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Meet with your legislators and ask them the important questions

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School Board Members and Administrators, please meet with your legislators before the 2023 legislative session begins in January.   Click here to see what legislators represent your district and click here to view legislator contact information.   “We need our school leaders to meet with their legislators before session begins,” ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany …

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Policy Alert: Five Important Legal Related Policies

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Five important sample policies related to the legal system in some manner received rewrites or updates to its language.   The amended policies include: JEA: Compulsory Attendance Ages, which aligns language in the policy with state statute, references to alternative instruction and removes reference to the School-Based program, as it is referenced in other sample …

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Delegates approve legislative platform after great discussion at Assembly

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Board members representing their districts at the 2022 Delegate Assembly engaged in a robust discussion on the proposed legislative platform of ASBSD.   Delegates in attendance approved 44 legislative resolutions, which are pointed legislative policy positions, and 12 standing positions, which are broad statements on legislative policy, that compromise ASBSD’s legislative platform for the 2023 …

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Policy Alert: Student Organizations policy rewritten

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ASBSD’s sample policy IGDA: Student Organizations received a full edit.   “This is a full policy rewrite,” ASBSD Director of Policy & Legal Services Jessica Filler said. “We recommend school districts who adopted the previous version of sample policy IGDA: Student Organizations consider these changes as soon as they can.”   In addition, IGDA-R(1): Student …

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ASBSD gavel passed, legis. priorities and enrollment categories approved by board

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ASBSD’s gavel was officially passed at the most recent Board of Directors meeting, where members also approved proposed legislative priorities for Delegate Assembly and new enrollment categories for Association regions.   ASBSD President Lisa Snedeker of Woonsocket was officially passed the gavel from Past President Eric Stroeder of Mobridge-Pollock at the board’s November board meeting. …

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Policy Alert: Staff related policies amended

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Two sample policies pertaining to school staff members received revisions.   Modifications to sample policy GBI: Staff Gifts and Solicitations are substantial.   “After review of the sample policy, we made significant edits to acceptance of gifts by employees,” ASBSD Director of Policy & Legal Services Jessica Filler said. “In addition, changes were also made …

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Policy Alert: Vaping references added to sample policies

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References to vaping marked the changes in two sample policies.   Sample policies AEA: Tobacco and Vaping Free Schools and JFC: Student Conduct received edits by the ASBSD policy team.   “Changes made to sample policy AEA: Tobacco and Vaping Free Schools included a prohibition for vaping, as well as the prohibition of distribution or …

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Proposed Social Studies standards have second hearing

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South Dakota’s proposed social studies standards had their second hearing, recently.   Opponents and proponents shared their sentiments with the state Board of Education Standards – who will ultimately make the decision – on the proposed standards in a more than three hour long hearing in Sioux Falls on November 21.   Those in favor …

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Policy Alert: Multiple policies receive revisions

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Updated terminology was incorporated into multiple sample policies ranging from school board legal status to students in foster care and a few other topics in between.   BB: School Board Legal Status Changed reference for Vocational Education to Technical Education DBDA: General Fund Balance  Changes the term LEP to the updated term English Learner (EL) …

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Among the most important decisions a school board will make is selecting your district’s administrative leaders.   Whether Superintendent, Business Manager, Principal or other administrative positions, ASBSD and Dakota Education Consulting’s search services is the best option for your school.   Since 2019, ASBSD and DEC have combined their knowledge, networks and experience to conduct …

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