Associated School Boards of South Dakota

April27: ASBSD Board and Blue Ribbon Task Force members meet

ASBSD’s Board of Directors met with members of the Blue Ribbon Task Force at their April meeting to discuss the needs and challenges facing schools and expectations of the task force. Rep. Jacqueline Sly, who will co-chair the committee, and TIE Learning Specialist Dr. Jim Parry joined the Board of Directors in Keystone (read

April23: Ed. task force listening session dates set, input needed

School board members and administrators can add another date, or six, to their calendar as South Dakota’s Blue Ribbon Task Force – charged with solving the teacher shortage, reviewing school funding and examining student achievement – has scheduled six listening sessions across the state. Meetings are expected to run from 6:30 to 8 p.m.,

April08: 2015 ASBSD Legislative Summary

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

April06: S.D. CTE office seeking applicants for workgroups

The Division of Career & Technical Education invites CTE teachers, school counselors, district administrators, and school board members to participate in a number of content standards revision work groups this summer. Each work group will include approximately 20 members, including secondary Career & Technical Education teachers, postsecondary faculty, and industry representatives. Other

April04: One-third of teaching candidates leave state after graduation

One out of three teaching candidates who graduated from a South Dakota college or university in the past year took an out-of-state position according to a study completed by the South Dakota School Administrators (SASD). The latest data revealed 260 of the more than 770 graduates who obtained an education related degree were placed

March25: Gov. appoints first Task Force members

Gov. Dennis Daugaard made the first wave of appointments to his Blue Ribbon Task Force recently. In February, Gov. Daugaard announced plans for the Task Force, which is charged with solving the teacher shortage, reviewing school funding and examining student achievement. The Task Force will be co-chaired by Rep. Jacqueline Sly and Sen.

March13: Bills calling for repeal of SDHSAA policy, funding online ed. resources defeated

Two K-12 related bills met their ends on Thursday (3/12) after legislative conference committees failed to concur on compromises. House members voted 49-17 to ultimately defeat a bill calling for the repeal of the South Dakota High School Activities Association’s policy on transgender student participation in sports. Rep. Jim Bolin, who was a

March11: Online education resource bill no more, after hoghouse

A bill that would have aided the development of online educational resources is no more after a hoghouse was introduced and approved by House members. Senate Bill 176, which called for the appropriation funds for the development of online resources and a rubric of textbook analysis for use in school districts, took on a

March09: House Appropriations committee passes three K-12 funding bills

Three K-12 related bills passed the House Appropriations committee to start the final week of 90th legislative session. House Appropriators approved Senate Bill 53, which would provide the proposed two percent increase to the state aid formula and bring the per-student allocation to approximately $4,877 for the 2015-16 school year. At two percent,

March09: Bills limiting rule making authority of SDHSAA defeated

Two bills related to the South Dakota High School Activities Association adoption of a transgender student participation policy were voted down by the Senate Education committee. Committee members voted 4-3 to defer House Bill 1195, which declared the transgender policy adopted by the SDHSAA void, to the 41st day. House Bill 1161, which limited