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South Dakota Board of Regents May Consider Budget Cuts

South Dakota Board of Regents May Consider Budget Cuts

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The South Dakota Board of Regents meets this week in Pierre; calling it “Mapping the Path Forward for Higher Education in South Dakota.”
Board President Kevin Schieffer of Sioux Falls says they will talk a lot about budgets and finding efficiencies…

Schieffer says he thinks they have found most of the efficiencies they can…

Schieffer says they won’t have a final budget draft out of this meeting….

The Regents meet Tuesday through Thursday at the River Rock Lodge near Pierre.

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