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Noem schedules town hall meetings in Mitchell and Winner • South Dakota Searchlight [1]

['Searchlight Staff', 'More From Author', '- March']

Date: 2024-03 

Gov. Kristi Noem will participate in town hall meetings this week in Mitchell and Winner, her office announced.

The Mitchell town hall will be at 11:15 a.m. Central time on Wednesday at the Mitchell High School Library, which the public may enter through the Mitchell High School main entrance. The event will also be livestreamed at Facebook.com/govnoem.

At 11 a.m. at the same location, Noem will sign two bills.

Senate Bill 127 establishes a statewide minimum teacher salary of $45,000 and requires school districts to raise average teacher compensation — including pay and benefits — by at least 97% of the annual rate of increases in state education funding.

House Bill 1022 provides $6 million to the state Department of Education — which is led by former Mitchell superintendent Joe Graves — to train teachers in phonics-based reading instruction.

The Winner town hall will be at 2 p.m. Central time Wednesday at the Winner Country Club, and also will be streamed on the governor’s Facebook page.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated since its original publication with additional information released by the Governor’s Office.

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