commending and honoring Duane Alm for his more than sixty years of dutiful service to the Aberdeen School District as an educator, administrator, and school board member, and for being the recipient of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota's School Bell Award for 2025.

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commending and honoring Duane Alm for his more than sixty years of dutiful service to the Aberdeen School District as an educator, administrator, and school board member, and for being the recipient of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota's School Bell Award for 2025.

commending and honoring Duane Alm for his more than sixty years of dutiful service to the Aberdeen School District as an educator, administrator, and school board member, and for being the recipient of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota's School Bell Award for 2025.

What This Bill Does

• commending and honoring Duane Alm for his more than sixty years of dutiful service to the Aberdeen School District as an educator, administrator, and school board member, and for being the recipient of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota's School Bell Award for 2025.
• Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4817/Detail">Schoenfish</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4741/Detail">Crabtree</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4745/Detail">Deibert</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4748/Detail">Duhamel</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4791/Detail">Muckey</a> and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4796/Detail">Novstrup</a>

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Official Summary Text

commending and honoring Duane Alm for his more than sixty years of dutiful service to the Aberdeen School District as an educator, administrator, and school board member, and for being the recipient of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota's School Bell Award for 2025.
Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4817/Detail">Schoenfish</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4741/Detail">Crabtree</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4745/Detail">Deibert</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4748/Detail">Duhamel</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4791/Detail">Muckey</a> and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4796/Detail">Novstrup</a>

Current Bill Text

Senate Commemoration 809
Introduced by: Senators Schoenfish, Crabtree, Deibert, Duhamel, and Perry and Representatives Muckey and
Novstrup

A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION commending and honoring Duane Alm for his
more than sixty years of dutiful service to the Aberdeen School District as an
educator, administrator, and school board member, and for being the
recipient of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota's School Bell Award
for 2025.
WHEREAS, Duane has displayed an unwavering dedication to ensuring students, both in
Aberdeen and statewide, have received the best possible public education they can while also
being an exceptional leader in each of his roles in the Aberdeen School District; and
WHEREAS, his leadership skills transferred well to his role with the Associated School
Boards of South Dakota, where he served more than twenty years on the Board of Directors,
including two terms as President, and at the national level where he served on e term as
President of the National School Board Association's Western Region; and
WHEREAS, Duane has been a tireless advocate for public education in the legislative arena
and has epitomized the role of a public servant to South Dakota's public education system;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundred First Legislature of the
State of South Dakota, that Duane Alm of Aberdeen is commended on his past, present, and
future efforts to enhance the educational opportunities for the K-12 students of this state.