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South Dakota grabbed a rebound in revenue numbers in September, but saw the figures tipped out of bounds in October. October’s revenue figures came in nearly $5.6 million lower than the figure set by legislative projections adopted earlier this year. October’s loss comes on the heels of last month’s $3.5 million uptick on projections. […]
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Meade Superintendent Don Kirkegaard was appointed to serve as South Dakota Secretary of Education by Gov. Dennis Daugaard recently. Kirkegaard will begin serving as Secretary of Education on Jan. 1, 2018; succeeding current Secretary Melody Schopp, who is retiring on December 15. “We’re very happy for Don and look forward to working with
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South Dakota EPSCoR – Education/Workforce Development is looking for innovators in the area of career and technical education that would like to create or improve a program that allows students to explore STEM related disciplines. SD EPSCoR will grant approximately $170,000 for applications submitted by school districts and educational service providers in South Dakota.
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The November edition of the SafeSchools’ School Safety Newsletter is now available. Give the latest edition of the School Safety Matters newsletter a read here. This month’s newsletter shares tips to prevent bullying and suicide in schools, improving classroom safety and much more with readers. ASBSD and SafeSchools have partnered to bring all member districts the opportunity
Tips to prevent bullying and suicide in schools in latest SafeSchools newsletter Read More »
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
Suicide prevention training provided by ASBSD and SafeSchools Read More »
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
Accountability Board reviews waiver process, updates procedures Read More »
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
Boards receiving ALL plaques, picking up points this fall Read More »
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,
Waiver process available for districts not meeting mandates Read More »
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
Review ASBSD’s updated legislative positions before 2017 Delegate Assembly Read More »
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
Free flu shots, health screenings for health fund members Read More »
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