Consolidated Applications due July 1  
The due date to submit your Consolidated Application is July 1, 2005. Read on for details.

Special education teachers: Determining highly qualified status
This memorandum provides guidance for special education teachers to determine their status under No Child Left Behind.

Business Official endorsement reinstated
The Board of Education has restored the “Business Official” endorsement that allows business officials to be certified.

Law institute for education leaders to be held
The first-ever South Dakota School Law Institute will be held June 28-29 at Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls.

Celebrate Constitution Day
Last summer, Congress passed a little-known law requiring schools that receive federal funds to hold an informational program on the U.S. Constitution.

Districts must report criminal convictions
Superintendents should remember that state statute calls for mandatory reporting of criminal convictions. Read on for requirements.