Teachers

Lawmakers are endorsing a sales tax increase for teacher pay. House Bill 1182 adds one half-penny to the state’s sales tax to generate money for education…

Members of South Dakota’s legislature say they have to do something for education funding this session, but they don’t agree on how to fund any…

Two bills that establish new guidelines for education funding in South Dakota move on to full consideration in the State Senate. This happened as members…

One vote on the House floor Thursday killed a sales tax increase that supports teacher pay. A tax hike requires a super-majority, so the bill needed…

As a bill to increase the sales tax to benefit teacher pay trudges through the Statehouse, some Republican lawmakers are floating an alternative plan that…

A Republican leader says lawmakers working to raise teacher pay have a major concern: accountability. Republicans – and Democrats at the Statehouse want…

Teachers from across the state say they’re traveling to Pierre to support education funding, yet not everyone is convinced the move is right. A leading…

Debate on a possible tax hike to fund education is stalled in the State House until next week. Educators who support more money for teacher pay packed the…

Lawmakers in Pierre support the first element of Governor Dennis Daugaard’s proposal to infuse more money into schools for teacher pay. House Bill 1182 is…

State lawmakers killed a bill Thursday that allows science teachers to incorporate information outside the approved curriculum to help students analyze…