The issue of trust, or the lack of, between the state’s schools and the legislature came up at the last District 18 legislative gathering in Yankton.

Senator Jean Hunhoff says she believes that stems from the variable funding the legislature gives school districts each year…

 

Representative Mike Stevens says any bill that touches the state aid formula sets off alarm bells…

 

Stevens says school districts have not yet totally recovered from the budget cuts passed in 2011…

 

House Minority Leader Bernie Hunhoff says the rift could be healed if the legislature had the will…