School is out! Which for South Dakotans means it’s time for boating, grilling, questionable firework decisions, and of course, school district policy review! Well fine, maybe that last one isn’t as exciting as the others. As we type this message grateful for the fingers we’ve only narrowly avoided losing, we are certainly excited to get started on our end.
For KSB Policy Service Subscribers, we will send out our complete policy updates on Tuesday, June 27. These updates will include:
A redline version of each policy to be updated;
A clean version of each policy to be updated;
A memorandum explaining each change and whether KSB advises that the change is mandatory, recommended, or optional; and
A list of all required annual notices to be given.
On Thursday, June 29, KSB will then host a webinar where we will go through each change and discuss any questions subscribers may have. After the webinar, subscribers will be able to adopt the updates at their annual meetings in July. We will also record this webinar and send it out to subscribers who aren’t able to attend live.
For anyone reading this who is not a subscriber, our policy service is always looking to take some things off of your plate. We have grown our subscriber list significantly in the last year. Our policy service is first and foremost exactly that – a service. It is not a book of policies we provide without explanation of our decisions. Instead, we provide policies to our subscribers and then go through the policies with the client. Some schools tweak or add to the policies while some adopt them “as is.” Once the adoption process is complete, all policy questions and most instances of unique drafting are included in the original subscription and are not billed. We also provide handbooks which are a companion to the KSB policies and are up-to-date for legal compliance as well. If you have any questions about policy compliance or KSB’s policy service, reach out to Karen, Steve, Bobby, Coady, Jordan, Tyler or Sara at ksb@ksbschoollaw.com.