Open Government
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 entire Senate Education committee returns intact for the 2018 legislative session. Sen. Jim Bolin continues as Chair of the seven member committee, which is scheduled to meet on Tuesday and Thursday at 7:45 a.m. Let’s meet the committee members: Sen. Jim Bolin (District 16) enters his tenth year in the legislature with 2018 …
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 …
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 …
South Dakota’s Open Meetings Law Brochure has been updated and recently published. ASBSD assisted in the preparation of the brochure, which is a guide to South Dakota’s Open Meetings Law, and encourages board members and administrators to review it to stay up-to-date on the all-important statutes. Download the Open Meetings Law Brochure here. …
District appointed Delegates should join fellow board members at ASBSD’s Delegate Assembly to help establish their state school board association’s legislative direction and share their 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, on Friday, November 17 …
Delegates: Join us at Delegate Assembly on Friday (Nov. 17) Read More »
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 …
Accountability Board reviews waiver process, updates procedures Read More »
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 …
Review ASBSD’s updated legislative positions before 2017 Delegate Assembly Read More »
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, …
Join the best minds in school law at our final seminar of the fall Read More »
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 ASBSD recently updated our sample Criminal Background Check policy and exhibit and …
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