The Swier Law Firm Education Law Blog
Our team is keeping you informed and up to date on the latest happenings on the law in South Dakota. Read more on our blog.
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Rapid City School District Seeks $250M For School Buildings Rapid City school officials are considering a $250 million bond issue that would raise property taxes to fund a massive overhaul of the district's facilities. -
Great Story About Sturgis Activities Director Todd Palmer! Todd Palmer told his fellow athletic directors Wednesday about how excited he was to watch his daughter make her way to the Sweet 16 in Portland, Oregon. -
Federal Court Allows Title IX Claim To Continue Plaintiffs Tessa Farmer and Sara Weckhorst, two students at Kansas State University (“KSU”), alleged KSU violated Title IX by being deliberately indifferent. -
Bill Targeting Transgender Athlete Policy Fails In House South Dakota's House has rejected a measure seeking to scrap a policy allowing transgender students to play on the athletic team that matches their gender. -
Harrisburg school board names 3 finalists for superintendent The Harrisburg School District is another step closer to finding its new leader. -
Swier Law Firm Conducts FERPA Privacy Webinar For SASD On Thursday, February 21, 2019, Scott Swier conducted a webinar for the School Administrators of South Dakota. -
Opponents Urge Lawmakers To Defeat Transgender Athlete Bill Bills legislating transgender students put a target on every transgender South Dakotan, a House committee was told on Tuesday. -
South Dakota Educators Balk At Proposed Ban On Gender South Dakota lawmakers drew criticism from education officials and human rights advocates after proposing to limit how classrooms address gender and sexuality. -
South Dakota Senate Panel Rejects Transgender Bill A S.D. Senate panel has rejected a bill to void a policy that lets transgender students play on athletic teams that match their gender identity. -
Swier Law Firm Conducts Webinar for School Administrators On Thursday, January 17, 2019, Scott Swier conducted a webinar for the School Administrators of South Dakota.
About Swier Law Firm's Education Law Practice Group
Swier Law Firm recognizes the needs of South Dakota's school officials to obtain first-rate legal advice on a broad range of issues. Our Education Law Practice Group provides creative, timely, and cost-efficient legal strategies that balance the needs of students, parents, employees, and citizens with the interests of keeping a school district on solid legal footing.
The Group's attorneys author The South Dakota School Law Deskbook and South Dakota School Law Notes. The Group's attorneys also have years of experience teaching the popular "Education and the Law" class at the University of South Dakota School of Law.
Swier Law Firm serves as legal counsel for school districts throughout the state and for the School Administrators of South Dakota and its membership. SASD is an educational association comprised of over 800 school administrators (Superintendents, Business Managers, Principals, Special Education Directors, and Curriculum Directors) throughout South Dakota.
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