The first Board of Education Standards' public hearing will be on September 19, 2022 at 9 a.m. in Aberdeen at the Dakota Event Center.  

To persuade the Board of Education Standards (BOES) to NOT APPROVE the new Social Studies Standards, we continue to ask community members to provide public comment on WHY these standards are inappropriate, ask HOW educators are able to inspire learning with a focus only on memorization, and show the IMPACT of having political agendas reflected throughout the curriculum. Your Voice is critical.

All those who wish to provide testimony must register to provide testimony for the upcoming Sept. 19 meeting, please email Ferne Haddock by Sept. 16, 2022, 2 p.m. (Central).

Click on the Action Alert link below for more information, suggested scripts, and help with talking points to easily contact your legislators.

09/14/22 - ACTION ALERT: Department of Education Public Hearing on New Social Studies Standards released

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