PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota House committee has approved Gov. Dennis Daugaard's plan to use unexpected extra state revenue to give 1-time payments to school districts and facilities that provide medical care to low-income people.
The Appropriations Committee voted unanimously to pass a bill that would spend $27 million in state funds collected this year to help schools and medical facilities next year. The measure also spends more than $10 million in federal funds.
School districts would get an extra $4 million in state aid for operating expenses. Another $8.4 million would be used to train teachers and administrators in a new curriculum.
State universities would get nearly $6 million. Nearly $8 million in state money would go to hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities for the Medicaid program.
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