Associated School Boards of South Dakota

December29: The important dates of the 2016 legislative calendar

We’re coming up on the 2016 legislative and it’s time to take a look at the calendar. The 38 days in the 91st legislative session’s calendar begin on January 12 with the State of the State Address from Gov. Dennis Daugaard expected to be highlighted by his proposal related to improving teacher salaries. As

December17: Flett earns ASBOI school business official certification

ASBSD Chief Financial Officer Matt Flett recently earned the Certified Administrator of School Finance and Operations (SFO) certification by the Association for School Business Officials International (ASBO International). The SFO Certification is granted to highly qualified individuals who fulfill multiple requirements, including demonstrating eligibility through work experience and education, passing a comprehensive two-part

December17: Learn how a S.D. school district saves dollars with BoardDocs

Interested in learning about saving dollars in your district’s budget just by going paperless at your meetings? Join ASBSD, BoardDocs and representatives from the McLaughlin School District as they discuss the many benefits of going paperless during a FREE webinar on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 11 a.m. (CDT). To register for the webinar: Click here

December17: Every Student Succeeds Act signed into law

The end of No Child Left Behind came recently with the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which serves as the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. President Barack Obama signed ESSA into law on December 10, one day after the bill passed the U.S. Senate 85-12 and

December16: Share a trip to ASBSD’s Carpool Events

To start 2016, ASBSD is offering member districts a new event opportunity: The Carpool Event. ASBSD’s Collective Bargaining Seminars and LAN Training events will coincide with each other, but are two separate events, on three Saturdays in January to present school board members and administrators the opportunity to carpool to the location. “The

December12: Get your district’s stories ready for The Good News Bulletin

Get your district’s good news ready. ASBSD invites you to share your district’s feats of accomplishment or innovation, successful cooperative community projects or any story that makes you proud of your district for our third edition of The Good News Bulletin. “Every school district has good news to share,” said ASBSD Executive Director

December08: Gov. Daugaard says teacher pay needs improvement, proposal coming in January

Gov. Dennis Daugaard punctuated his budget address on Tuesday (Dec. 8) by stating teacher salaries in South Dakota need to be improved. “I agree that South Dakota needs to increase teacher salaries,” Gov. Daugaard said, noting that the state was falling behind other states in the upper plains region. “The public expects us

December03: ASBSD Board welcomes new member, discusses BRTF

Members of the ASBSD Board of Directors met last month and welcomed a new member to the board and reviewed the recommendations from the Blue Ribbon Task Force. The Board of Directors were joined by Howard School Board President Rick Olson, who was recently appointed by ASBSD President Eric Stroeder to represent the Southeast

December01: Has your district appointed an ASBSD LAN member?

It’s time again to activate the ASBSD Legislative Action Network (LAN). The 2016 legislative session is two months away and we’re preparing our member districts for session through LAN, which is designed to activate local school board members to communicate to legislators the positions of ASBSD and their local board on legislative issues relating to public