The Planning Committee of the South Dakota Legislature meets Monday in Pierre, and one of the agenda items deals with the states teacher shortage and possible solutions.

Wade Pogany, Executive Director of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota will appear before the committee. He says they have had an ongoing discussion about the issue…

 

During this year’s legislative session a resolution saying the state had a teacher shortage failed to pass in the Senate. Pogany says he thinks more legislators now understand the shortage is real…

 

Pogany says he will have some possible solutions for legislators to think about…

 

The planning committee has also been studying school funding.