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Second Year of SD Tuition Freeze in the Works

Second Year of SD Tuition Freeze in the Works

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The South Dakota Board of Regents will ask the legislature to help freeze tuition for a second year at the state’s universities.
The legislature added some extra money to the Regents budget this year to hold tuition steady.
South Dakota State University President Dr. David Chicoine says the state has lost its regional edge……

Chicoine says the legislature will be asked to help give faculty a larger raise this year too……

Chicoine says the tuition freeze is for in state students only……

Tuition has risen over twenty five percent in recent years at state schools.

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