The South Dakota Budget and Policy Institute held a series of public meetings around the state last fall, talking about education, and how best to fund it. Institute Director Joy Smolnisky says she gave the results of their meetings to the legislature…
While legislators have said the state does not have the money to spend more on education, Smolnisky says they have found money for other needs…
Smolnisky says it is a matter of priorities and policy for state lawmakers…
Smolnisky says stagnating test scores should be alarming to parents and legislators. She says it can take generations to push those results back up.