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Suicide prevention training provided by ASBSD and SafeSchools

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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 […]

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Delegates: Join us at Delegate Assembly on Friday (Nov. 17)

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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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Appoint your district’s delegate for the 2017 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 2018 legislative session. Click the links to review ASBSD’s proposed resolutions and standing positions for

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Accountability Board reviews waiver process, updates procedures

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Members of the board charged to review school district compliance with state mandates related to teacher pay recently discussed the upcoming waiver process for not meeting teacher pay mandates. Thirty-six South Dakota school districts missed the mandates for the 2016-17 school year, which required 85 percent of the total state aid dollars be allocated for

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Boards receiving ALL plaques, picking up points this fall

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Since August ASBSD has presented 29 schools boards with their board recognition plaques. A total of 48 school boards will receive a plaque for earning points as part of ASBSD’s Board Recognition Program – ALL: Act, Learn, Lead. Howard School Board – Gold Level School boards earned points throughout the fiscal year (July 1-June

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Waiver process available for districts not meeting mandates

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The data on teacher pay is in and with that comes the need for some districts to seek a waiver. Review the statewide teacher compensation data here. With the passage of the half-cent increase to the state sales tax used to improve teacher pay, as well as the new state aid funding formula,

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Share your thoughts with ASBSD at our region meetings

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Share your thoughts on the issues surrounding public education and ASBSD at a 2017 Fall Region Meeting. ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany will visit 12 locations across South Dakota to discuss potential legislation for the 2018 session and gather feedback on ASBSD’s legislative platform (download drafts of our Resolutions and Standing Positions), as well

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Review ASBSD’s updated legislative positions before 2017 Delegate Assembly

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At their August meeting, members of the ASBSD Board of Directors approved amendments, additions and deletions to the Association’s legislative resolutions and standing positions, which were recommended by the ASBSD Policy and Resolutions Committee. The resolutions and standing positions set the legislative direction of ASBSD and are set to be voted on by member

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Free flu shots, health screenings for health fund members

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Flu season is fast approaching and sick days for staff can follow. To combat the bug, the South Dakota School District Benefits Fund has scheduled FREE flu shot clinics at 63 unique locations across the state within SDSDBF member districts. The flu shot clinics are a FREE service for SDSDBF member districts and staff

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Teacher pay in South Dakota is ticking towards its target

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Teacher pay in South Dakota is ticking towards its target of $48,500. The $48,500 average teacher pay target was set in 2016, after the legislature’s passage of a historic education funding package that ushered in a new state aid funding formula along with a half-cent increase to the state’s sales tax to fund the

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