Legislators to reject Rounds’ school funding cuts

Looks like the next South Dakota legislative session will again be interesting as school funding remains an issue:

South Dakota lawmakers hope to find a way to avoid eliminating some specific categories of state aid that have gone to school districts, according to a survey by The Associated Press.

Two-thirds of the legislators who responded said they did not plan to support Gov. Mike Rounds' proposal to eliminate extra state aid that has gone to school districts that cover large areas and contain few students. About half said they also opposed doing away with extra aid to districts with significant increases or decreases in enrollment.