Given that the Legislature is showing its willingness to hoghouse bills at the last minute for surprise purposes, I propose several new bills that the…
Tag: education
Senator Brock Greenfield (R-2/Clark) has our state-subsidized dual credit program for high school juniors and seniors on his mind. After reviewing the Legislative Research Council’s…
Representative Tony Randolph (R-35/Rapid City) wasted more of the Legislature’s time this week with House Concurrent Resolution 6012, a restatement of the obvious fact of…
As your next Governor, I vow to repeal the school sentinel program and make it illegal for anyone other than a uniformed law enforcement officer…
Think about your local school district. Can you think of any good programs, classroom or extracurricular, that your school has had to scale back or…
Governor Kristi Noem’s two appointments to the state Board of Education Standards represent two pillars of the South Dakota Republican Party’s approach to government: cronyism…
The West Bend School District in Wisconsin had to pay Don Kirkegaard $175,000 a year, plus $15,000 in moving expenses, to leave his plum post…
On returning from a Thanksgiving holiday in New York City, gubernatorial policy analyst Kennedy Noem mused vaguely on “family, delicious food, new opportunities, and (now…
If Senator Jeff Monroe gets to recycle his creationism-in-disguise bills, then I get to recycle blog posts. The District 24 Senator from Pierre has brought…
Representative Carl Perry (R-3/Aberdeen) offers House Bill 1062, a not quite fully baked idea to promote financial education for all South Dakotans. The bill actually…