South Dakota Department of Education

South Dakota Department of Education
Agency overview
Jurisdiction South Dakota
Headquarters Pierre, South Dakota
Annual budget $661,616,636 (2011)
Agency executive
  • Dr. Melody Schopp, Secretary of Education
Parent agency State of South Dakota
Website http://doe.sd.gov/

The South Dakota Department of Education is the state education agency of South Dakota. It is headquartered in Pierre.[1]

Public school teacher salaries are the lowest in the nation. Nationally, the average salary is $58,353. In South Dakota the figure is $42,025.[2]

South Dakota is one of three states that opted to continue to buy ground meat containing finely textured beef as an additive for its school lunches.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Home page. South Dakota Department of Education. Retrieved on September 10, 2009.
  2. ↑ Cook, Jim (21 January 2018). "AEA: Teacher pay raise 'critical'". Dothan (Alabama) Eagle. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Most schools opt out of "pink slime" in lunches, USDA says, CBS News, June 5, 2012, June 9, 2012 access date
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