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December 15, 2005

The Honorable M. Michael Rounds, Governor of South Dakota, 12/14/05


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Part one of our conversation on the Homestake Underground Laboratory Project, solar neutrino research, K-12 science education, and basic and applied science in South Dakota

Governor Mike Rounds discusses the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (Lead, SD), and the South Dakota 2010 Initiative. Goal Three of the 2010 Initiative relates to securing the Homestake Mine for use as an underground science laboratory, and developing research and technology infrastructure at South Dakota universities and with the private sector.

In 2004, working with legislators, state employees, and South Dakotans, Governor Rounds has already

  • Created the Homestake Underground Laboratory project

  • Increased state funding for public universities by more than $7.5M and for public technical institutes by more than $1.6M

  • Increased state aid for local public schools by more than $10.2M in ongoing funding, as well as an additional $7.3M in one-time funding

  • Overhauled the state aid to education formula and increasing the state’s share of funding from less than 30 percent to more than 50 percent of the general education budget

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