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During the 2014-15 school year the Yankton School Board utilized ASBSD’s School Board U course options in order for five board members to become GAVEL certified, which placed all board members on the same knowledge plane, in an effort dubbed: The Yankton Model. Since that time, Yankton board members have combined to complete 15 School […]
School board members and administrators, ASBSD is looking forward to seeing and hearing from you at our 2016 Fall Region Meetings. ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany will stop at 10 locations across South Dakota to discuss potential legislation for the 2017 session and gather feedback on ASBSD’s legislative platform (download drafts of our Standing Positions and Resolutions).
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A group charged to review school district compliance with the state’s new school funding formula met for the second time this week (10/3). Members of the School Finance Accountability Board recently reviewed a proposed timeline for waivers, examples that compel a district to apply for a waiver and an example of what a waiver
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ASBSD is set to answer your legal questions at this fall’s School Law Seminars. The School Law Seminars will feature a 90-minute bonus session on Tuesday night explaining the updated conflict of interest law passed during the 2016 legislative session and a full-day Wednesday session covering a demonstration from the South Dakota Highway Patrol’s
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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, Nov. 18. Before Delegate Assembly, your district also has the opportunity
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Another piece of the historic education funding package passed by the legislature this year came to fruition on Friday (Sept. 9). Members of the School Finance Accountability Board held their first meeting via teleconference to discuss the responsibilities placed upon them through Senate Bill 131. Board members – who were appointed by Gov.
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It’s been three months since the State implemented the half-penny sales tax the legislature passed. House Bill 1182 provided the means for schools to raise teacher salaries based on the infusion of $67 million into the new state aid formula. As expected, school districts provided raises to teachers using those funds through their collective
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The ASBSD Board ushered in a new year at their August meeting, which was held just before the 2016 ASBSD-SASD Convention. Anita Peterson, Haakon School Board Member, took the reigns as president with the passing of the gavel from Eric Stroeder, Mobridge-Pollock School Board President. Read about it here. Along with the
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ASBSD recently wrapped up a slate of Collective Bargaining Seminars, which covered how districts must apply the new funding formula, the accountability requirements introduced by the new legislation and negotiating teacher salary and benefits. For those not able to attend the in-person training, but interested in the information, we have converted it into training
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With the passage of each piece of Gov. Dennis Daugaard and the Blue Ribbon Task Force’s education funding proposal, the state’s funding formula has transformed immensely. To help explain the changes brought about from Senate Bill 131, Gov. Daugaard’s Chief of Staff Tony Vehnhuizen, Deputy Policy Advisor Patrick Weber and DOE Finance and Management
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