School Safety
ASBSD will continue a coordinating role for an Emergency School Bus Mutual Assistance Pact between school districts for the occasion that a bus traveling outside of the district fails. In the event of an emergency, a school bus driver, or authorized personnel, would call the nearest cooperating district to secure a bus and/or driver …
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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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The 90th legislative summary concluded last week with and with the conclusion comes the publication of the 2015 ASBSD Legislative Summary. You can download the legislative summary here. Or visit our Publications and Forms page – link at the top of the homepage – and download the summary under the “2015 Legislative Session Documents” header. You can …
It had been smooth sailing for Senate Bill 89 until it was sunk in the House chamber on Tuesday (3/3). SB 89, which would require school districts to develop safety plans and conduct lockdown drills, was defeated on 37-30 vote by Representatives; in three previous votes the bill had no “Nays” cast. “We don’t …
Lockdown bill lacks support, Fund Balance bill finds it in House Read More »
House Education committee members unanimously passed Senate Bill 89, which would require school districts to develop safety plans and conduct lockdown drills. “We believe many of the schools in the state have a (lockdown) plan,” SASD Executive Director Rob Monson said. “(Schools) want to make sure students are safe and taken care of. This (bill) …
There will be no new provision to school counselor privilege as members of the House Education Committee voted 9-5 to defer House Bill 1077 to the 41st day. A decision on the bill had been delayed since having its initial hearing in January. House Bill 1077 would have required parental approval to waive a school counselor privilege …
A bill that would align state law with HIPAA regulations in order for schools and other entities to continue to access child immunization records is one step away from full endorsement by the legislature. House Bill 1059 passed the Senate Health and Human Services committee on a 4-2 vote on Wednesday, leaving it only …
Senators unanimously passed two bills being tracked by ASBSD. Senate Bill 89 would require school districts to develop safety plans and conduct lockdown drills. The bill’s main sponsor, Sen. Larry Tidemann, said schools have fire and tornado drills, but this legislation would require them to have a plan in place should a school …
House Bill 1059, which aligns state law with HIPAA regulations in order for schools and other entities to continue to access child immunization records, is headed for the Senate after Representatives passed the bill on a 45-24 vote. “This is a matter of public health,” Rep. Karen Soli said of the bill. HB …
A bill that would require school districts to develop safety plans and conduct of lockdown drills was unanimously approved by members of the Senate Education committee on Thursday (1/29). “School boards and teachers and administrators are all concerned with the safety of our kids,” ASBSD Executive Director Wade Pogany testified in support of Senate …
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