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Gov. Dennis Daugaard proposed a one percent increase in funding for K-12 schools at his budget address for fiscal year 2018. The proposed increase brings $6.8 million in new money to schools and the one percent increase was higher than what was required by law, as inflation came in at 0.3 percent. “We’re …
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The network disruption between DakotaCare/Avera Health Plans and Sanford Health Plan on January 1, 2017 WILL NOT affect individual members of the South Dakota School District Benefits Fund. “The partnership between ASBSD and Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Dakota gives the members of our health fund access to every hospital and …
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ASBSD President Anita Peterson, of the Haakon School District, has been appointed to the 2017 National School Board Association’s National Nominating Committee. NSBA President Miranda Beard appointed Peterson, along with four other school board representatives from across the United States, to the committee, which shall nominate one or more nominees for NSBA offices. …
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The December edition of the SafeSchools’ School Safety Newsletter is available. Give the School Safety Matters newsletter a read here. This month’s edition of the newsletter discusses the new SafeSchools course on administrative supervision of students, their safety data sheets management system and much more. ASBSD and SafeSchools have partnered to bring all member districts the opportunity …
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At their August meeting, members of the ASBSD Board of Directors approved changes to the Association’s legislative resolutions and standing positions recommended by the ASBSD Policy and Resolutions Committee. The resolutions and standing positions dictate the legislative direction of ASBSD and are voted on by member districts at Delegate Assembly. This year’s Delegate Assembly has been …
Review ASBSD’s updated legislative positions before Delegate Assembly Read More »
A survey conducted this fall by the South Dakota Department of Education revealed a nearly 12 percent increase in average teacher salaries this year compared to last. According to the survey of school districts, the projected average salary of public school teachers for Fiscal Year 2017 is $46,924, which represents an 11.9 percent increase …
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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 recently celebrated its 2,000th subscriber milestone and added to their growing State Association partner program. Learn more about BoardDocs’ milestone in the latest edition of their board management newsletter, which also features information …
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This summer ASBSD introduced our new Board Recognition Program – ALL: Act, Learn, Lead – which recognizes board members’ participation in outside activities, board development and training, and demonstrated leadership at a variety of levels. For additional information about the program, click here to visit the ALL webpage. Through the fall activities heading towards Delegate …
On the first Friday in November of 2016, a group charged with tracking compliance with the requirements of the state’s school funding formula reviewed proposed deadlines that could be significant for some school districts on the first Friday in November of 2017. School Finance Accountability Board members reviewed draft rules for school districts submitting …
Finance Accountability board reviews rules and waivers Read More »
November’s edition of SafeSchools’ School Safety Newsletter is available. Give the School Safety Matters newsletter a read here. This month’s edition of the newsletter provides information on SafeSchools’ online safety and compliance training courses, new Cybersecurity courses, an alert of a new instant messaging app and much more. ASBSD and SafeSchools have partnered to bring …
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