ASBSD Policy Alert is your source for the latest updates, commentary and information on school board policy. A version of the article below appeared in the May, 2014 edition of the Bulletin. Many school boards have a policy in which the school board adopted Robert’s Rules of Order. Policies generally say the board […]
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ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany, Leadership Development Director Randy Royer and Director of Policy and Legal Services Gerry Kaufman break down parliamentary procedures. Download ASBSD’s Parliamentary Procedures Guide here.
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ASBSD Policy Alert will be your source for the latest updates, commentary and information on school board policy. On July 28, 2014, new South Dakota Administrative Regulations (ARSD) will become effective. These new regulations allow school employees (other than school nurses) to be trained in the subcutaneous (under the skin) administration of insulin and
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ASBSD Policy Alert will be your source for the latest updates, commentary and information on school board policy. HB 1030 enacted a new statute, SDCL 13-42-70, to help ensure confidentiality of school employee evaluations. It essentially says that any employee evaluation record or document, in written or electronic form, is confidential personnel information, is
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ASBSD Policy Alert will be your source for the latest updates, commentary and information on school board policy. School boards may want to consider reviewing and possibly amending their local school district’s current policy or enact such a policy if there is not currently a policy related to school board member code of ethics.
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ASBSD Policy Alert will be your source for the latest updates, commentary and information on school board policy. Senate Bill 63: protects the privacy of individual student records. SB 63 prohibits the collection of student information not necessary for the calculation of funding for public education, the determination of student academic progress, state
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ASBSD Policy Alert will be your source for the latest updates, commentary and information on school board policy. House Bill 1167: Allows schools to keep and administer epinephrine auto-injectors in certain cases. HB 1167 authorizes schools to acquire and maintain a stock of epinephrine auto-injectors pursuant to a prescription issued by an authorized
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ASBSD Policy Alert will be your source for the latest updates, commentary and information on school board policy. ASBSD had amended sample policy BCA: Annual Board Organizational Meeting. School boards may want to consider reviewing and possibly amending their local school district’s current policy or enact such a policy if there is not
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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
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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
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