Opposition to Governor Noem's $4-Million Voucher Recommendation
Public dollars should not be spent on private institutions. Please do your research on Governor Noem's proposed $4 million dollars for educational savings accounts (vouchers for private/home school students to receive public tax dollars for education). This page will be updated to hopefully help provide information to you. Please contact Mr. Brian Brosnahan, Marion's Superintendent, at the school if you have questions or would like to meet.
State Law being broken if Governor Noem's budget proposal is passed:
https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/13-13-10.1
https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/13-13-18
Below is Marion's Board of Education's resolution that was passed in opposition to the $4-million along with some additional information pertaining to vouchers.
Marion resides in District 16. Our legislators are: Senator Kevin Jensen - kevin.jensen@sdlegislature.gov, Representative Karla Lems karla.lems@sdlegislature.gov, and Representative Richard Vasgaard - richard.vasgaard@sdlegislature.gov. Additional contact info for each individual can be found at https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Find. We urge you to contact your legislators!
Update 01/07/2025 - More legislation has been introduced to be considered and possibly passed. Representative Baxter from Rapid City has introduced this bill (2025 House Bill 1009 | South Dakota Legislature). Again, please connect with our District 16 (or your home district's) leadership!