Board approves Southeast Tech electrician program
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Board of Education has approved a two-year associate of applied science degree program for electricians at Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls.
• The program is designed to provide graduates with the skills to become electricians and to establish hours toward licensure requirements.
• The board on Monday also approved the addition of an aviation option to the agriculture program at Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown. Graduates will obtain a private pilot's license and be trained to work in the field of agriculture aviation as an aerial application pilot, aerial application technician or aerial application owner and operator.
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USD mock trial team qualifies to national tourney
• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- The University of South Dakota's mock trial team is heading to the national competition.
• The team of 10 undergraduate students recently earned one of 48 spots in the 30th annual American Mock Trial Association national championship tournament.
• Teams participating in the event argue court cases in competitions against other schools' teams to develop skills in critical thinking, public speaking and legal practices.
• The University of Central Florida will host the competition this year from April 11-13 in Orlando, Fla.
• The American Mock Trial Association was founded in 1985 at by a former Drake University Law School dean.
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Fees will go up at SD's 4 technical schools
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Tuition at South Dakota's four technical institutes will not increase next academic year but fees per credit hour will increase $4.
• The state's Board of Education approved the fee increase Monday.
• The facility fee will go up $3, while the maintenance and repair fee will increase $1. Factoring the fee hike, students will pay $137 per credit hour.
• Melody Schopp is the state's secretary of education. She says it is important to (Continued on page 23)
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