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Get your district’s good news ready. ASBSD invites you to share your district’s feats of accomplishment or innovation, successful cooperative community projects or any story that makes you proud of your district for our third edition of The Good News Bulletin. “Every school district has good news to share,” said ASBSD Executive Director […]
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Gov. Dennis Daugaard punctuated his budget address on Tuesday (Dec. 8) by stating teacher salaries in South Dakota need to be improved. “I agree that South Dakota needs to increase teacher salaries,” Gov. Daugaard said, noting that the state was falling behind other states in the upper plains region. “The public expects us
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Members of the ASBSD Board of Directors met last month and welcomed a new member to the board and reviewed the recommendations from the Blue Ribbon Task Force. The Board of Directors were joined by Howard School Board President Rick Olson, who was recently appointed by ASBSD President Eric Stroeder to represent the Southeast
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Members of the Minor Boundary Task Force met this month (November) for the fourth time to recommend proposed legislation, discuss additional proposals and review their final report. Task Force members reviewed draft legislation and public comments received since their August meeting on the proposed legislation to change the process by which a school district
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South Dakota’s first major dose of winter weather didn’t keep 64 school board members from making the trip to Pierre for the 2015 ASBSD Delegate Assembly. “As board members, you are here today because you are part of a powerful grassroots advocacy network,” ASBSD President Eric Stroeder said. “Your commitment to provide the best
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Blue Ribbon Task Force members recently submitted a report to Gov. Dennis Daugaard that detailed the group’s findings on South Dakota’s teacher pipeline, their recommendations for adjusting the state aid formula, suggested changes to different school funding areas and a timeline for implementation. Task Force members told Gov. Daugaard that “at least $75 million
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Two weeks after their final meeting, members of the Blue Ribbon Task Force reported to Gov. Dennis Daugaard that new money is needed to help cure the teacher shortage ailment in South Dakota. Among the recommendations (click here to read about additional suggestions) reported, none may be bigger than the group’s recurrent referral to
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A veteran member of the Howard School Board is set to join the ASBSD Board of Directors. Rick Olson, President of the Howard School Board, was recently appointed by ASBSD President Eric Stroeder to serve as the ASBSD Board of Director’s representative for the Southeast Region’s 266-699 enrollment category. A 15-year member of
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The Blue Ribbon Task Force met for the final time last month (Oct. 29) to debate and confer on the final recommendations to put in their report to Gov. Dennis Daugaard, which is due to him by Dec. 1, on the group’s findings. The Task Force’s final stances on the many funding topics reviewed
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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
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