The South Dakota Board of Regents will ask for a four percent hike in their budget for next year, about nine million dollars more than this year. A priority is starting a needs-based scholarship called “Dakotas Promise.”
Senator Reynold Nesiba of Sioux Falls says the state lags badly in available scholarships….

Nesiba says in state students carry major loan debt..

Nesiba says those university students are vital to the states future…

Nesiba says a new Governor and many new legislators will again face some difficult decisions.