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Every member of the House Education committee will return to their post. The 15-member House Education committee, which will meet on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:45 a.m., brings every member back for the 2020 legislative session with Rep. Lana Greenfield serving as committee chair for her second year. Let’s get to know the […]
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There’s a single change to the Senate Education committee for the 2020 legislative session. Sen. Blake Curd will serve as Chair of the seven-member Senate Education committee, which is scheduled to meet on Tuesday and Thursday at 7:45 a.m. Sen. Alan Solano resigned from the legislature last fall. Let’s meet the committee members:
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South Dakota’s revenue figures from the holiday season brought with them some cheer and a note from Gov. Kristi Noem during her State of the State Address that any extra money should be prioritized for K-12 education. “Since my budget address, revenues have been slightly better than expected,” Gov. Noem said during her address
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The 2020 legislative session began today (1/14) 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 95th legislative session, they include: ASBSD Billtracker ASBSD Blog Legislative Session Documents List of Legislative Cracker Barrels ASBSD Billtracker provides you with a list
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The 2020 legislative session began today (1/14) and the 95th legislative session features many important days during which many pieces of K-12 related legislation will be debated and voted on. This year’s session contains 37 legislative days and kicked off with Gov. Kristi Noem’s State of the State address this afternoon (1/14). Friday,
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The Associated School Boards Protective Trust (ASBPT) has a new home online. ASBPT has moved all its online information to https://asbsd.org/index.php/protective-trust/ and you can access the page by visiting www.asbsd.org and clicking the “ASBPT” link at the top of the page: OR through the “Read More” link found under the “Protective Trust”
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Two webinar workshops – with two different times available – remain on the schedule to assist election officers in conducting elections for the 2019-20 school year. The Secretary of State’s office, Associated School Boards of South Dakota and the South Dakota Municipal League will again co-sponsor workshops covering all aspects of elections – from notices to the final canvass –
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The most recent revenue figures for South Dakota tell two different stories. November’s revenue numbers are either very good or very bad, depending on the projections used. Based on revenue projections adopted by the legislature during the 2019 legislative session, the revenue figures for November came in $8.7 million higher than projected, but utilizing
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Nearly halfway through this recent ALL year, 54 school boards have earned an award in ASBSD’s board recognition program. In the fourth year of ASBSD’s board recognition program: ALL, which stands for Act, Learn, Lead, the 52 school boards having already earned a Gold, Silver or Bronze award equals the total number of boards that
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The superintendent search partnership between ASBSD and Dakota Education Consulting is off and running already with four active searches. Superintendent searches are underway for the Chamberlain, Ethan and Hot Springs School Districts and for the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Chamberlain’s application deadline is Thursday, January 30, 2020 and
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