make an appropriation for a statewide educator retention initiative.

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make an appropriation for a statewide educator retention initiative.

make an appropriation for a statewide educator retention initiative.

What This Bill Does

• make an appropriation for a statewide educator retention initiative.
• Official keyword topics: Appropriation Grants Private Education School Districts Teachers Uncodified Acts Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4791/Detail">Muckey</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4749/Detail">Emery</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4759/Detail">Healy</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4834/Detail">Wittman</a> and Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4817/Detail">Schoenfish</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4751/Detail">Foster</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4781/Detail">Larson</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4794/Detail">Nelson</a>

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Official Summary Text

make an appropriation for a statewide educator retention initiative.
Official keyword topics:
Appropriation
Grants
Private Education
School Districts
Teachers
Uncodified Acts
Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4791/Detail">Muckey</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4749/Detail">Emery</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4759/Detail">Healy</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4834/Detail">Wittman</a> and Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4817/Detail">Schoenfish</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4751/Detail">Foster</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4781/Detail">Larson</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4794/Detail">Nelson</a>

Current Bill Text

26.785.11 101st Legislative Session 1213

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1213

Introduced by: Representative Muckey

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An Act to make an appropriation for a statewide educator retention initiative. 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 2
Section 1. There is appropriated $2,500,000 from the general fund, to the Department of 3
Education, for the purpose of providing grants to school districts and accredited nonpublic 4
schools as part of a statewide educator retention initiative. 5
Section 2. The statewide educator retention initiative must employ a comprehensive 6
approach that uses quantitative and qualitative data to address issues that impede a school 7
district's educator retention. The Department of Education shall administer and make 8
available the moneys appropriated for the statewide educator retention initiative, pursuant to 9
section 1 of this Act, to directly assist school districts and accredited nonpublic schools in 10
resolving issues that impede educator retention. The department may partner with a qualified 11
organization or entity to provide the statewide educator retention initiative. 12
Section 3. The Department of Education shall provide grants for costs associated with 13
participation in the statewide educator retention initiative, based on applications received 14
from school districts and accredited nonpublic schools and approved by the Department of 15
Education during the period beginning on July 1, 2026, and ending on June 30, 2029. The 16
department may spend up to five percent of the appropriation in section 1 of this Act for costs 17
incurred in administering the grants. 18
Section 4. The secretary of the Department of Education shall approve vouchers and the 19
state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized in this Act. 20
Section 5. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated shall 21
revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8. 22
Section 6. This Act is effective beginning June 30, 2026. 23