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SD Senate Working on Other Parts of the Teacher Pay Plan

SD Senate Working on Other Parts of the Teacher Pay Plan

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Some deadlines are looming this week as South Dakota legislators deal with major changes to education funding.
Senator Billie Sutton of Burke says the teacher pay plan has several moving parts…..

Sutton, at a District 21 legislative forum Saturday in Springfield, says he thinks they are getting closer….

Sutton says if HB1182 passes out of the House, he doesn’t think there will be amendments added in the Senate…..

The main run of the session is due to wrap up on March 11th.

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