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attend the annual event. Each school selects one student for every 100 graduating students. Students are selected based on academic criteria like GPA and standardized test scores.
• This year's event is scheduled for Monday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel in Pierre.
• The Associated School Boards of South Dakota has organized the event since 1990.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The U.S. Attorney's Office is hosting a civil rights conference in Sioux Falls on Monday.

• Speakers for the afternoon event include assistant attorney general Tom Perez of the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division and Judy Shepard, the president and co-founder of the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
• Also speaking are Andre Oliver, president of the Sioux Falls Diversity Council, and J.R. LaPlante, South Dakota's secretary for tribal relations.
• Topics include the rights of persons with disabilities, human trafficking and child

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