2019 Legislative Session Archives - Page 2 of 12 - Associated School Boards of South Dakota

Special Education comm. completes interim report

Recommendations have emerged from the legislative committee charged with studying special education. Last month, the Special Education Interim Legislative Committee concluded their in-depth look at special education without formal recommendations being acted upon or presented to the Legislature’s Executive Board members at their November meeting. Recently, however, the final interim committee report to the Executive […]

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Online sales tax collection on the rise, solutions sought in statute

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Online sales tax revenue was on the agenda for legislature’s lead committee this week. Members of the Legislature’s Executive Board received a report on Sales Tax Reduction from Remote Sales, which in state statute is the reduction of the sales tax by one-tenth of percent for every $20 million raised by Internet sales, also

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Special Education comm. concludes study without recommendations

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The legislative committee charged with studying special education completed their study but had not introduced any formal recommendations as of Monday (11/18). The Special Education Interim Legislative Committee met last week (11/13) for the third and final time of the legislative interim. The committee was created by the passage of Senate Bill 3 during this year’s

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Ag Land Task Force approves proposed legislation

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No major proposed property tax legislation emanated out of the legislature’s ag committee. The Ag Land Assessment Task Force met recently (11/15) and approved two pieces of legislation to be introduced during the 2020 Legislative Session: House Bill Draft 248: To authorize the Secretary of the Department of Revenue to contract with certain entities

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South Dakota Receives Federal School Security Grants

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South Dakota has received three grants totaling almost $2 million designed to help South Dakota school districts prevent and address threats of violence at their schools. Governor Kristi Noem recently announced the S.D. Department of Public Safety (DPS) received three grants from the Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence, which is part of

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Appoint your district’s delegate for the 2019 ASBSD Delegate Assembly

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ASBSD’s Delegate Assembly is the time and place to establish your state school board association’s legislative direction and share your district’s view on key legislative topics. Delegates will vote on ASBSD’s resolutions and standing positions, which set the legislative path for the 2020 legislative session. Click the links to review ASBSD’s proposed resolutions and standing positions for

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Updates made to ASBSD Legislative Resolutions and Standing Positions

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At their August meeting, members of the ASBSD Board of Directors approved changes to the Association’s legislative resolutions and standing positions recommended by the ASBSD Policy and Resolutions Committee. The resolutions and standing positions dictate the legislative direction of ASBSD and are voted on by member districts at Delegate Assembly. This year’s Delegate Assembly will be

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Opportunity to submit a resolution for the 2019 Delegate Assembly

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ASBSD’s resolutions and standing positions dictate the legislative direction of the association. Download the resolutions and standing positions here. As member districts, you have the opportunity to vote on the resolutions and standing positions each year at Delegate Assembly. This year’s Delegate Assembly is set for Friday, November 15. Before Delegate Assembly, your district also has the opportunity

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Opioid antagonist administration training video available

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The opioid antagonist administration training video is now available. The South Dakota Department of Health recently completed the Naloxone in High Schools Project, but if you were unable to attend, you can still complete the training by watching the webinar video. Click here to review the Naloxone in High Schools training video. (Please note:

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Opioid antagonist administration training webinar set for September

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Those high school administrators interested in completing training for opioid antagonist administration will have another opportunity in September. The South Dakota Department of Health will host a FREE webinar covering the Naloxone in High Schools Project, which is the opioid antagonist administration project initiated by the passage of Senate Bill 84 during this year’s

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