Policies of a school district have the full force and effect of law and legally bind the school district. Wessington Springs Ed. Assoc. v. Wessington springs Sch. Dist., 467 N.W. 2d 101 (S.D. 1991). By Gerry Kaufman, ASBSD Director of Policy & Legal Services ASBSD Policy Services recently overhauled our annual budget …
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Legislative Cracker Barrels in your area offer access to your local legislators, as well as the chance to hear their answers on a variety of legislative topics. Below you will find a list of dates and locations of legislative cracker barrels being held throughout South Dakota that have been posted thus far. Please …
Familiar faces will fill the Capitol Building’s room 413 in the morning hours when the House Education committee meets during the 2018 legislative session. Nearly all 15 committee members that served on House Ed. last year return to the committee. Rep. Marli Wiese will take Rep. Craig Tieszen’s seat on the committee after his tragic …
The entire Senate Education committee returns intact for the 2018 legislative session. Sen. Jim Bolin continues as Chair of the seven member committee, which is scheduled to meet on Tuesday and Thursday at 7:45 a.m. Let’s meet the committee members: Sen. Jim Bolin (District 16) enters his tenth year in the legislature with 2018 …
The 2018 legislative session begins next week (Jan. 9) and ASBSD has you covered for coverage of the daily occurrences in the legislature. Four ASBSD resources will help you keep up-to-date on the 93rd legislative session, they include: ASBSD Bill Tracker ASBSD Blog Legislative Session Documents List of Legislative Cracker Barrels ASBSD Bill Tracker provides you …
Seventy-six delegates approved ASBSD’s legislative direction for the upcoming session recently. Delegates ratified 28 resolutions and 11 standing positions, which set the legislative path for the 2018 legislative session, at ASBSD’s Delegate Assembly. Click here to review the resolutions and click here to review the standing positions. “Our work as school boards is …
District appointed Delegates should join fellow board members at ASBSD’s Delegate Assembly to help establish their state school board association’s legislative direction and share their district’s view on key legislative topics. Delegates will vote on ASBSD’s resolutions and standing positions, which set the legislative path for the 2018 legislative session, on Friday, November 17 …
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At their August meeting, members of the ASBSD Board of Directors approved amendments, additions and deletions to the Association’s legislative resolutions and standing positions, which were recommended by the ASBSD Policy and Resolutions Committee. The resolutions and standing positions set the legislative direction of ASBSD and are set to be voted on by member …
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South Dakota’s premier learning event for school board members and administrators is now open for registration. Interact with and learn from your fellow board members and administrators at the 2017 ASBSD-SASD Convention, which will feature insightful general session speakers and informative breakout sessions, as well as many different exhibitors offering great services to K-12 education, on Thursday …
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A group charged to review school district compliance with the requirements of the state’s school funding formula is seeking input from school officials on their proposed rules. Members of the School Finance Accountability Board are scheduled to meet at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 16 to review and possibly approve proposed rules for the board. …
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