Open Government
ASBSD has continued its coordinating role for the Emergency School Bus Mutual Assistance Pact between school districts, which operates in the event a bus traveling outside of its home district fails and is in need of assistance. ASBSD has collected and supplied a list of emergency phone numbers for the cooperating districts so they […]
Download the 2020-21 Emergency School Bus Pact Read More »
The latest iterations of ASBSD’s legislative platform for the 2021 legislative session are available for review. 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 is set for Friday, November 20. At this time, ASBSD is planning
Updates made to 2021 ASBSD Legislative Resolutions and Standing Positions Read More »
South Dakota school districts are set to receive Coronavirus Relief Funds, or CRF. Below you will find the main pieces of CRF for schools: Noem has announced that an additional $75 million in CRF grant funding will be made available to South Dakota’s public and non-public K-12 schools. The U.S. Treasury’s updated guidance allows
Schools to receive Coronavirus Relief Funding Read More »
Policies of a school district, especially those negotiated with bargaining representatives for the protection of teachers, have the full force and effect of law, and legally bind the school district. Wessington Springs Ed. Assoc. v. Wessington springs Sch. Dist., 467 N.W. 2d 101 (S.D. 1991). By Gerry Kaufman The ASBSD Policy Committee has approved
Policy Alert: New Policy, Multiple Amended Read More »
ASBSD continues our coordinating role for the Emergency School Bus Mutual Assistance Pact between school districts on the occasion a bus traveling outside of the district fails. In the event of an emergency, a school bus driver, or authorized personnel, would call the nearest cooperating Emergency School Bus Mutual Assistance Pact district to secure
2020-21 Bus Pact submission deadline approaching Read More »
Policies of a school district, especially those negotiated with bargaining representatives for the protection of teachers, have the full force and effect of law, and legally bind the school district. Wessington Springs Ed. Assoc. v. Wessington springs Sch. Dist., 467 N.W. 2d 101 (S.D. 1991). By Gerry Kaufman ASBSD Policy Services has made available
Policy Alert: Sexual Harassment (Title IX) Read More »
Recently, ASBSD and SASD hosted three reopening school sharing sessions across the state for administrators to join together and share with each other how they were preparing for the 2020-21 school year in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic. “We had a great group of meetings with administrators from all locations, environments and enrollment
Reopening schools sharing sessions information Read More »
The 2020 ASBSD-SASD Convention will be held virtually on Thursday, August 6 and will begin at 9 a.m. with a keynote speech from Devin Hughes of The Orange Frog group followed by 15 live breakout sessions covering a variety of topics and a panel discussion on the upcoming school year with state officials, with EACH
2020 ASBSD-SASD Virtual Convention sessions, schedule set Read More »
As school districts approach an unprecedented to start to a school year there are many different resources available to assist in the planning and preparation. Below you will find links to a variety of guides from ASBSD, the South Dakota Department of Education, as well as the Department of Health: ASBSD Reopening of Schools
Utilize these guides in reopening schools plans Read More »
Policies of a school district, especially those negotiated with bargaining representatives for the protection of teachers, have the full force and effect of law, and legally bind the school district. Wessington Springs Ed. Assoc. v. Wessington springs Sch. Dist., 467 N.W. 2d 101 (S.D. 1991). By Gerry Kaufman ASBSD Director of Policy & Legal
Policy Alert: Fiduciary, Fiscal and Funds Read More »
Associated School Boards of South Dakota is a private, non-profit organization representing more than 850 local school board members, the school districts they govern and the students they serve.