At its July meeting, the South Dakota Board of Education
approved changes to administrative rule that offer clarification
on several issues: waiver of administrative rule, definition of
laboratory science, and accreditation for nonpublic schools.
Teacher of the Year finalists
announced
Seven educators have been selected as finalists for the 2007
South Dakota Teacher of the Year. All seven regional winners
will be invited to Governor Rounds’ Teacher Leadership
Conference, where one of them will be revealed as the 2007 South
Dakota Teacher of the Year.
DOE does away with DE1 form for
driver’s ed
Districts will no longer be required to submit the DE1 form,
which identified the qualifications of its driver’s education
instructors. A more streamlined process will result in less
paperwork for schools.
View new social studies content standards
South Dakota’s content standards for social studies have been
completed and approved by the South Dakota Board of Education.
The new standards are
available online.
Program gets kids walking at
school
Students can earn prizes for being active through South Dakota
Schools Walk! The 2006-07 school year marks the fourth year the
program has been promoted by Coordinated School Health.
Tobacco youth survey,
catalog
available
The South Dakota Department of Health announces two new tobacco
related resources. The
2005 Middle School Youth Tobacco Survey is now available
online. The Tobacco Control Program has an
updated
catalog of tobacco prevention items. These resources are
available at no cost.
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