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Online training available through ASBSD’s School Board U!

Complete training individually, at your own pace and from the comfort of your own home with ASBSD’s School Board U! School Board U is our online training site to cover your training needs and enhance your knowledge of school board work. Your SBU training will consist of an interactive video presented by ASBSD Board Development …

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Connect with school leaders & learn from great presenters at the 2023 ASBSD-SASD Convention

“It is important to go to this Convention to connect with your home team, other teams, hear what is happening and learn from others.” That’s one attendee from last year’s ASBSD-SASD Convention said about the Premier Learning Event for School Board Members and Administrators, and we invite you to connect and learn at the 2023 …

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2023 Legislative Cracker Barrel list

Legislative Cracker Barrels in your area offer access to your local legislators, as well as the chance to hear their answers on a variety of legislative topics.   Below you will find a list of dates and locations of legislative cracker barrels being held throughout South Dakota that have been posted thus far.   Please …

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2023 ASBSD Billtracker Update: One voucher bill down, one upcoming, contact your Reps

Two school voucher bills were introduced for the 2023 legislative session and are posted on ASBSD’s Billtracker page, with one having recently been defeated and another with a legislative committee hearing upcoming.   You can read about the taxation bills & revenue here, the juvenile justice bills here, the bills that are moving on here …

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2023 ASBSD Billtracker Update:…Bills that are gone

Nearly one-third of the pieces of legislation being tracked by ASBSD on our Billtracker page have been ousted from the process for the 2023 legislative session.   You can read about the taxation bills & revenue here, the school voucher bills here, the juvenile justice bills here and the bills that are moving on here. …

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2023 ASBSD Billtracker Update: Week Three

There’s three weeks gone in this year’s legislative session and the deadline to submit legislation comes this coming Thursday (2/2) so we’ll see what will join the 58-pieces of legislation currently being tracked on ASBSD’s Billtracker.   Learn how ASBSD Billtracker works here.   More than half of the 58 legislative proposals have ASBSD taking …

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One more LAN Update webinar coming up

South Dakota’s public education system needs supportive voices. Many voices.   Our advocacy efforts must be united, informed and ready as the 2023 legislative session is likely to bring legislation with potentially long-reaching harmful effects to public schools, especially to funding.   “Vouchers, tax cuts, uncertain state aid increases, and that’s just the funding side,” …

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New scholarship program bill introduced, discussed in comm.

A new scholarship program using public dollars for private education has been introduced as a bill and more detail was provided on the aims of the program.   Senate Bill 100, which creates a scholarship program utilizing public funds for private education and other services, was introduced in the third week of the 2023 legislative …

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School reps discuss juvenile justice system with legis. comm.

Representatives from the education community shared their thoughts with a legislative committee on schools and the juvenile justice system.   ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany, Large School Group Representative Dianna Miller and SASD Executive Director Rob Monson discussed the issues schools are facing when dealing with juvenile offenders and potential solutions with the Senate Judiciary …

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2023 ASBSD Billtracker Update: Week One

Legislative session’s through one week and the ASBSD Billtracker has accumulated 19-pieces of legislation so far.   Learn how ASBSD Billtracker works here.   Thus far, ASBSD is supporting six bills, opposing three and 10 more are listed as “monitor.” Positions on pieces of legislation are determined by member boards by voting at the Delegate Assembly …

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