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could explore funding the six universities and four technical schools with a system that rewards those that do the best in providing graduates needed to fill critical jobs.
• The Executive Board rejected proposals for studying the funding of school districts and examining issues related to large-scale livestock operations.
• After North Dakota's oil industry began to boom in the past decade, South Dakota started an effort to encourage more oil and gas exploration in the state. Part of that effort has been to put drilling and geological information on the Internet to help companies decide where to explore in South Dakota.
• However, officials in North Dakota have advised South Dakota to begin preparing

for both the tremendous wealth and problems that will accompany increased oil and gas development.
• Maher, who lives near the area expected to see the most drilling activity, said each drilling rig brings 80 jobs, half for the drilling operation and half for companies that provide services to rigs. The demand for housing will drive up rents to the point that people working outside the oil

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