October29

ASBSD Delegate Assembly scheduled for Nov. 22

Delegate Assembly is a key event in establishing the legislative direction of ASBSD and filling available seats on the Board of Directors.     Delegate Appointment   ASBSD’s Delegate Assembly is the time and place to voice your district’s legislative agenda.   It is essential for member districts to appoint a delegate and have them

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October29

Share your district’s Good News with us

ASBSD wants to hear your district’s good news!   We’re asking you to share feats of accomplishment or innovation, successful cooperative community projects or any story that makes you proud of your district.   Board members and administrators, collaborate with your staff, students and community members to identify a good news story about your district

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October25

Five new resolutions for Delegate Assembly

The legislative interim committee charged with studying school funding concluded its work this month by voting their support of variety of proposed bills and resolutions.   Five of the proposed bills that received support from the funding committee prompted ASBSD to draft new resolutions for our member districts to review and vote on at Delegate Assembly.

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October24

Additional proposals from the Funding Committee

School funding study committee members voted to support two key bills – returning the per-student allocation to $4,805 and implementing a timetable for capital outlay flexibility reduction – that will have lasting effects on K-12 education at their final meeting on Monday (Oct. 21).   In addition to those bills, the committee voted to support

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October24

Funding committee vote favors flexibility reductions

Capital Outlay flexibility concerns were raised by some funding committee members at the start of the study in June. At Monday’s (Oct. 21) fourth and final meeting, they addressed them.   Committee members voted 9-5 to support a bill that would require districts to steadily decrease their reliance on the provision, which allows districts to

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October23

Funding committee vote supports $4,805 bill

In a narrow vote, K-12 education received a needed victory.   Members of the legislative interim committee charged with studying school funding voted 8-7 on Monday (Oct. 21) to support a bill that would ask the legislature to set the per-student allocation at $4,805 – the PSA’s highpoint in 2010. ASBSD has supported a return

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October17

Funding committee meets for fourth time on Monday

Committee members of the education funding study will likely meet for the fourth and likely final time on Monday at the Capitol Building in Pierre.   The study has focused on how the school funding formula affects a district’s decision to seek an opt-out or utilize special tax levies, funding’s effect on graduation and technology’s

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October16

Common Core featured on ASBSD webpage

As dissension grows and more disinformation is distributed about the Common Core standards, ASBSD is seeking to equip our members with accurate and accessible information about the standards.   To do so, we’ve created a Common Core web page that offers answers to Frequently Asked Questions, presentation material, links to the standards and more.  

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October11

Weekly Links

Each week we’ll post links to news stories on K-12 education from the state’s various media outlets.   Argus Leader: Schools continue to adjust to dietary guidelines   KDLT: Bolin continues campaign against Common Core   Keloland: Inside Keloland highlights pros of Common Core   Aberdeen American News:  DOE and BOR work to remedy remedial

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October10

ASBSD School Law Seminars scheduled in October

October is set to bring three ASBSD School Law Seminars with expert panels ready to discuss timely topics in school policy and law to South Dakota school board members and administrators.   Seminar sessions include seven separate 25-minute presentations by some of the state’s foremost school law experts. Topics include: Copyright infringement district web sites;

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