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Blue Ribbon Task Force Member; Time to Talk Money

Blue Ribbon Task Force Member; Time to Talk Money

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The South Dakota Blue Ribbon Task Force on Education meets again next week, and at least one member hopes that talk of money will be on the agenda.

The Task Force was formed by the Governor to lay out the facts of education funding and low teacher pay.

Task Force member, Senator Billie Sutton of Burke says he thinks they have cleared up some misinformation about the reserves that school districts hold…

 

Sutton says he is getting a lot of strong feedback…

 

Sutton says the task force has to come up with a solid financing plan…

 

The task force meets again next Wednesday in Pierre.

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