South Dakota governor proposes bonuses for top teachers

Gov. Dennis Daugaard opened South Dakota’s legislative session Tuesday with a controversial proposal to give bonuses to the state’s best teachers while eliminating tenure for new teachers.

The Republican governor also proposed bonuses for teachers who take hard-to-fill jobs in math and science and provided more details on his plan to train and attract workers to deal with a shortage of doctors, engineers, accountants, welders and others.

By CHET BROKAW The Associated Press

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