October26

Sign up for School Board U’s revamped Fiscal Responsibility course

South Dakota remodeled its state funding formula in 2016 so ASBSD revamped its School Board U GAVEL Fiscal Responsibility course.   The latest rendition of the fiscal responsibility course – available to you through our online training site – presents the basics on school district finances and helps board members better understand the state’s new

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October21

The Yankton Model

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

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October19

Reach out to ASBSD at our Region Meetings

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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October19

Fund your CTE program through a Workforce Ed. Grant

The Department of Education is now accepting applications for the 2017 Workforce Education Grants, which offer districts a chance to make transformative changes in their career and technical education programs.   Resources for the 2017 Workforce Education Grants are available on the Department of Education website and, in addition, DOE CTE staff will hold conference calls

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October19

EPSCoR grants available for STEM programs

South Dakota EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) is looking for innovators in the area of career and technical education who would like to create or improve a program facilitating the exploration of STEM disciplines by students.   EPSCoR was established by the National Science Foundation to strengthen research and education in STEM and

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October06

Finance Accountability Board meets for second time

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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October04

South Dakota’s 2016 report card shows assessment score growth

South Dakota students showed positive growth in state assessments this year.   The South Dakota Department of Education released the 2016 South Dakota Report Card – a review of schools’ performance based on multiple indicators – on Tuesday (10/4). The report card showed students scoring proficient on the English language arts and math assessments had

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October04

Download the 2016-17 Emergency School Bus Pact

ASBSD has continued its coordinating role for the Emergency School Bus Mutual Assistance Pact between school districts, which operates in the event a bus traveling outside of its home district fails and is in need of assistance.   ASBSD has collected and supplied a list of emergency phone numbers for the cooperating districts so they

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October03

Read the latest edition of the School Safety Matters newsletter

The latest edition of SafeSchools’ School Safety Newsletter is available.   Give the School Safety Matters newsletter a read here.   This edition of the newsletter features information on school bullying, school bus safety, a new SafeSchools training course on terrorism awareness and prevention and much more.     ASBSD and SafeSchools have partenered to bring all member

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