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Bernie Hunhoff Has Low Expectations For Committee

Bernie Hunhoff Has Low Expectations For Committee

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The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students is being assembled by Governor Dennis Daugaard. The task force will re-evaluate the current funding formula, and make recommendations to the 2016 legislature.

Democratic Senator Bernie Hunhoff of Yankton doesn’t expect much from the task force…

 

Hunhoff says they had a good presentation on school funding in this session of the legislature…

 

The first appointments to the task force were announced this week and include legislators and administration officials so far.

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