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4 ballot questions passed in South Dakota: R, S, 21, and 22

South Dakota voters had ten ballot questions to vote on this election cycle. The ballot questions which passed a majority vote were Amendment R, Amendment S, Initiated Measure 21, and Initiated Measure 22. In this post I will look briefly at those four ballot questions. The other six ballot measures I’ll cover in a post later today. Amendment R – New governing board for the Tech Schools Of all…

A look at Constitutional Amendment R, Splitting off tech schools

As I begin to really look at the 2016 SD Ballot Questions I though no better place to start than Constitutional Amendment R. Amendment R has also been referred to as the South Dakota Governing Technical Education Institutes Amendment. Currently the four Tech Schools are governed by the local school boards. The budgets and rules for the Tech Schools come from the Board of Education’s budget; which…