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• South Dakota residents in 1984 voted in a referendum to move school start dates past Labor Day. Lawmakers say the Legislature repealed that measure in 1992.
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SD Senate votes to ease student drug suspensions
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Senate has passed a measure that would reduce the time some students caught with drugs are suspended from sports and other school activities.
• Senators voted 32-1 to send the bill to the House.
• Current law requires that students convicted for a first drug offense be suspended from school activities for one year, but the suspension can be cut to 60 school days if they get counseling or treatment. Repeat offenders are permanently banned from activities.
• The bill would cut the suspension for a first drug offense to 30 calendar days if a student gets assessed and completes any required treatment.
• Students convicted a second time could cut suspensions to 60 calendar days by getting treatment.
• The bill also requires students to miss some events.
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• Hot Springs woman named to SD veterans commission
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A southwest South Dakota woman and retired lieutenant colonel has been appointed to the state's Veterans Commission.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard has chosen Lori Vosika to replace commissioner Gene Murphy.
• The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs says Vosika has been an outstanding advocate for the state's veterans and their families.
• Vosika in December retired from the Air Force and Reserves after a 22-year career. The Hot Springs woman has worked at the Veterans Affairs Black Hills Health Care System since 1996.
• Vosika's term in the commission will expire in 2019.
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SD panel kills bill on teaching intelligent design
CHET BROKAW, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota senator on Thursday killed his proposal that would have allowed teachers to discuss whether a higher power played a role in creation, saying it was too poorly written to pass.
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