The South Dakota Board of Regents is meeting this week at Northern State University in Aberdeen.

General Counsel Nathan Lukkes updated the board on their legislative agenda…

Lukkes says funding the “Freedom Scholarship” was a major achievement….

The Regents previously asked for one million dollars to start the scholarship, which was rejected.

Lukkes says it was a unique legislative year…

Lukkes was sitting in for Executive Director Brian Maher, who was ill.