teacher pay

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...

PIERRE (AP) — Shoppers are set to spend a little more at the store when South Dakota's historic half-cent sales tax hike for teacher pay takes effect. The state sales tax rate increases from 4 percent to 4.5 percent on Wednesday in the first permanent jump in nearly 50 years. Cities...

Nearly 200 Mitchell teachers are in for a treat. Mitchell School District Superintendent Joe Graves confirmed each full-time teacher will receive a $6,000 increase in their salary for the upcoming school year thanks to recent legislation meant to boost pay for South Dakota's teachers....

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The head of South Dakota's largest school district says Sioux Falls teachers will "without a doubt" see a pay increase next fall. Gov. Dennis Daugaard on Friday signed into law a statewide half-cent sales tax increase that will help boost teacher pay in the state....

PIERRE (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed into law a half-cent sales tax hike for teacher salaries, capping off a legislative session focused on education funding. The Republican governor on Friday put his signature on a package of education measures that in part raise the state's...

PIERRE (AP) — The state Legislature has sent to Gov. Dennis Daugaard an overhaul of South Dakota's education funding formula to incorporate the half-cent sales tax increase that lawmakers recently approved for teacher pay. The Senate voted 25-10 on Wednesday to accept changes the...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state House has passed an overhaul of South Dakota's education funding formula to incorporate the half-cent sales tax increase recently approved by the Legislature for teacher pay. Lawmakers voted 55-12 for the legislation Tuesday. Changes made in the House...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state House on Monday delayed consideration of an overhaul of South Dakota's education funding formula to incorporate the half-cent sales tax increase recently approved by the Legislature for teacher pay. Lawmakers are expected to take up the plan Tuesday....

PIERRE (AP) — The state Legislature has sent a proposed half-cent sales tax increase to help fund South Dakota's lowest-in-the-nation teacher pay to Gov. Dennis Daugaard for his expected signature. The Senate voted 25-10 for the plan, surpassing the required two-thirds margin necessary...

PIERRE (AP) — A proposed half-cent sales tax increase to help fund Gov. Dennis Daugaard's plan to improve South Dakota's lowest-in-the-nation teacher pay has one more political test. The state Senate is scheduled to consider the tax hike Tuesday. If approved by the chamber, the...

PIERRE—Raising the state sales tax to pay teachers isn't proving as easy in the Legislature this year as raising taxes and fees on motor vehicles and fuels was last year. We can see when a highway or a bridge needs work. We don't see how many teaching applications our school...

PIERRE — The state Senate Appropriations Committee endorsed the governor's proposal to raise the state sales tax Thursday without any attempt by opponents to amend it. The panel's 7-2 vote sends the proposal to the full Senate for a vote possibly next week, but there still seemed...

PIERRE (AP) — A Senate committee has advanced Gov. Dennis Daugaard's proposed half-cent sales tax hike to help increase teacher pay to the chamber's floor. The Senate Committee on Appropriations voted 7-2 for the plan. If passed by the full Senate, the bill would head to the supportive...