Associated School Boards of South Dakota

March19: SFAB reviews latest waiver process

The focus of the waiver process turns to general fund cash balance in 2018. Last year, members of the School Finance Accountability Board acted on teacher compensation waivers and at their first meeting of the year (3/12), the board took a look at the general fund cash balance waiver process. “I know that

March18: Submit your district’s student for the 2018 Academic Excellence Banquet

School board members and superintendents remind your district’s high school principal(s) to identify and submit the name(s) of the academic top one percent of the 2018 senior class to be honored at the Academic Excellence Recognition Banquet. Gov. Dennis Daugaard and ASBSD, in cooperation with the Department of Education and the School Administrators of South Dakota, are hosting

March17: Teacher Compensation Review Board members appointed

A new board charged with studying South Dakota’s progress on teacher pay has been appointed. Established in 2016 as part of legislation that overhauled the state’s funding formula, the nine-member Teacher Compensation Review Board will review teacher compensation, including comparable wage indexes in surrounding states. “The appointees have been made,” Department of Education

March14: Apply for a Workforce Education Grant

This year, up to $900,000 in grants will be awarded to fund Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs in secondary schools. The Workforce Education Grants provide school districts the opportunity to make transformative change in career and technical education programs. These grants can efficiently increase the number of students with access to high quality career and

March13: Work Comp members placing AED units provided by fund

ASB Workers’ Compensation Fund member districts and education co-ops have received their free AED units. As a leader in school risk, ASBSD and the Protective Trust granted a Zoll AED Plus free of charge to Workers’ Compensation Fund members. The Zoll AED Plus includes a CPR component unique to AED units and has a shelf-life of 5

March11: Collective Bargaining Seminars set for March

ASBSD will host three Collective Bargaining Seminars in March to update school board members and administrators on the many facets of negotiations process for teachers and staff. The 2018 Collective Bargaining Seminars will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on: Seminars will cover how districts must apply the funding formula and

March09: Schools receive ongoing increase, one-time money

Schools will receive an ongoing increase for next school year, as well as one-time money this year, after legislators approved three bills on the final days of the full run of session. A one percent increase – equaling approximately $12 in new money – in state aid and special education will be sent to

March09: Restraint and seclusion policy bill passes both chambers

The two chambers of the Capitol came together on a bill requiring school districts to adopt a restraint and seclusion policy to send it to the governor’s desk. House members passed Senate Bill 46, which requires school districts to adopt a policy limiting the use of restraint and seclusion, on a 52-12 vote and

March08: Gov. gets look at cap outlay obligations bill

The governor will get a look at a bill adjusting capital outlay caps. Senators passed House Bill 1297, which revises certain provisions regarding capital outlay obligations, on a 33-1 vote. HB 1297 permit districts to raise their C/O levy to a level necessary to cover their capital outlay obligations and allows them to utilize

March08: Tribal regalia defined in bill bound for Gov.

The bill defining tribal regalia reached the governor’s office. Senators passed an amended version of House Bill 1252, which prohibits certain government entities from prohibiting any person from wearing traditional tribal regalia or objects of cultural significance at a school honoring or graduation ceremony, on a 34-0 vote. “I just appreciate the discussion,” Sen.