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South Dakota keeps teaching scholarship open to all, but special education gets priority
States Newsroom · October 15, 2026

A South Dakota board voted Thursday to keep a critical needs scholarship open to all prospective K-12 teachers while prioritizing special education and language arts. Demand for special education teachers is expected to grow over the next decade, creating a need that outpaces other teaching positions in the state…
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