Below you will find the meeting agenda for the ASBSD Board of Directors meeting being held in Pierre, SD on Friday and Saturday, April 21-22. A PDF version of the agenda can be downloaded on the Publications & Forms page. ASBSD Board of Directors Meeting Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaza Hotel, 12:30 p.m. (MST), Rapid City, SD […]
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SafeSchools’ School Safety Newsletter for April is now available. Give the latest edition of the School Safety Matters newsletter a read here. April’s newsletter focuses on a district’s role in child abuse prevention, a safety alert on a social media app causing concern, SafeSchools’ Accident Tracking system, new online Paraeducator Training and much more.
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Is your district in compliance with the school finance accountability requirements established through the 2016 education funding package? Download the S.D. Department of Education’s Information on Accountabilities sheet here. For fiscal year 2017, school districts had two accountability targets to meet related to teacher compensation: Total Compensation Accountability – requiring districts to put
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Preparing for all types of disaster is of the utmost importance in school safety. The South Dakota Office of Emergency Management is hosting a FREE, two-day course in April to help school district officials prepare for all types of potential disasters. District officials can register for the Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools course,
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BoardDocs provide school boards and districts state-of-the-art services that save money, streamline operations and reduce time spent producing board packets and in 2017 has expanded their subscriber support offerings with a new Best Practices program. Learn more about BoardDocs’ “Best Practices” webinars in the latest edition of their board management newsletter, which also features information
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Members of the ASBSD Board of Directors met for the first time in 2017 and welcomed a new member to the board. Rapid City School Board Member Ron Riherd joined the ASBSD Board of Directors for his meeting representing the district. Riherd is in his first year on his local board and
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A bill updating last year’s conflict of interest law has passed the Senate and will be a vote away in the House away from heading to the governor. House Bill 1170, which amends the conflict of interest disclosure law, passed the Senate Local Government committee on a unanimous vote and received a lone nay vote
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The latest edition of the SafeSchools’ School Safety Newsletter is available. Give March’s School Safety Matters newsletter a read here. 2017’s third edition of the newsletter provides information on the update to SafeSchools’ website, the youth suicide awareness and prevention course, budget tips for safety costs and much more. ASBSD and SafeSchools have partnered to bring all member
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Legislative Cracker Barrels in your area offer access to your local legislators, as well as the chance to hear their answers on a variety of legislative topics. Below you will find a list of dates and locations of legislative cracker barrels being held throughout South Dakota that have been posted thus far. Please
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ASBSD will host one more Collective Bargaining Seminar in March to update school board members and administrators on the many facets of negotiations process for teachers and staff in 2017. The remaining 2017 Collective Bargaining Seminar will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on: It will cover how districts must apply the funding
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