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Appoint your district’s delegate for the 2017 ASBSD Delegate Assembly

ASBSD’s Delegate Assembly is the time and place to establish your state school board association’s legislative direction and share your district’s view on key legislative topics. Delegates will vote on ASBSD’s resolutions and standing positions, which set the legislative path for the 2018 legislative session. Click the links to review ASBSD’s proposed resolutions and standing positions for …

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Accountability Board reviews waiver process, updates procedures

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Members of the board charged to review school district compliance with state mandates related to teacher pay recently discussed the upcoming waiver process for not meeting teacher pay mandates. Thirty-six South Dakota school districts missed the mandates for the 2016-17 school year, which required 85 percent of the total state aid dollars be allocated for …

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Share your thoughts with ASBSD at our region meetings

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Share your thoughts on the issues surrounding public education and ASBSD at a 2017 Fall Region Meeting. ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany will visit 12 locations across South Dakota to discuss potential legislation for the 2018 session and gather feedback on ASBSD’s legislative platform (download drafts of our Resolutions and Standing Positions), as well …

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Review ASBSD’s updated legislative positions before 2017 Delegate Assembly

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At their August meeting, members of the ASBSD Board of Directors approved amendments, additions and deletions to the Association’s legislative resolutions and standing positions, which were recommended by the ASBSD Policy and Resolutions Committee. The resolutions and standing positions set the legislative direction of ASBSD and are set to be voted on by member …

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Revenue numbers rebound in September

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State revenue numbers rebounded in September despite sales tax figures coming in under projection for the second consecutive month. Total revenue figures for the month of September in South Dakota were $3.5 million higher for the month than those adopted by the legislature earlier this year. Sale tax figures, however, came in under projection …

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Join the best minds in school law at our final seminar of the fall

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Join the best minds in school law at three locations across South Dakota this fall to get your legal questions answered. ASBSD and COSA will host School Law Seminars featuring a 90-minute session on Tuesday night discussing student related issues and a full-day Wednesday session covering criminal background checks, the conflict of interest law, opt-outs, …

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ASBSD Board starts new year at August meeting

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The ASBSD Board ushered in a new year at their August meeting, which was held just before the 2017 ASBSD-SASD Convention. Todd Thoelke, Sioux Falls School Board Member, took the reigns as president with the passing of the gavel from Anita Peterson, Haakon School Board Member. Read about it here. Along with the …

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