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School districts invited to apply for a 21st CCLC grant

Financial Services, LatestNews, Student Achievement / By asbsd

School districts are invited to apply for a 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) grant. The learning centers are intended to assist students from high-poverty and low-performing schools in need of additional support by providing academic enrichment opportunities and activities designed to complement regular school instruction. The grants must specifically support programs …

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Meet the 2018 House Education committee

2018 Legislative Session, ASBSD, Board Training, Capital Outlay, Common Core, CTE, ESSA, LatestNews, Open Government, Other Revenue, Policy, Preschool, School Board Elections, School Safety, Special Education, State Aid, Student Achievement, Taxation, Teacher Pay / By asbsd

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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Meet the 2018 Senate Education committee

2018 Legislative Session, ASBSD, Capital Outlay, Common Core, CTE, ESSA, LatestNews, Open Government, Other Revenue, Preschool, School Board Elections, School Safety, Special Education, State Aid, Student Achievement, Taxation, Teacher Pay / By asbsd

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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Legislative resources for the 2018 session

2018 Legislative Session, ASBSD, Board Training, Capital Outlay, Common Core, CTE, ESSA, Financial Services, LatestNews, Open Government, Other Revenue, Policy, Preschool, School Board Elections, School Safety, Special Education, State Aid, Student Achievement, Taxation, Teacher Pay / By asbsd

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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Collections well below projections in latest revenue report

2017 Legislative Session, 2018 Legislative Session, ASBSD, LatestNews, State Aid, Student Achievement, Taxation, Teacher Pay / By asbsd

South Dakota’s avoided the worst of winter’s coldest weather, thus far, but the state’s revenue collection last month was below zero, per se. November’s reported revenue collections came in lower than any other month thus far in fiscal year 2018 with actual collections coming in nearly $17 million lower than the projection adopted by …

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Declining revenue collection results in no proposed inflationary increase for K-12

2017 Legislative Session, 2018 Legislative Session, ASBSD, LatestNews, Special Education, State Aid, Student Achievement, Taxation, Teacher Pay / By asbsd

Due declining revenue in South Dakota, Gov. Dennis Daugaard proposed no inflationary increase for K-12 education for fiscal year 2019 during his budget address on Tuesday (12/5). “I cannot recommend inflationary increases, at all,” Gov. Daugaard said, adding that funding for education for the 2018-19 school year will be “tied to increasing student enrollment” …

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Secretary Schopp: Four Decades Serving Public Education

2016 Legislative Session, 2017 Legislative Session, ASBSD, Blue Ribbon Task Force, Common Core, LatestNews, State Aid, Student Achievement, Teacher Pay / By asbsd

Next week South Dakota will bid farewell to a staple in education in the state. After four decades serving public education South Dakota Secretary of Education Melody Schopp is set to retire with her final day in the department on Friday, December 15. “We’re going to miss working with and alongside Secretary Schopp,” …

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Accountability board weighs in on waivers, approves final report

2016 Legislative Session, 2017 Legislative Session, 2018 Legislative Session, ASBSD, Blue Ribbon Task Force, LatestNews, State Aid, Student Achievement, Taxation, Teacher Pay / By asbsd

This month, members of the School Finance Accountability Board met to determine the fate of waivers presented to them from school districts who did not meet one, or both, mandates tied to ensure an increase to teacher salaries and approve their final report to the legislative Appropriations committee. “This very important work, which is …

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Legislative direction set at Delegate Assembly

2018 Legislative Session, ASBSD, Board Training, Capital Outlay, ESSA, Financial Services, LatestNews, Open Government, Other Revenue, Policy, Preschool, School Safety, Special Education, State Aid, Student Achievement, Taxation, Teacher Pay / By asbsd

Seventy-six delegates approved ASBSD’s legislative direction for the upcoming session recently. Delegates ratified 28 resolutions and 11 standing positions, which set the legislative path for the 2018 legislative session, at ASBSD’s Delegate Assembly. Click here to review the resolutions and click here to review the standing positions. “Our work as school boards is …

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SD EPSCoR grants available

Financial Services, LatestNews, Student Achievement / By asbsd

South Dakota EPSCoR – Education/Workforce Development is looking for innovators in the area of career and technical education that would like to create or improve a program that allows students to explore STEM related disciplines. SD EPSCoR will grant approximately $170,000 for applications submitted by school districts and educational service providers in South Dakota. …

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