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Submit your Breakout Session proposal for the 2019 ASBSD-SASD Convention

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The premier learning event for South Dakota school board members and administrators is seeking people to share their expertise and knowledge with the large contingent of school leaders who will attend the 2019 ASBSD-SASD Convention. The ASBSD-SASD Convention will be held at the Sioux Falls Convention Center on Thursday and Friday, August 8-9. Download […]

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Accountability board meets to review waiver processes

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The group charged with reviewing and acting upon accountability waivers met for the first time in 2019. School Finance Accountability Board (SFAB) members convened on Monday (3/25) to review timelines for accountability waiver and update the teacher compensation accountability request for waiver form. Established in 2016 as part of the funding formula overall,

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50 school boards have already earned an ALL Award

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One-third of South Dakota school boards have earned an ALL Award in 2018-19 and many more are easily within reach of joining them. Fifty school boards have earned a Gold Level award (500 points), Silver level plaque (350 points) or Bronze level honor (250 points) through ASBSD’s board recognition program: ALL. “With three months to go we’ve nearly

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K-12 levy bills leaning towards finish line

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The homestretch is here for the K-12 education levy bills. Senate Bill 179, which revises the property tax levies for the general fund of school districts and for state aid, passed the House Appropriations committee on a 6-1 vote and the full House on a 60-2 vote. “School boards need your help,” ASBSD

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Partridge Amendment adjustment at legislative crossroad

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What a difference a few weeks has made in the conversation about adjusting the state sales tax rate. House Bill 1265 and Senate Bill 86 each passed their respective chambers as their plans to adjust the Partridge Amendment, however, upon reaching the other sides of the Capitol, the State Affairs committees of each chamber

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Civics test bill sees its end in session

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The civics test saw its end in South Dakota’s citizen legislature. On a vote of 13-21, Senators defeated a once again amended House Bill 1066, which requires students to take a civics test before graduating from high school. A bill that had been wrung through the amendment ringer multiple times ultimately failed to find

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Civics survey bill sent away by Reps

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Civics education will remain status quo for the upcoming school year. House members voted 30-33 against Senate Bill 52, which required schools to provide information for a survey of the adequacy of S.D. civics education, after House Education committee members voted 10-3 in favor of the previously hoghoused bill. ASBSD opposed the bill,

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Gov. to review special education study bill

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The proposed in-depth study on special education is on its way to the governor’s desk. Senate Bill 3, which creates the Special Education Interim Study to study special education in South Dakota, was amended and passed by the House Education committee on an 11-3 vote and by the House on a 48-16 vote, before being

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2019 Collective Bargaining Seminars scheduled this month

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ASBSD will host three Collective Bargaining Seminars in March to assist school board members and administrators when negotiating the 2019-2020 contract with teachers (and, support staff, if support staff has a recognized bargaining unit). The 2019 Collective Bargaining Seminars schedule includes: The seminars will include a short overview of the law with a

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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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