A legislative summer committee looking at the South Dakota High School Activities Association held their first meeting last Friday in Pierre.

Senator Bill Van Gerpen of Tyndall says they had an extensive overview of how the activities association is organized and how they operate…

 

Most of the legislative interest was generated after the activities association formulated a policy for participation of trans gender students. Van Gerpen says they didn’t focus on that or any other policy…

 

Van Gerpen says legislators want to have clear lines of authority on policies of the activities association…

 

The committee will hold their next meeting in late August.