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    December 22, 2017
    School supply photo illustration. (Matt Gade/Republic)
    Area schools to bolster salaries using capital outlay
    With the threat of funding losses looming, area school districts are working to alleviate shortfalls to teacher compensation. And, for many,...
    news/educationDecember 22, 2017 - 8:21am
    November 16, 2017
    School supply photo illustration. (Matt Gade/Republic)
    State board starts holding school districts accountable for increases in teacher pay
    PIERRE — South Dakota's new laws raising teacher salaries received their first tests Thursday as school districts appealed accusations...
    newsNovember 16, 2017 - 8:06pm
    November 14, 2017
    School supply photo illustration. (Matt Gade/Republic)
    School districts want teachers-pay waivers
    PIERRE — Come Thursday and Friday, 26 of South Dakota's public school districts will send officials to state government's School Finance...
    newsNovember 14, 2017 - 4:20pm
    October 13, 2017
    School supply photo illustration. (Matt Gade/Republic)
    DOE mistakenly identifies two schools as violators of teacher pay regulations
    Two districts were mistakenly grouped among nearly 40 South Dakota schools that face penalties for violating state-mandated "accountabilities"...
    newsOctober 13, 2017 - 3:07pm
    October 9, 2017
    The Corsica-Stickney School District was one of six school districts in the state that did not follow a state law for fiscal year 2017 that states a school district’s average teacher compensation must increase by 85 percent of the percentage increase in state aid. (Caitlynn Peetz/Republic)
    38 SD schools face penalties for not allotting funds for teacher pay correctly
    CORSICA — As South Dakota works to meet its goal of increasing its lowest-in-the-nation average teacher salary, some school districts aren't...
    newsOctober 9, 2017 - 8:40am
    October 5, 2017
    School supply photo illustration. (Matt Gade/Republic)
    SD teacher salaries jump 8.8 percent in 2017
    As South Dakota works to boost teacher pay, the Mitchell School District is reaping the rewards of higher-than-average salaries for its educators....
    newsOctober 5, 2017 - 11:24am
    July 15, 2017
    The Mitchell Career & Technical Education Academy. (Republic file photo)
    Salary increase draws high quality teachers to Mitchell
    The quality of teachers within the Mitchell School District is high, and it's going to keep getting better. That's according to Superintendent...
    newsJuly 15, 2017 - 10:00am
    July 6, 2017
    South Dakota sees decline in open teaching positions 
    SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A year after teachers across South Dakota got raises, state and school officials say it's too soon to tell if higher salaries...
    newsJuly 6, 2017 - 3:37pm
    May 22, 2017
    The Mitchell Career & Technical Education Academy. (Republic file photo)
    Teacher salaries still in flux
    Uncertainty still hangs over teachers in the Mitchell School District. More than one year since a 2016 South Dakota legislative session mired...
    newsMay 22, 2017 - 8:32pm
    January 23, 2017
    GRAVES: Finally, somebody said it
    Unfortunately, way too many people left it to the governor to set the record straight. What record would that be? The state's record with the...
    opinion/columnsJanuary 23, 2017 - 5:10pm
    January 12, 2017
    Gov. Dennis Daugaard cracks a joke after former State Sen. Mike Vehle complimented the governor on his work in Pierre after delivering a recap of his State of the State address to Mitchell area residents on Thursday morning in the Highland Conference Center in Mitchell. (Matt Gade / Republic)
    Gov. Daugaard stops in Mitchell on State of the State tour
    No big ticket legislation, no problem. That’s how South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard feels following a handful of legislative sessions in which...
    newsJanuary 12, 2017 - 7:03pm
    January 9, 2017
    Legislators gather prior to the State of the State Address in Pierre, which kicked off the 2016 legislative session. Legislators will find themselves in Pierre again on Tuesday for Gov. Dennis Daugaard's 2017 State of the State Address. (Matt Gade / Republic)
    Starting another session: Two returning legislators prepare priorities for Pierre
    After a short break from the political arena, two local legislators will return to Pierre with different priorities in mind. Lance Carson, a...
    newsJanuary 9, 2017 - 10:14am
    November 17, 2016
    Teachers reap higher pay as result of sales-tax increase to 4.5%
    PIERRE — Raising the state sales tax appears to have partially solved the problem of low pay for teachers in South Dakota. Gov. Dennis Daugaard's administration released preliminary data Thursday showing the average salary for a teacher in a public school rose to $46,924. This...
    newsNovember 17, 2016 - 5:49pm
    October 13, 2016
    Joshua Klumb, of Mount Vernon, follows along as challenger Quinten Burg, of Wessington Springs, answers a question from the media panel during a forum on Thursday night in the Mitchell City Hall Council Chambers. Klumb and Burg are running for the District 20 seat left vacant by term-limited State Sen. Mike Vehle. (Matt Gade/Republic)
    District 20 State Senate candidates square off in first public forum
    The two candidates for District 20 state senator sparred over Medicaid expansion and legislative redistricting at a public forum held Thursday....
    newsOctober 13, 2016 - 9:46pm
    June 6, 2016
    Negotiations at impasse over Rapid City teacher salaries
    RAPID CITY (AP) — Rapid City teachers and the school district that employs them have reached an impasse over salary structure. The Rapid City Education Association says its membership voted down a proposal forwarded by the school district that would do away with the current salary...
    newsJune 6, 2016 - 12:15pm
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