Key Votes
HB 1124 - Teacher Compensation and Performance - Key Vote
South Dakota Key Votes
Stages
- Feb. 29, 2008 Senate Motion Agreed
- Feb. 29, 2008 House Conference Report Adopted
- Feb. 28, 2008 House Concurrence Vote Failed
- Feb. 27, 2008 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 14, 2008 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 14, 2008 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Motion Agreed (Senate) (25-5) - Feb. 29, 2008
Note:
This is a motion not to adopt the Conference Report. The motion passed. Therefore, the Senate did not adopt the Conference Report and the bill failed.
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (House) (67-0) - Feb. 29, 2008
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Failed (House) - Feb. 28, 2008
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (33-1) - Feb. 27, 2008
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (39-29) - Feb. 14, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Teacher Compensation and Performance
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that establishes a base salary for all teachers and creates a three-tier classification system for additional pay raises. Also requires each school district to evaluate its teachers and school service specialists.
Highlights:
- Places any school teacher or school service specialist with less than three years of experience at Level I. Requires Level I employees be paid a minimum annual salary of $30,000 beginning in 2011. Provides for annual increases in this base salary starting in 2012 (sec. 2).
- Places any school teacher or school service specialist with three years or more of teaching at Level II. Requires Level II employees be paid $1,000 more annually than they earned at Level I salary beginning in 2010 (sec. 2).
- Places any certified teacher or school service specialist who meets certain requirements and has six or more years of experience at Level III. Requires Level III employees be paid $5,000 more annually than they earned at Level II salary beginning in 2011 (sec. 2).
- Establishes additional criteria for advancing through the classification system, including experience and competency exams (sec. 4).
- Requires school districts to pay a signing bonus of $2,500 to a teacher or school service specialist who is hired in an area of need as determined by the secretary of education (sec. 9).
- Establishes protocol for firing teachers and school service specialists at each classification level (sec. 17).
- Creates the Certified Teacher and School Service Specialist Classification and Evaluation System Advisory Board to oversee the program (sec. 19).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 14, 2008
Title: Teacher Compensation and Performance
Sponsors
- Larry R. Rhoden (SD - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Thomas J. Brunner (SD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas J. Deadrick (SD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joel D. Dykstra (SD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bob Faehn (SD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Phyllis M. Heineman (SD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Shantel Krebs (SD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ed McLaughlin (SD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Timothy A. 'Tim' Rave (SD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles M. Turbiville (SD - R) (Out Of Office)
