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NSBA Western Region Director and Mitchell School Board Member Neil Putnam remembers the landmark case’s 60th anniversary. Thirty years ago, I was on stage with seventeen other graduates from my small school. I suspect most of them, like I, were descendants of homesteaders who settled in the Dakotas with hopes and dreams of making …
ASBSD Policy Alert will be your source for the latest updates, commentary and information on school board policy. HB 1126: Allows an appointed school board member to countersign school board payments. House Bill 1126 amended SDCL 13-8-26 and as of July 1, 2014, school boards have the right to designate which school board …
ASBSD Policy Alert will be your source for the latest updates, commentary and information on school board policy. HB 1104: Allows local governing bodies to require the payment for certain goods and services by electronic transaction. SDCL 4-3-27 was amended by House Bill 1104. SDCL 4-3-27 authorizes school officials and employees to …
ASBSD Policy Alert will be your source for the latest updates, commentary and information on school board policy. HB 1150: Requires the reciting of the pledge of allegiance each school day in every public school. SDCL 13-24-17.2 was amended by House Bill 1150. As of July 1, 2014, each school district must …
ASBSD Policy Alert will be your source for the latest updates, commentary and information on school board policy. SB 82: Increases the allowable financial level of purchases, sales, and contracts made by public officers of political subdivisions. SDCL 6-1-2, the statute which identifies certain exceptions to the governing board member conflict of interest statute …
ASBSD Policy Alert will be your source for the latest updates, commentary and information on school board policy. SB 113: Revises the minimum suspension requirements for students participating in extracurricular activities. SDCL 13-32-9 was amended by Senate Bill 113. SDCL 13-32-9 requires students participating in SDHSAA activities to be suspended if adjudicated, …
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ASBSD Policy Alert will be your source for the latest updates, commentary and information on school board policy. HB 1033: Revises open enrollment provisions regarding the application review process of siblings of open enrolled students. An Open Enrollment statute, SDCL 13-28-43, was amended by HB 1033 to ensure that students from the same …
Watch Wade’s Welcome and then read the ASBSD Bulletin, which provides you the latest on the long-term legislative study planned for K-12 education, April’s ASBSD Board of Director’s meeting, the Academic Excellence Luncheon and much more. Read the Bulletin here.
Members of the ASBSD Board of Directors convened in Watertown last month for the second board meeting of 2014. The meeting – spanning over Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12 – was bookended by tours of Lake Area Technical Institute and the Redlin Art Center. In between, board members took action on and discussed …
As the pioneer of eGovernance, BoardDocs has helped over 1,000 organizations nationwide improve board effectiveness, reduce the time required to create and manage board packets and dramatically reduce costs. Last month BoardDocs, in conjunction with ASBSD, hosted webinars for school districts to share the benefits of paperless meetings. “We’ve been known as the …
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