Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Contact: Michael Ewald, Communications Director, (605) 271-5405, press@sddp.org
House Republicans delay teacher pay vote again
Sioux Falls, SD (February 16, 2016)-
South Dakota Democrats expressed their disappointment with the second postponement of HB 1182, the 1/2 penny sales tax increase designed to increase teacher pay.
“Despite support from education associations, business groups, experts in education and the public, House Republicans will not allow a vote on teacher pay,” said South Dakota Communications Director Michael Ewald. “It casts a spotlight on the utter dysfunction of Pierre politics.”
House procedural rules allow for only two postponements on a single piece of legislation. HB 1182 will be back on the House floor Thursday.
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