The South Dakota Board of Regents is planning to increase tuition at the state’s public universities for the first time in several years.

Veto day on March 31 marked the formal end of the 100th South Dakota legislative session. Now, lawmakers are looking back on the year, and forward with their priorities.

Elected state officials are hoping a new bill signed into law will limit taxable valuation growth in a handful of counties. Soon, some state lawmakers will embark on an interim study to reduce property taxes while looking at the state’s education funding formula.

Local school districts are beginning to set their budgets for the coming academic year. However, there are new challenges as COVID-era funding moves further into the past and a new crop of legislators leave their fingerprints on law.

South Dakota Mines hasn’t hosted a speech team in a half-century, but its legacy is living on through a new tournament.

President Donald Trump has taken executive action to dismantle the federal Department of Education. While the legality of such an action is unclear, the move has the attention of the state’s education community.

Department of Education leaders recognized Eric Pederson—a special education teacher from Aberdeen Central High School—at this year’s Special Education Conference.

The Rapid City Area Schools board is hiring the district’s next superintendent.

Once upon a time, COVID funding allowed every K-12 student in America to eat a school lunch free of charge. With that money gone, school districts like Meade County need to get crafty to keep lunch debts manageable.

Assuming Governor Larry Rhoden’s signature, support is coming for Ellsworth Air Force Base. However, that’s not without changes and questions.