Joint Appropriations

State lawmakers on the appropriations committee are rearranging how they want one million dollars distributed to South Dakota Tech schools. Wednesday…

Members of the committee that examines the state’s budget are about halfway through hearing from state departments. Tuesday legislators looking at next…

The South Dakota Joint Appropriations passed a general budget amendment on Friday, increasing funds towards education. Lawmakers agreed that an extra two…

A program that has the goal of graduating at-risk youth won’t receive additional funding this year. Jobs for America’s Graduates, or JAG, is a nationwide…

Lawmakers in control of drafting the state’s general budget Friday defeated two amendments to increase school funding through the per-student allocation.…

The South Dakota House of Representatives is adding addition funding to technical schools. The House passed HB 1142 on Monday afternoon. Republican State…

Officials with South Dakota's universities are at the state capital Wednesday, to let lawmakers know about their goals for the future. They made…

More South Dakotans are using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, than they were five years ago. But the Secretary of the South Dakota…

The South Dakota Department of Education is requesting an increase of $7.8 million in Fiscal Year 2015. That includes Governor Dennis Daugaard’s proposed…

Officials with the South Dakota Department of Education are telling lawmakers about where students are excelling the most and where they’re not. One area…