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age to include people who are in or have been in a significant romantic relationship with each other or are expecting a child with each other.
• The measure was written by a legislative study committee that was set up after lawmakers a year ago killed a similar bill.
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Parents encouraged to register kids in SDCHIP
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Officials will be in Sturgis this week to encourage parents to register their kids in a comprehensive child identification program.
• SDCHIP generates packages of various identifying items of children for parents or guardians. The information includes dental impressions, a DNA cheek swab, a digital still photo, fingerprints and a video image interview.
• The South Dakota Child Identification Program is part of MASONICHIP, an initiative of the Masons.
• Attorney General Marty Jackley thanks the organization for creating the program and putting in the time to volunteer and administer it throughout South Dakota.
• The Meade School District events run Monday from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. MST.
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SD Legislature considers extra school funding
CHET BROKAW, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- State tax revenues have faltered a bit lately, and legislative leaders said that might make it difficult to boost education funding beyond what the governor proposed.
• Representatives of school boards, administrators and teachers have repeatedly said they appreciate Gov. Dennis Daugaard's proposal to increase state aid to school districts by 3 percent next year, nearly double the inflationary increase required by law. However, they have asked the Legislature for a 3.8 percent increase to restore per-student spending to where it was before 2011 budget cuts.
• The 3.8 percent boost, proposed by a legislative study panel that met last summer, would cost the state $5.3 million more than the governor has recommended. The House Appropriations Committee two weeks ago rejected a bill that would have provided a 3.8 percent increase, but education groups have not abandoned efforts to get that additional money.
• "I want to make sure everybody is clear that is our goal and we'll keep lobbying for that," said Wade Pogany of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota. "We still think we have a case."
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