One South Dakota Representative is saying that the video lottery funds need to be brought into the discussion with the teacher pay and shortage issue. State Representative Lance Russel of Hot Springs says that it would make sense for the lottery funds to go into the education fund…
90 to 100 million dollars annually flow into the general fund, and Russell wants it to go to the education fund. He says it would have to be used strictly for teacher pay. Governor Dennis Daugaard created the “Blue Ribbon Task Force” to come up with a solution to teacher pay and teacher issues. Russell says his problem with the Task Force is that they are not considering everything…
Russell adds that he feels that the task force has really focused on two matters…
Russell is one of the west river lawmakers that have been advocates for a special session to address teacher shortage and teacher pay.