ASBSD is rounding up some of the best minds from the board room for the 2015 School Board President’s Retreat. Share ideas with, learn from and enjoy a weekend with fellow board presidents from across the state at the retreat in Pierre on Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29. Download the …
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To help you prepare for the 2015-16 school year, we’ve prepared a calendar of ASBSD events. Click here to download the calendar. Packed with convenient and informative training and general sessions, the 2015-16 ASBSD events calendar includes a fall schedule with nine Region Meetings located across the state, three school law seminars – …
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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School board members new to the board or those looking to pick up some key information about their role as a school board member should join ASBSD Leadership Development Director Dr. Randall Royer at our upcoming New School Board Member Workshop. The workshops will focus on school board governance, education law for board members, …
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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. …
Senate Education committee members covered a diverse agenda at Thursday’s meeting. Committee members affirmed Governor Dennis Daugaard’s appointment of Dr. Melody Schopp as the state’s Secretary of Education on a 5-0 vote. Senators voted 31-1 in favor of appointment. Sec. Schopp has served as the leader of the Department of Education for four …
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Two bills supported by ASBSD are on their way to the second floor of the Capitol Building to await Gov. Daugaard’s signature. Senators passed a bill strengthening a school district’s local control over curriculum and method of instruction decisions on a 33-1 vote. Sen. Bruce Rampelberg said House Bill 1101 would “make it …
The texts and emails of school board members and other political subdivision representatives are closer to coming under review based on suspicion of open meeting violations. Representatives voted 47-22 in support of House Bill 1153, which would include electronic text colloquy on the list of public records that may be reviewed by the public when …
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Members of the Senate State Affairs committee unanimously passed a bill that requires a governmental entity to post their meeting agenda in a public place for a continuous 24-hour period prior to the meeting. ASBSD supports House Bill 1125, which would add the word “continuous” to the law. Director of Policy and Legal Services Gerry Kaufman said …
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School board members and legislators came together for ASBSD’s Legislative Day on Tuesday (Feb. 17) to honor a few of the state’s best school board members and talk about the future of K-12 education. The two groups of elected officials met for lunch at the Lutheran Memorial Church across the street from the …
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