The House Education Committee held a hearing on a bill that would prohibit school districts from using team names or mascots that could be racially derogatory or discriminatory.
One of the bill’s sponsor was Representative Kevin Killer of Pine Ridge….

Wade Pogany, executive director of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota, says those decisions should be made by local school boards…..

Representative Shawn Bordeaux (bore-dough) says it is a sensitive issue for native Americans…..

The committee sent the bill on to the House floor with a do pass recommendation on a vote of 11 to 4.