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School board meets with lobbyists, opposes voucher bill and endorses school-lunch funding
Summary
Board met with lobbyists from Freeburg Nelson & ASK LLP, voted unanimously to oppose House Bill 1009 (a private-school voucher bill), adopted support for a school-lunch funding bill and authorized administrators to develop positions on legislative bills for later board approval.
The Rapid City Area School District 51-4 board met with lobbyists from Freeburg Nelson & ASK LLP on Jan. 20 for a legislative update and then took formal positions on state bills.
Sam Nelson, representing the lobbying team, told trustees his firm was tracking roughly 40 bills of possible interest to the district and that his team was "over inclusive rather than under inclusive" when adding items to a tracking list. Nelson outlined several bills of particular interest, including two private-school voucher proposals (House bills 1009 and 1020), proposals affecting property-tax treatment and a package of bills that would change how state money flows to districts.
After the briefing the board voted unanimously (7-0) to oppose House Bill 1009, which the…
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