Sept 20, 2018, Yankton, SD, WNAX Radio: SD Governor Dennis Daugaard; School Districts Have to Better Manage Special Education Spending
http://wnax.com/news/180081-sd-governor-dennis-daugaard-school-districts-have-to-better-manage-special-education-spending/
A summer study committee of the South Dakota legislature recommended that a task force study special education funding.
A four-million-dollar state fund set up to help schools with those costs has been tapped out. …
Special education is funded by a separate property tax levy in each school district. Daugaard says school boards may have to do a better job of managing those funds…..
The study committee also heard about the increasing numbers of students needing special education services.
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