As lawmakers return to Pierre following the three day weekend, much of the discussion will center on the Governor’s plan to raise the sales tax by half a cent to increase teacher pay.
Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says there are all kinds of opinions right now…..

Hunhoff, a member of the Appropriations Committee, says she hasn’t made a decision on supporting the tax increase…..

Hunhoff says there is the possibility of an alternate funding plan to pay for those raises…

It would take about seventy five million dollars a year to bring average teacher pay up to forty eight thousand dollars.