ASBSD’s online policy services community added FIVE new members recently. The Deuel, Dupree, Haakon, Lemmon and Sisseton School Districts joined 14 other South Dakota school districts in simplifying their school board policy process with help from ASBSD. “The school board and administration wanted to revise existing policy to reflect current issues and legislation,” […]
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ASBSD’s fall event schedule has come to a close and with that we’ve tallied up ALL points and found the most active school boards thus far in the 2017-18 school year. Forty-three school boards have earned an ALL award distinction already – compared to 48 that earned an award level all of last year
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South Dakota public school districts are invited to apply for funding from the South Dakota Clean Diesel Grant Program, which provides funds as rebates for the purchase of a new public school bus to replace an old, high-emitting diesel public school bus. The S.D. Department of Environment and Natural Resources provides the rebates and administers the
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South Dakota’s Open Meetings Law Brochure has been updated and recently published. ASBSD assisted in the preparation of the brochure, which is a guide to South Dakota’s Open Meetings Law, and encourages board members and administrators to review it to stay up-to-date on the all-important statutes. Download the Open Meetings Law Brochure here.
S.D.’s Open Meetings Law Brochure updated Read More »
South Dakota grabbed a rebound in revenue numbers in September, but saw the figures tipped out of bounds in October. October’s revenue figures came in nearly $5.6 million lower than the figure set by legislative projections adopted earlier this year. October’s loss comes on the heels of last month’s $3.5 million uptick on projections.
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Meade Superintendent Don Kirkegaard was appointed to serve as South Dakota Secretary of Education by Gov. Dennis Daugaard recently. Kirkegaard will begin serving as Secretary of Education on Jan. 1, 2018; succeeding current Secretary Melody Schopp, who is retiring on December 15. “We’re very happy for Don and look forward to working with
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South Dakota EPSCoR – Education/Workforce Development is looking for innovators in the area of career and technical education that would like to create or improve a program that allows students to explore STEM related disciplines. SD EPSCoR will grant approximately $170,000 for applications submitted by school districts and educational service providers in South Dakota.
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The November edition of the SafeSchools’ School Safety Newsletter is now available. Give the latest edition of the School Safety Matters newsletter a read here. This month’s newsletter shares tips to prevent bullying and suicide in schools, improving classroom safety and much more with readers. ASBSD and SafeSchools have partnered to bring all member districts the opportunity
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SafeSchools offers South Dakota school districts a one hour suicide awareness and prevention training course, which meets the state’s training requirement for the initial certificate and renewal certificate of a teacher, administrator or other educational professional. The Youth Suicide Awareness and Prevention training requirement comes from the passage of 2016’s Senate Bill 129, which establishes certain suicide awareness
Suicide prevention training provided by ASBSD and SafeSchools Read More »
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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