ASBSD members can review a new resource on best practices on safety and security in schools. Aside from installing expensive electronic security systems and transforming school buildings into fortresses, does your school district have a sound and updated plan to prevent, prepare for, and respond to violent acts and other threats to the safety […]
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ASBSD’s Delegate Assembly is the time and place to establish your state school board association’s legislative direction and share your district’s view on key legislative topics. Delegates will vote on ASBSD’s resolutions and standing positions, which set the legislative path for the 2020 legislative session. Click the links to review ASBSD’s proposed resolutions and standing positions for
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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 will be
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ASBSD’s resolutions and standing positions dictate the legislative direction of the association. Download the resolutions and standing positions here. As member districts, you have the opportunity to vote on the resolutions and standing positions each year at Delegate Assembly. This year’s Delegate Assembly is set for Friday, November 15. Before Delegate Assembly, your district also has the opportunity
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The opioid antagonist administration training video is now available. The South Dakota Department of Health recently completed the Naloxone in High Schools Project, but if you were unable to attend, you can still complete the training by watching the webinar video. Click here to review the Naloxone in High Schools training video. (Please note:
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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). With ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany serving on the
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A new initiative was introduced recently aimed at getting high school students real-life workplace experience. Governor Kristi Noem announced in a recent weekly column the first-ever South Dakota Week of Work is slated for April 20-24, 2020. The initiative is a partnership with businesses and schools that will give 10th grade students the
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ASBSD and Dakota Education Consulting are teaming up to offer school boards the best option in superintendent search services. Since 2011, Tom Oster has operated DEC and successfully conducted many superintendent searches for districts all across South Dakota while ASBSD has provided a similar service to many school boards over the years. The
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Two state agencies are collaborating to provide FREE Youth Mental Health First Aid training. S.D. Department of Education and the Department of Social Services–Division of Behavioral Health, through the Project AWARE grant, are offering an eight-hour Youth Mental Health First Aid training program at no cost to adults who regularly interact with adolescents (teachers,
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A new partnership is powering a new paperless board meeting option for ASBSD members. ASBSD and Sparq Data solutions have launched a paperless board meeting service for Association members known as: “We wanted to offer our members the best available option in paperless board meeting services and our partnership with Sparq Data
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