If a 1 cent sales tax increase passed in South Dakota

• How much revenue would be raised? 
• How would the money be spent?
• How much more would this raise per student and how does that compare to spending per k-12 student in neighboring states?
• What would the tax increase cost South Dakota households of

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Since the start of the recession, South Dakota has made the deepest cuts¹ to K-12 school funding among neighboring states.  

State fiscal year 2013 investment in K-12 schools is 13.6 percent below 2008 inflation adjusted levels. That means South Dakota has made deeper state funding cuts than … Read more

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Proposed funding cuts in education and health care could SHIFT COSTS to property tax payers and individual health care consumers

Governor Rounds proposed FY12 budget cuts 5% of the funding for k-12 education and medical provider reimbursement (payments for nursing homes, hospitals and other medical providers who treat Medicaid patients). … Read more

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3-30-10  South Dakota is the only state without a need-based grant program for post-secondary students.

In 2009 the South Dakota Legislature (HB1183) created a special one-year pilot allowing South Dakota to accept an $88,000 donation from the South Dakota Education Access Foundation to match $88,000 of federal funds.  Nineteen* … Read more

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