For many organizations, this legislative session brought feelings of insecurity and questions about the future as the state faced a major budget shortfall. The state’s colleges and universities now must implement mandates from lawmakers.

A new president has been sworn in at Black Hills State University in Spearfish. In the pomp and circumstance, the governor and lawmakers, much of the state education community, and the student body came to welcome the new face of the school.

A South Dakota school district facing declining enrollment looks to its future. Doing so has caused tension and pain for many in the community.

South Dakota State University will offer a first-of-its kind engineering program with a focus on rethinking healthcare systems. The program opens in fall 2025.

The South Dakota Board of Regents is planning to increase tuition at the state’s public universities for the first time in several years.

Veto day on March 31 marked the formal end of the 100th South Dakota legislative session. Now, lawmakers are looking back on the year, and forward with their priorities.

Elected state officials are hoping a new bill signed into law will limit taxable valuation growth in a handful of counties. Soon, some state lawmakers will embark on an interim study to reduce property taxes while looking at the state’s education funding formula.

Local school districts are beginning to set their budgets for the coming academic year. However, there are new challenges as COVID-era funding moves further into the past and a new crop of legislators leave their fingerprints on law.

South Dakota Mines hasn’t hosted a speech team in a half-century, but its legacy is living on through a new tournament.

President Donald Trump has taken executive action to dismantle the federal Department of Education. While the legality of such an action is unclear, the move has the attention of the state’s education community.