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The Hankinson Academic Olympic team participated in the Region Acalympics Competition at Oak Grove Lutheran School, Fargo, North Dakota, on Tuesday, March 12. The team consisted of a total of

A bill requiring public schools to raise teacher pay with no promise of new state funding passed a legislative committee Wednesday in Pierre. Nobody testified against the legislation, but several lobbyists representing the education community called it a work in progress. “It is not a perfect bill, but a compromise that will hopefully help us […]

After a heated discussion about K-12 education in South Dakota, lawmakers on the House Education committee voted 10-5 to pass Senate Bill 72 to the House floor. SB72, which increases the amount insurance companies can divert money owed to the state treasury into a scholarship fund from $3 million to $5 million, has already passed the Senate by a 25-7 vote earlier this month. 

The House Education committee advanced a bill continuing a program allowing tax credits to businesses supporting sending students to private schools.

A proposal to redefine literacy standards for South Dakota educators has advanced from the House Education committee.

A bill promoting new school safety regulations was rejected by the Senate education committee.

"We're told time after time not to consider any alternatives [to public school] other than more funding, and you wonder why parents are crying out for choice," one proponent said.

"We're told time after time not to consider any alternatives [to public school] other than more funding, and you wonder why parents are crying out for choice," one proponent said.

"We're told time after time not to consider any alternatives [to public school] other than more funding, and you wonder why parents are crying out for choice," one proponent said.

A bill that would have used South Dakota taxpayer dollars on private school vouchers was killed in the House Education Committee this week.