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What Lies Ahead For Pre-K Education In South Dakota?

Josh Haiar

In The Moment ... September 16, 2019 Show 659 Hour 2

In February, the South Dakota Legislature killed a bill that would have established a committee to study South Dakota's pre-kindergarten programs.

House Minority Whip Erin Healy was the prime sponsor of House Bill 1175 which would create an Early Learning Advisory Council. Healy called her bill a South Dakota solution to a problem that desperately needs attention.
 
What lies ahead for Pre-K education in South Dakota? As we continue our month-long look into Pre-K we welcome Representative Erin Healy to the Kirby Family Studio in Sioux Falls.

 
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Lori Walsh is the host and senior producer of In the Moment.