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Legislative work group hears SDPB budget overview as committee considers shifting $3.6 million from general fund to other funds
Summary
South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB) officials told a legislative budget work group that their FY2025 operating budget is about $10 million and described a proposal to replace roughly $3.6 million in state general funds with other-fund authority, a change that would increase reliance on CPB grants and donor fundraising.
South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB) officials presented an overview of SDPB’s FY2025 budget to a joint legislative budget work group, describing a roughly $10 million operating budget and a proposal to replace about $3.6 million in state general fund support with other-fund expenditure authority.
The proposal, described during the committee’s hearing, would shift a portion of SDPB’s state support to a model that relies more heavily on grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), fundraising by “Friends of SDPB,” tower rent and local grants. Committee members pressed SDPB and Bureau of Information and Telecommunications (BIT) staff on whether SDPB could realistically replace that level of general fund revenue through donors and federal grant matching.
Why it matters: SDPB provides statewide television and radio service, local programming, and live streaming of government proceedings via SD.net. Committee members framed the funding change as a significant policy choice because reductions in state general funds,…
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