It was a fairly flat year for funding increases for education in South Dakota. The legislature gave public schools a two percent increase, while dropping funding for another year of tuition freezes for higher education.

University of South Dakota President Jim Abbott says they can get by for another year…

 

Some of the colleges in the Regents systems have cut classes and expenses due to funding issues. Abbott says they have more funding flexibility…

 

Students attending a state university will pay about six percent more in tuition this fall.