The first of four public hearings to take public input on proposed updated social studies standards for education brought a full range of comments Monday. Parent Audrey Schuller says the standards are a fantastic opportunity for South Dakota…
Speaking in opposition to the proposed standards is Samantha Waldner who served on the first Commission to update the standards….
Jon Schaff, a professor of government at Northern State University in Aberdeen, offered a rebuttal to the opposition testimony…
So far in the process, 707 comments have been received on the proposed standards. Of those 615 are against the standards as proposed with 67 in favor and 25 with no opinion. Additional public hearings on the standards are planned including on in Pierre, but the details have not been released.
