2025SB 161

Putting the Brakes on Exorbitant Administrative Costs

2025 - South Dakota Senate

Conservatives Support

Description

This bill places a cap on a school administrator’s salary. CPAC recognizes that a growing school bureaucracy has added to the cost of education. For that reason, CPAC supported this attempt to control costs and supported this bill. The Senate defeated the bill on February 7, 2025 by a vote of 13-22.

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Legislators · 35

Legislator	Party	Lifetime Rating	Vote
Arch Beal SD	Republican	79%	Conservative
Greg Blanc SD	Republican	81%	Conservative
John Carley SD	Republican	94%	Conservative
Casey Crabtree SD	Republican	71%	Leftist
Sydney Davis SD	Republican	55%	Leftist
Randy Deibert SD	Republican	54%	Leftist
Helene Duhamel SD	Republican	59%	Leftist
Red Dawn Foster SD	Democrat	44%	Conservative
Tamara Grove SD	Republican	65%	Conservative
Joy Hohn SD	Republican	81%	Conservative
Taffy Howard SD	Republican	94%	Conservative
Amber Hulse SD	Republican	47%	Leftist
Kevin Jensen SD	Republican	74%	Leftist
Chris Karr SD	Republican	78%	Conservative
Steve Kolbeck SD	Republican	55%	Leftist
Mark Lapka SD	Republican	75%	Conservative
Liz Larson SD	Democrat	19%	Leftist
Sue Lucas Peterson SD	Republican	88%	Conservative
Sam Marty SD	Republican	76%	Conservative
Jim Mehlhaff SD	Republican	63%	Leftist
Paul Miskimins SD	Republican	35%	Leftist
Lauren Nelson SD	Republican	82%	Conservative
Ernie Otten SD	Republican	73%	Leftist
Carl Perry SD	Republican	73%	Leftist
Tom Pischke SD	Republican	90%	Conservative
Tim Reed SD	Republican	50%	Leftist
Michael Rohl SD	Republican	62%	Leftist
Stephanie Sauder SD	Republican	52%	Leftist
Kyle Schoenfish SD	Republican	60%	Leftist
Jamie Smith SD	Democrat	24%	Leftist
Glen Vilhauer SD	Republican	47%	Leftist
Curt Voight SD	Republican	79%	Leftist
Mykala Voita SD	Republican	88%	Leftist
David Wheeler SD	Republican	54%	Leftist
Larry Zikmund SD	Republican	67%	Leftist