News

Governor Announces Grants

Governor Announces Grants

Photo: WNAX


Governor Dennis Daugaard says 12 South Dakota school districts will receive grants totaling more than $8.5 million to develop and strengthen career and technical education programs.

Daugaard says the grants from the state Future Fund will improve career and technical education programs that prepare students for jobs or further education.

Daugaard says some factors considered in determining which districts would receive grants included “regionalization”  …

 

The Governor also said dual credit opportunities were important in choosing grant recipients…

 

Districts funded through the grants include Aberdeen, Burke, Madison Central, Meade, Mitchell, Northeast Technical High School, Northwest Area Schools Multi District, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Todd County, Vermillion and Yankton.

Recent Headlines

11 hours ago in Local

LSI, INC. RECALLS BBQ PORK JERKY PRODUCT DUE TO POSSIBLE FOREIGN MATTER CONTAMINATION

ALPENA, S.D. – LSI, Inc., an Alpena, S.D. establishment, is recalling approximately 2,277,540 pounds of a ready-to-eat Korean barbecue pork…

11 hours ago in Local

RANCHERS HIT WITH ‘GUT PUNCH’ AS TRUMP FOLLOWS THROUGH ON ARGENTINA BEEF INPORT PLEDGE

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Joshua Haiar-/ SD Searchlight) – Two days after a U.S. senator from South Dakota said he was encouraged…

11 hours ago in Local

LEGISLATORS AND GOVERNOR MAKE COMPETING PROPOSALS TO TAKE MONEY FROM HOUSING FUND

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Joshua Haiar and Seth Tupper / SD Searchlight) – South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden and a group…

11 hours ago in Local

DINOSAUR HUNTERS REACH DEAL TO SETTLE WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA FOSSIL THEFT DISPUTE

HARDING COUNTY, S.D. (Jonathan Ellis / The Dakota Scout) – A paleontologist accused of stealing a dinosaur skull from western…

11 hours ago in Local

PIEDMONT RESIDENTS SHOCKED BY NEW MINE COMING TO THEIR CITY

PIEDMONT, S.D. (Bart Pfankuch/ South Dakota News Watch) – Residents and government leaders in this small western South Dakota city…