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South Dakota Board of Regents in a Financial Bind

South Dakota Board of Regents in a Financial Bind

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The South Dakota Board of Regents will ask the 2019 legislature for a four percent increase in their state funding, or about nine million dollars more.
Regents President Keven Schieffer says even with that increase, they will have a very tight budget….

Schieffer says while they have raised tuition, there is a limit to how far they can go…

Schieffer says they will address their financial issues again at their next meeting…

The Regents will meet October second through the fourth at the School of Mines in Rapid City.

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