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Yankton School Board Updated on Legislative Issues

Yankton School Board Updated on Legislative Issues

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District 18 lawmakers met with the Yankton School Board this week to talk about the upcoming legislative session.
Representative Jean Hunhoff says sales taxes are below projections, and they believe a lot of that is due to online sales….

Governor Dennis Daugaard will give the legislature a budget with no increase in state aid to education. Hunhoff says legislators can come up with their own spending plan…..

Hunhoff told the board that they will continue to track the small school voucher program that was started last year…..

The 2018 session starts on January ninth.

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