization FY17 and FY18 - Page 22
Budgeted FTE History - Graph - Page 23
Five Year History of State Aid Fall Enrollment - Chart - Page 24
Limited English Proficiency Students - Chart - Page 25
Child Count Percent of Overall K-12 Census - Chart - Page 26
FY19 Recommended Budget Changes - Page 27
Mr. Matt Flett, Director of Finance and Management, Department of Education, presented FY20 budget recommendation as recommended by Governor Noem.
FY19 Recommended Budget Changes - 1) State Aid to General Education - Reduction of $6,903,895 since there are 365.4 less students than projected and $4,598,705 higher than expected local property tax effort, 2) Dual Credit - Increase in General Funds $358,742 and $96.67 cost per credit hour plus 3,711 in additional credit hours 3) Project AWARE Increase of $1,532,286 in federal funds expenditure authority and addition of 1.0 FTE - Page 28
Representative Howard - question - what is the impact of the 2.5% increase for teacher pay recommended by Governor Noem.
Senator Greenfield - question - why the Department of Education child-count is off each year.
Representative Howard - question - would you consider reducing the state portion of cost for Dual Credit.
Representative Howard - comment - Dual Credit reimbursement policy.
FY20 Recommended Budget - Page 29
FY20 Recommended Special Appropriations - None - Page 30
FY20 Recommended Budget - FY20 Summary of Noem Recommended Changes from FY19 Budget - Page 36
Representative Howard - question - how many kids are participating and what is the cost of the Career Readiness Program and requested additional information.
FY20 Recommended Budget - Division of the Secretariat and Division of Finance & Management - Page 37
FY20 Recommended Budget - Workforce Education Fund - Page 38
Representative Hunhoff - question - where and how much were funded through CTE Grants and requested additional information.
FY20 Recommended Budget - National Board of Certified Teachers and Counselors - Page 39
FY20 Recommended Budget - Division of Career & Technical Education, Division of Accountability Systems, Division of Educational Services & Support, and Division of Learning & Instructions - Page 41
Representative Hunhoff - question - would you provide additional information how many teachers have signed up for the Career Readiness Program
FY20 Recommended Budget - Education Resources - Division of Career & Technical Education, Division of Accountability Systems, Division Educational Services & Support, and Division of Learning and Instruction - Page 40
Representative Hunhoff - question - what is the source of other funds under the Department of History and requested additional information.
FY20 Recommended Budget - State Aid to General Education - Change from FY19 Budget - State Aid to General Education $9,922,491, Technology in Schools $329,389, and Sparsity $26,805 - Page 44
Representative Peterson - question - which division falls under each budget unit in the Department of Education.
Representative Peterson - question - why does the State of South Dakota have a central data repository and what is the cost savings to the Department of Education. Representative Peterson requested additional information.
Senator Maher - question - why are small schools frustrated with Department of Education Accreditation standards.
Senator Maher - comment - His constituents are frustrated with the accreditation process.
Senator Partridge - question - could smaller schools use larger schools to share services for administrative and contractual services.
Senator Partridge - question - the State of South Dakota is paying 60% of State Aid costs to Department of Education and do you think this is fair and appropriate.
Secretary Jones said he would check surrounding states to see how much their states fund education and make a comparison.
FY20 Recommended Budget - State Aid to General Education - Technology in Schools: 1) $304,389 in General Funds to fund 3 new FTE in BIT to assist school districts with Cyber Security and 2) $25,000 in general funds to cover cost of cyber security video licenses - Page 45
Representative Howard - question - has the State of South Dakota been addressing cyber security and are there insurance requirements for the Department of Education.
Senator Wiik commented that the Department of Education needs cyber security protection for insurance and the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications will administer safe guards.
FY20 Recommended Budget - State Aid to General Education Calculation - Governor Noem's recommendation - Page 47
FY20 Recommended Budget - State Aid to General Education Calculation - Noem Recommended versus Daugaard Recommended - Page 46
Senator Partridge - question - does the federal money for schools such as Hill City and Rapid City Douglas affect State Aid.
Representative Koth - question - how does the wind farm energy tax influence state aid.
Senator Partridge - question - what was your interpretation of SB131 to state aid formula.
Senator White - question - what are they going to do with wind farm energy taxes and what are the implications.
Senator Greenfield - comment - how local economic development and state economic development taxes should be distributed.
FY20 Recommended Budget - State Aid to Special Education Calculation - Page 48
FY20 Recommended Budget - State Aid to Special Education Calculation - Governor Noem versus Governor Daugaard Recommendations - Page 49
Representative Howard - question - why is there a need to go beyond inflation factor for special education.
Senator Partridge - question - what is the funding difference overall to education between the 2.3% Governor Daugaard recommendation and the 2.5% Governor Noem recommendation.
Senator Nesiba - question - does the Department of Education support Special Education rebasing bill.
Senator Nesiba - question - does the Department of Education support changes to Extraordinary Cost Fund.
Representative Howard - question - is there an increase in the mill levy and
Derek Johnson, Bureau of Finance and Management, explained how the State of South Dakota determines the student head count and how it affects state aid to special education.
Senator White - question - is this additional funding enough to address special education needs since autism and other categories have been added.
Senator White - question - is special education funding reviewed annually.
Representative Hunhoff - question - how much of the Extraordinary Cost Fund was used and requested additional information.
Department of Education - Sparsity Payments - School District List - Page 50
Representative Hunhoff - question - what is the enrollment trend for the past 3 years doing in the sparsity school district list.
Representative Koth - question - has the number of School Districts that are on the Sparsity Payment list increasing.
Questions - Department of Education - Page 51
Representative Peterson - question - how does the Department of Education help individual students.
Representative Peterson - question - what can we do to reduce remedial rates in higher education.
Senator Partridge - question - how many students are ready for higher education.
Representative Peterson - question - does the Department of Education follow the mission of the State Constitution.
Representative Gross - question - what is the Department of Education promote excelling students.
Representative Gross - question - are dual credit students needing higher education remedial work.
Senator Greenfield - question - how many students are home schooled or attending private school and requested additional information.
Senator Greenfield - question - how much do these assessments cost for home schooled students.
Senator Greenfield - question - how much do all assessments cost for alternative learning and requested additional information.
Senator Greenfield - question - what Senate Bill addresses assessment of home-schooled students.
Representative Karr - question - what is the definition of success of the Dual Credit Program and commented this program is almost free and should this money be used to prevent remediation.
Senator Sutton - comment - there is a need for more creative thinking in the United States and hopes the Department of Education will address this issue.
Introduction of Pages
Adjourn Partridge/Howard
Representative Howard - question - what would it take a statute change for the State of South Dakota to increase their portion of contribution to the funding formula
Representative Howard - question - did the Blue-Ribbon Task Force mandate the National Certified Teacher Program and requested additional information
Mr. Matt Flett, Department of Education, shared National Board of Certified Teachers participation and costs. Senator Wiik requested information on a sheet of paper.
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