South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard brought his State of the State address to Huron Tuesday. Reciting a compressed version of the speech he gave to the full Legislature, Daugaard says he’s asking lawmakers to bump the state sales tax to four point five percent…
The average teacher salary is pegged at 48-thousand 500 dollars and the average student teacher ratio is set at 15 to one for districts with 600 students or more. 200 students or less would be 12 point five to one. Daugaard says the districts will ultimately decide how to use the funds…
The Governor also wants to level the playing field between districts that get special funds and those that don’t…
Daugaard’s proposal also includes changes to slow the rapid growth of Capital Outlay funds and redistribute some for teacher pay.