Misplaced Pages

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "South Dakota Department of Education" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2009)

The South Dakota Department of Education is the state education agency of South Dakota. It is headquartered in Pierre.

The department manages teacher certification, school district accreditation and academic subject standards for South Dakota’s accredited schools organized in 149 School Districts. The department organizes and executes its state education plan according to the federal law known as the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 and manages the state school accountability with the Report Card. It also manages state aid to schools subject to state law.

In 2015, South Dakota passed laws that created a new state aid formula for teachers compensation, special education and overhead support. To fund it, Governor Dennis Daugaard and the legislature raised sales taxes by a half a cent. Since then teacher compensation has slowly risen to a state average of slightly over $49,000 a year in salary.

Since December 7, 2019, the Secretary of Education has been Tiffany Sanderson, formerly a member of Governor Kristi Noem's senior staff.

References

1. Home page. South Dakota Department of Education. Retrieved on September 10, 2009.
2. Mercer, Bob (December 11, 2020). "Jones changes focus as new S.D. state historian". KELOLAND. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

External links

• South Dakota Department of Education
• South Dakota Secretary of Education at Ballotpedia

This South Dakota-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This article relating to education in the United States is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Public education in South Dakota
• State departments of education of the United States
• State agencies of South Dakota
• South Dakota stubs
• United States education stubs