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SDPBLocal school districts are beginning to set their budgets for the coming academic year. However, there are new challenges as COVID-era funding moves further into the past and a new crop of legislators leave their fingerprints on law. -
Courtesy/South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologySouth Dakota Mines hasn’t hosted a speech team in a half-century, but its legacy is living on through a new tournament.
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The state Historical Society is now accepting entries for the “This Place Matters” essay contest. It’s open now through March 14. -
The bill sponsor says it would close the gap between admin and teachers, but opponents say it’s the wrong solution to the teacher pay question. -
A House education panel is recommending a budget committee not cut the state library budget. The idea was first proposed in December by former-Governor Kristi Noem, who is now Secretary of Homeland Security. -
The state House of Representatives is rejecting a bill that would require cash payments for admission to state school-affiliated events. -
A House committee is advancing a bill requiring schools to implement chaplain or volunteer policies. -
A South Dakota legislative committee is punting on a bill that provides free school breakfast and lunch for low-income students. But the idea is not dead. -
A bill seeking to clarify stopping restrictions and add cameras to school busses advances from committee this week. -
Lawmakers are looking at a bill that requires schools to display the 10 Commandments in the classroom. -
A pair of bills to create program like private school voucher systems in South Dakota were killed in committee. -
A new education assessment report puts South Dakota students at or above the national average in two subjects.
