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Yankton To Hold School Funding Meeting

Yankton To Hold School Funding Meeting

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Yankton residents will have the opportunity to come together this evening to learn about and discuss education funding within the state.  The South Dakota Budget and Policy Institute is hosting meetings all over the state to bring people together to talk about the issue of education and view a presentation on how South Dakota stacks up to its neighbors.  Joy Smolnisky is the executive director of the BPI and says the meetings are meant to promote dialogue between people…

 

Smolnisky says after the meetings have all been conducted, the results will be compiled to create a report for future consideration…

 

The meeting tonight is at 5:30 in the community room of the Regional Technical Education Center, and is open to anyone interested in joining the conversation.

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