School Safety
Committee members passed a bill relating to the use of restraint and seclusion of students in schools. On a 5-1 vote, members of the Senate Education committee passed Senate Bill 46, which requires school districts to adopt a policy limiting the use of restraint and seclusion. ASBSD supports the bill and testified in […]
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A group of superintendents and principals discussed significant topics within and issues facing public schools with the House Education Committee on Wednesday (1/17). Spearfish West Elementary Principal Nick Gottlob said school districts “focus on the elements we can control” but often deal with “children who are victims of crisis.” “There’s only so many
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AED units granted free of charge to member districts and education co-ops in the ASB Workers’ Compensation Fund are being delivered! ASBSD continually strives to be the leader in school risk and as such granted a Zoll AED Plus free of charge to Workers’ Compensation Fund members. The Zoll AED Plus includes a
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Make 2018 your district’s safest yet with help from ASBSD and SafeSchools. ASBSD and SafeSchools have partnered to bring each of our member districts access to a market-leading training system to meet your staff’s training needs with members of ASBPT’s Workers’ Compensation fund and Property/Liability fund receiving access at no cost and all other ASBSD members receive
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Familiar faces will fill the Capitol Building’s room 413 in the morning hours when the House Education committee meets during the 2018 legislative session. Nearly all 15 committee members that served on House Ed. last year return to the committee. Rep. Marli Wiese will take Rep. Craig Tieszen’s seat on the committee after his tragic
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The entire Senate Education committee returns intact for the 2018 legislative session. Sen. Jim Bolin continues as Chair of the seven member committee, which is scheduled to meet on Tuesday and Thursday at 7:45 a.m. Let’s meet the committee members: Sen. Jim Bolin (District 16) enters his tenth year in the legislature with 2018
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The 2018 legislative session begins next week (Jan. 9) and ASBSD has you covered for coverage of the daily occurrences in the legislature. Four ASBSD resources will help you keep up-to-date on the 93rd legislative session, they include: ASBSD Bill Tracker ASBSD Blog Legislative Session Documents List of Legislative Cracker Barrels ASBSD Bill Tracker provides you
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Recently, the IRS has been issuing warnings about an email scam, which in the past year affected hundreds of employers and tens of thousands of employees, targeting school districts’ payroll and business offices. Scammers send a payroll or HR employee an email that appears to come from the superintendent or other administrator within the
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ASBSD and the ASBSD Protective Trust continually strive to be the leader in school risk and as such member districts and education co-ops in the workers’ compensation fund will be granted a Zoll AED Plus free of charge! “We believe this is a great investment in our school districts,” ASBSD CFO and ASBPT Director
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SafeSchools’ latest School Safety Newsletter is now available. Give the December edition of the School Safety Matters newsletter a read here. This month’s newsletter links to a newer SafeSchools course on Communication Skills and Style, shares information on Human Trafficking Awareness and much more with readers. For a slightly more than a year, ASBSD
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