Member districts sent their delegates to Pierre recently to help set the legislative direction for ASBSD. Eighty appointed delegates – who were school board members tabbed by their local boards to represent them – attended the 2021 Delegate Assembly in Pierre to pass 40 resolutions and 12 standing positions that will help the Association …
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Before we know it, legislative session will be here along with bills aplenty dealing with public education. ASBSD is requesting school boards and administrators sit down with there local legislators this fall to discuss the upcoming session and advocate for their support of South Dakota’s public education system. “Public education could face another …
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ASBSD member districts each need to appoint a Delegate to represent their school board at the 2021 ASBSD Delegate Assembly where their vote on resolutions and standing positions will help set the legislative direction of the Association. Click the links to review ASBSD’s proposed resolutions and standing positions for the upcoming legislative session and click here to …
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Wednesdays with Wade returns this fall in-person AND online. Join ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany at a school or on Zoom for any of the upcoming seven meetings where he will discuss ASBSD’s resolutions & standing positions, school funding and potential legislation for the 2022 legislative session, the need to advocate for support of …
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ASBSD’s proposed legislative platform for the 2022 legislative session is ready for review ahead of this year’s Delegate Assembly. The resolutions and standing positions dictate the legislative direction of ASBSD and are voted on by member districts at Delegate Assembly. The 2021 Delegate Assembly is set for Friday, November 19 in Pierre at …
Updates made to 2022 ASBSD Legislative Resolutions and Standing Positions Read More »
More than half of the public school boards in South Dakota earned an ALL Award in the 2020-21 school year. In the fifth year of ASBSD’s board recognition program: ALL, which stands for Act, Learn, Lead, 77 school boards, a program record, earned a Gold, Silver or Bronze award. In 2019-20 66 school boards earned …
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ASBSD’s Board of Directors began the 2021-22 year by discussing the board’s executive committee, welcoming two new members and welcoming back two directors, and more. The ASBSD Board of Directors met the day prior to the 2021 ASBSD-SASD Convention and decided to maintain the current Executive Committee for the board in order to allow …
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. Wessington Springs Ed. Assoc. v. Wessington springs Sch. Dist., 467 N.W. 2d 101 (S.D. 1991). Student and staff health and safety related policies recently received …
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Expert school law information is still available in eight webinars this year – at a lower rate! The great minds in school law in South Dakota covered eight legal topics affecting school districts each in an hour-long webinar and you can still register for them to receive the recordings. For just $25, you …
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Schools are set to receive one-time funding from the 2021 legislative session. Senate Bill 64, which Revises the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2021, passed the Joint Appropriations committee 18-0, the Senate floor 34-0 and the House floor 58-11. ASBSD supported the bill, which will provide $11 million in one-time funding to …
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