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South Dakota Legislators Expect More Information from Technical Education Board

South Dakota Legislators Expect More Information from Technical Education Board

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The Chair of the Government Operations and Audit Committee of the South Dakota legislature says they need more information from the technical education board.
Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton was critical of the report from Tech Ed Board Executive Director Nick Wendell….

Hunhoff says committee members are concerned about the early stages of the board…

Hunhoff says it is difficult for the legislature to strongly support technical education without good information…

While GOAC meets again later this month, Hunhoff says they gave Wendell more time to come up with the information they want.

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