Appropriators reject Noem's $3.6 million cut for SDPB
Former Gov. Kristi Noem had recommended in December that $3,613,698 of general funding be stripped from SDPB's budget for the new fiscal year that starts on July 1. Noem wanted SDPB to find the money from other sources.
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But the Legislature's Joint Committee on Appropriations rejected the former governor's proposed cut on Tuesday.
Members of SDPB's Friends organization and some of its management staff were in the room when the decision was made.
The vote was 15-0 against making the cut.
'This was a team effort across both sides of the aisle,' Democratic Rep. Erik Muckey said.
Republican Rep. Chris Kassin agreed. 'Really happy to see funding restored to South Dakota Public Broadcasting at the full level,' he said.
The committee's chair, Republican Rep. Mike Derby, asked that a SDPB representative come forward.
Executive director Julie Overgaard went up. She's been with SDPB 37 years.
'This has been one of the few hardest months of my life and my past life,' Overgaard said.
She thanked the appropriators for listening and acknowledged that 'there's probably more conversation to come' about SDPB's future direction.
In the December budget speech, Noem said, 'I propose reducing funding for South Dakota Public Broadcasting to bring us in line with the national average. Currently, South Dakota has the 3rd highest per-capita funding of public broadcasting of any state in the nation. We've been paying more than double the national average.'
Noem meanwhile had also recommended starting education enhancement savings accounts that would have provided $4 million for K-12 students enrolled at an accredited nonpublic school or microschool or receiving state-approved virtual coursework outside of a public school district.
The ESA legislation however failed in the House Education Committee. That in turn freed up money in the general fund.
Noem resigned in January as governor after the U.S. Senate confirmed her appointment as the new federal Homeland Security secretary. The lieutenant governor, Larry Rhoden, succeeded her as governor.
'We appreciate the work that you did and the decision that you make,' Overgaard told the appropriators.
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