Policies of a school district, especially those negotiated with bargaining representatives for the protection of teachers, have the full force and effect of law, and legally bind the school district. By Gerry Kaufman, ASBSD Director of Policy & Legal Services Based on legislation emanating from the 2015 legislative session, ASBSD has drafted …
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Join your professional peers, ASBSD and SASD at the premier learning event for school board members and administrators. 2015 ASBSD-SASD Convention is scheduled to take place on Thursday and Friday, August 6-7 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. ASBSD and SASD are once again offering member school districts a great deal when they register 3 school …
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The latest, and potentially most in-depth, study of K-12 education headed down the homestretch eying its end-of-the-year finish line with hopes of finding solutions that live up to its first place name. Yet, after the first meeting (7/7) of the full Blue Ribbon Task Force, the magnitude of the work that lies ahead to …
Members of the South Dakota Legislature’s Minor Boundary Task Force convened on July 9 for their second meeting. The task force was established with the passage of Senate Bill 134 and charged to examine district boundaries and recommend possible changes to boundaries and a process for addressing minor boundary changes. SB 134 also set a …
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Members of the South Dakota legislature’s Government Operation & Audit Committee (GOAC) reviewed the Associated School Board’s Protective Trust health fund – South Dakota School District Benefits Fund – on Monday (6/29). ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany appeared before GOAC to discuss the health fund’s current deficit. Pogany met with the legislature’s Executive Board in May …
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The six dates set for the South Dakota’s Blue Ribbon Task Force to meet now have times and meeting locations attached to them. The goals of the Task Force include ensuring a quality system of schools that focuses on student success, a workforce of great teachers and an efficient, equitable education funding system that focuses on …
School District Boundary Task Force members met for the first time on Wednesday (May 20) to begin review of minor boundary changes. Legislators passed Senate Bill 134 during this year’s session, creating the task force to examine school district boundaries, recommend possible changes to boundaries and recommend a process for addressing minor boundary changes. …
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Members of the South Dakota Legislative Executive Board voted 12-3 to recommend the legislature’s Government Operation & Audit Committee review the Associated School Board’s Protective Trust health fund. The recommendation comes after members discussed the issue of the health fund’s current approximately $10 million deficit with ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany during their meeting …
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ASBSD’s Board of Directors met with members of the Blue Ribbon Task Force at their April meeting to discuss the needs and challenges facing schools and expectations of the task force. Rep. Jacqueline Sly, who will co-chair the committee, and TIE Learning Specialist Dr. Jim Parry joined the Board of Directors in Keystone (read …
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ASBSD Board of Director members met for the second time in 2015 in Keystone on April 24-25 and took part in a strategic planning activity and approved the Association’s fiscal year 2016 budget among other actions. Board of Director members also met with Blue Ribbon Task Force members, read about it here. …
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