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Sioux Falls schools craft plan to monitor student impact of $1.5M cut

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Nov 25, 2025
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The Sioux Falls School District kicked off a budget process Monday that will force programs to justify their existence at reduced funding levels — even as administrators touted rising graduation rates that outpace the state.

The Board approved a fiscal year 2027 budget timeline requiring most programs to prepare scenarios at 98 percent, 99 percent, and 100 percent of current funding. Nold said in June that the district faces $1.5 million in cuts for the fiscal year after next.

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