POLICY ALERT: Legislative Highlights Policy update related to laws passed during the 2024 Legislative Session To view the bills, click on the blue links below. HB 1020: Places suicide training requirement for teachers into the district’s accreditation process rather than the teacher certification. Summary: Prior to beginning employment and every five years thereafter, certified staff […]
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ASBSD has developed an Artificial Intelligence policy for schools while also amending several other sample school board policies. Artificial Intelligence IIBFA: Artificial Intelligence policy to clarify expectations for student and staff use of AI technology. “With Artificial Intelligence being a fast growing and rapidly changing area in education, ASBSD has developed a policy focused on expected use
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2023’s Policies Required by Federal Law and Annual Notices Required by Federal Law has been updated by the National School Boards Association/Council of School Attorneys (NSBA/COSA). Links to the 2023 Policies and Annual Notices Required by Federal Law are posted on the ASBSD Policy Services website in the News window, located on the right hand side of the webpage,
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ASBSD has updated a few policies related to laws passed by the legislature during the 2023 session. “We have put together a recap of the bills passed and signed into law from the 2023 Legislative Session with a relevant impact to policy and other areas in South Dakota public schools,” ASBSD Policy and Legal Services
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A bill permitting the adoption of a new school board policy option passed the legislature this session and with its passing immediately becomes state law. Senate Bill 168 authorizes a school board to adopt policies regarding students who are registered sex offenders and included an emergency clause, which means it is permissible for a
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Five important sample policies related to the legal system in some manner received rewrites or updates to its language. The amended policies include: JEA: Compulsory Attendance Ages, which aligns language in the policy with state statute, references to alternative instruction and removes reference to the School-Based program, as it is referenced in other sample
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ASBSD’s sample policy IGDA: Student Organizations received a full edit. “This is a full policy rewrite,” ASBSD Director of Policy & Legal Services Jessica Filler said. “We recommend school districts who adopted the previous version of sample policy IGDA: Student Organizations consider these changes as soon as they can.” In addition, IGDA-R(1): Student
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Two sample policies pertaining to school staff members received revisions. Modifications to sample policy GBI: Staff Gifts and Solicitations are substantial. “After review of the sample policy, we made significant edits to acceptance of gifts by employees,” ASBSD Director of Policy & Legal Services Jessica Filler said. “In addition, changes were also made
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References to vaping marked the changes in two sample policies. Sample policies AEA: Tobacco and Vaping Free Schools and JFC: Student Conduct received edits by the ASBSD policy team. “Changes made to sample policy AEA: Tobacco and Vaping Free Schools included a prohibition for vaping, as well as the prohibition of distribution or
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Updated terminology was incorporated into multiple sample policies ranging from school board legal status to students in foster care and a few other topics in between. BB: School Board Legal Status Changed reference for Vocational Education to Technical Education DBDA: General Fund Balance Changes the term LEP to the updated term English Learner (EL)
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