Aw, Brinda Kuhn! By refusing to come talk to GOAC in Pierre next week, you’re missing your chance to talk about draft legislation that could…
Tag: GEAR UP
Could Caleb Finck replace Stace Nelson as District 19’s Senator in the 2018 Session? Maybe, if this letter from the Government Operations and Audit Committee…
The Government Operations and Audit Committee may feel like an ugly duckling. GOAC voted unanimously to invite four people to its August 29 meeting to testify…
Remember back in March 2016 when KELO-TV reported that the South Dakota Department of Education had received warnings about misuse of federal GEAR UP grant…
There’s a lot popping with the Government Operations and Audit Committee’s inquiry into the GEAR UP scandal. Expect multiple posts. First up, Special Assistant Attorney…
Education Secretary Melody Schopp raised my eyebrows with her claim last week that the Mid-Central Educational Cooperative scandal didn’t lose any federal GEAR UP grant…
In over three hours of testimony to the the Government Operations and Audit Committee in Pierre yesterday, Secretary of Education Melody Schopp said none of…
Auditor General Briefs GOAC on Mid-Central/GEAR UP Tuesday; Nelson Demanding Answers from Schoenfish
Correction/Update 16:11 CDT: Auditor General Marty Gunidon e-mailed me to correct my original report. He will not be presenting his final report on Mid-Central/GEAR UP on Tuesday. He…
In a April 6, 2017, letter, 20 legislators led by Representative Elizabeth May (R-27/Kyle) ask their colleagues on the Government Audit and Operations Committee to hold public…
The pivotal argument in the GEAR UP trials may be a political argument: Guericke’s defense attorney, Mike Butler, says his client’s only crime was trusting Scott…