More: South Dakota House Education committee wants partisan school board elections Rep. Phil Jensen brought House Bill 1193 and said it’s a “freedom bill.” He received support for his ...

The front of the Old Main building on campus on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023 at University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota.© Samantha Laurey / Argus Leader ...

Where committee members stood Both Voita and committee member Sen. Sue Peterson, R-Sioux Falls, said SB 100 follows the U.S. and state Constitution and South Dakota codified law.

South Dakota faculty are afforded fewer protections than in other states due to a 2020 state law outlawing faculty unions at public colleges. Droge is troubled by the reluctance to speak out.