Education committee members and Senators passed a bill mandating the posting of specific school board and district election information. On a 5-2 vote, Senate Education committee members passed Senate Bill 66, which requires school boards to post information related to school district elections within their board minutes. The bill also passed the Senate on …
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Make 2018 your district’s safest yet with help from ASBSD and SafeSchools. ASBSD and SafeSchools have partnered to bring each of our member districts access to a market-leading training system to meet your staff’s training needs with members of ASBPT’s Workers’ Compensation fund and Property/Liability fund receiving access at no cost and all other ASBSD members receive …
Familiar faces will fill the Capitol Building’s room 413 in the morning hours when the House Education committee meets during the 2018 legislative session. Nearly all 15 committee members that served on House Ed. last year return to the committee. Rep. Marli Wiese will take Rep. Craig Tieszen’s seat on the committee after his tragic …
The 2018 legislative session begins next week (Jan. 9) and ASBSD has you covered for coverage of the daily occurrences in the legislature. Four ASBSD resources will help you keep up-to-date on the 93rd legislative session, they include: ASBSD Bill Tracker ASBSD Blog Legislative Session Documents List of Legislative Cracker Barrels ASBSD Bill Tracker provides you …
Advocating on behalf of our public school system is an important job and ASBSD’s Legislative Action Network (LAN) steps up to take on that task. With the 2018 legislative session just two months away, we’re preparing for session by activating ASBSD LAN, which is designed to activate local school board members to communicate to legislators the …
SafeSchools’ latest School Safety Newsletter is now available. Give the December edition of the School Safety Matters newsletter a read here. This month’s newsletter links to a newer SafeSchools course on Communication Skills and Style, shares information on Human Trafficking Awareness and much more with readers. For a slightly more than a year, ASBSD …
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Seventy-six delegates approved ASBSD’s legislative direction for the upcoming session recently. Delegates ratified 28 resolutions and 11 standing positions, which set the legislative path for the 2018 legislative session, at ASBSD’s Delegate Assembly. Click here to review the resolutions and click here to review the standing positions. “Our work as school boards is …
ASBSD’s Board of Directors met for the final time in 2017 prior to ASBSD’s Delegate Assembly. Board members again reviewed the Association’s 28 resolutions and 11 standing positions, which set the legislative path for the 2018 legislative session, and approved ASBSD’s Advocacy Priorities prior to their presentation to the delegates. Read a recap …
For a slightly more than a year, ASBSD and SafeSchools have partnered to bring each of our member districts access to a market-leading training system to meet your staff’s training needs. “The training courses are all school-focused,” ASBSD CFO and ASBPT Director Matt Flett said. “Each piece of content is relevant and applicable to …
ASBSD’s online policy services community added FIVE new members recently. The Deuel, Dupree, Haakon, Lemmon and Sisseton School Districts joined 14 other South Dakota school districts in simplifying their school board policy process with help from ASBSD. “The school board and administration wanted to revise existing policy to reflect current issues and legislation,” …
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