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The legislature’s Agricultural Land Assessment Implementation and Oversight Advisory Task Force will hold a meeting next week (Tuesday, July 22) that could impact K-12 education. The Task Force, made up of eight legislators and six other individuals, will hear a report from a summer work group concerning the capital outlay tax and other school …
The second meeting in a long-term study of K-12 education and its funding components will be held on Monday (July 21). Members of the legislative planning committee will hear testimony on the capital outlay fund, other revenue for school districts and about the teacher shortage in South Dakota schools. SASD Executive Director Rob …
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Come to the 2014 ASBSD-SASD Convention and “Stand Up 4 Education” with your fellow school board members and administrators. This year’s Convention, scheduled to take place on Thursday and Friday, August 7-8 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center, will feature a panel discussion with four S.D. legislators on the future of education in South Dakota …
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Matt Flett became the Director of Associated School Boards Protective Trust at the start of the 2015 fiscal year. By Matt Flett July 1 marked the first time in 25 years that Malcolm McKillop would not start the fiscal year as Director of the Protective Trust. As Malcolm ventures into retirement …
This post appeared in the July edition of the ASBSD Bulletin. Each month ASBSD President Pam Haukaas will highlight a topic, which is helping advance K-12 education in South Dakota. Welcome, new school board members. For some of you this may be the first Bulletin you have read. Let me congratulate you …
ASBSD Chief Financial Officer Bill Lynch discusses the fallout of a catastrophic event in a school district. By Bill Lynch You never know when catastrophe is coming. It may never happen. But, when it does, it’s unpredictable. However, how you’re prepared for those terrible situations can make a difference. The hard …
This month’s Bulletin includes information on the long-term study of K-12 funding, ASBSD’s new online training site – ASBSD School Board U, the upcoming early registration deadline for the 2014 Convention and much more. Click here to view the online edition.
To help you prepare for the 2014-15 school year, we have prepared a calendar of ASBSD events for the upcoming year. Click here to download the calendar. Visit the Events page (https://asbsd.org/index.php/latestevents/) on our website to find registration links for the events. We will continue to send email reminders, as well as post information …
ASBSD is excited to announce we have launched ASBSD School Board U, an online training site for school board members. ASBSD School Board U offers board members five course options – School Board Governance, Fiscal Responsibility, Strategic Planning, a New Board Member Workshop and Ethical School Board Service. Visit our webpage to find registration links for …
ASBSD is excited to announce a new training opportunity for school board members. On Monday, July 7, we will launch ASBSD School Board U, an online training site for board members to train in four courses – School Board Governance, Fiscal Responsibility, Strategic Planning, Ethical School Board Service and a New Board Member Workshop. Visit www.schoolboardu.com/asbsd …
Associated School Boards of South Dakota is a private, non-profit organization representing more than 850 local school board members, the school districts they govern and the students they serve.