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Submit your district’s student for the 2019 Academic Excellence Banquet

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School board members and superintendents remind your district’s high school principal(s) to identify and submit the name(s) of the academic top one percent of the 2019 senior class to be honored at the Academic Excellence Recognition Banquet. ASBSD sent a letter to schools in February requesting they submit their school’s student(s). Gov. Kristi Noem and ASBSD, in […]

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Apply for Workforce Education Grants

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Workforce Education Grants are available for schools. The South Dakota Department of Education is now accepting applications for the 2019 Workforce Education Grants, which are designed for districts to make transformational change in career and technical education programs. Applications are due by Friday, March 29, with award announcements set for Monday, April 22.

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Motto posting bill makes way to Gov. with hold harmless clause included

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Local control may have lost out on the motto posting bill, but legislators agreed to protect the schools for following the mandate. House members amended and passed Senate Bill 55, which requires public schools to display the national motto of the United States – “In God We Trust” – in a prominent location in

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ECO Board bill bound for Gov.

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A bill resetting the membership of a special education oversight board and establishing it in state statute is headed to the governor. After unanimous votes by the House Education and full House, Senate Bill 1, which establishes the Extraordinary Cost Oversight Board in state statute and amends membership, headed to Gov. Kristi Noem for

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Bill amending open meeting requirements bound for Gov.

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Committee members concurred in providing flexibility in open meeting requirements. On an 8-0 vote, House State Affairs passed Senate Bill 91, which revises open meeting requirements, and placed it on consent on the Senate floor agenda, all but ensuring it will reach Gov. Kristi Noem’s desk. ASBSD supports the bill, which amends the public

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Emergency clause added to opioid antagonist access bill

2019 Legislative Session, Board Training, LatestNews, Open Government, Policy, Risk Management, School Safety / asbsd

An amended version of a bill permitting schools to access opioid antagonists reached the governor’s desk. Representatives amended and passed Senate Bill 84, which permits a school district to possess and, if needed, administer opioid antagonists, on a 69-0 vote. With Senators concurring with the amendments on a 34-0 vote. The amended version

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Bill adjusting special education rebasing period passed

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A bill rebasing special education funding flew through the final steps in the legislative process. House Bill 1001, which requires the recalculation of the special education disability levels’ amount allocation to take place every two years, passed Senate Education on a 7-0 vote and the full Senate on a 33-0 vote. ASBSD supports

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Committee resets civics test bill

2019 Legislative Session, Alternative Instruction, ASBSD, LatestNews, Open Government, Policy, School Choice, Student Achievement / asbsd

Committee members returned the civics test bill back to its original form recently. Senate Education committee members amended House Bill 1066, requires students to take a civics test before graduating from high school, back to the bill’s original form and passed it on a 5-2 vote. When it initially reached the committee, HB 1066

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2019 Legislative Cracker Barrels

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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

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Local control aspect removed in motto posting bill

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Local control lost out in a legislative committee. On a 10-2 vote, House State Affairs committee members approved an amended version of Senate Bill 55, which requires public schools to display the national motto of the United States – “In God We Trust” – in a prominent location in their buildings with, at minimum,

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