Governor Dennis Daugaard scratched his veto itch today. Stricken by the Governor’s pen today were these five bills: House Bill 1156: This bill would have allowed individuals with…
Tag: education
South Dakota to Spend 0.73% Less in FY2018… and Some Education Funding Notes! Senator Stace Nelson is already cranky about the state budget. This fun…
Well, I screwed that story up. Yesterday I reported, based on a hasty reading of Senate Bill 35 that the conference committee had stripped the…
Repeating a line from President George W. Bush in 2002 and President Barack Obama in 2011, President Donald Trump told Congress and the nation last night that education is…
In a video extra for the radio (I love the 21st century!), The Greg Belfrage Show producer Todd Epp asked me about Senate Bill 134, the bill…
Senate Education amended Senate Bill 134 yesterday. What was originally a blanket ban on any political speech in public schools is now a slightly more…
House Bill 1196 originally sought to drop our mandatory school attendance age back to 16. House Education hoghoused HB 1196 last Wednesday to clamp down on…
Senator Mike Rounds said South Dakotans don’t have to worry about his constituent-defying vote to confirm the President’s dangerously unqualified Education Secretary because her signature plan, vouchers…
Profs at the School of Mines are worried that renovation of McLaury Hall means they’ll lose their chalkboards: “Everybody’s really concerned that they’re going to come…
Does no one in the Republican Party respect the will of the voters? Senator Mike Rounds admits that a majority of South Dakotans who contacted…