State Representative District 26A
Description: The South Dakota State Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of South Dakota. It is a bicameral legislative body, consisting of the Senate which has 35 members, and the House of Representatives, which has 70 members. The two houses are similar in most respects; the Senate alone holds the right to confirm gubernatorial appointments to certain offices. The Legislature meets at the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre. It begins its annual session of the second Tuesday of January each year. The legislative session lasts 40 working days in odd-numbered years, and 35 days working days in even numbered years.Term: 4 consecutive 2 year termsSalary: $16,348/year + $178/day for legislators who reside more than 50 miles away from the capitolRequirements for Office: 21 years old; 2 years residency; qualified voter; may not have been convicted of bribery, perjury or other infamous crime; may not have illegally taken "public moneys".Petition Requirements: Depends on party and legislative district. See SD Secretary of State's website for details.
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Ron Frederick
(Rep)
What should state government do to support access to affordable housing?
What should state government do to support equitable, quality public education (pre-K through higher ed) for all?
How do you view the initiative and referendum process in South Dakota? Are there any changes to this system that you would support?
Considering recently passed laws, what will you be watching for to ensure all eligible voters have equal access to the ballot box while maintaining the security and integrity of our elections?
What, if anything, should our state government do to support access to affordable, quality childcare?
What do you see as the most important challenges facing our state?
cooperate with ICE in removing non documented aliens encourage Congress to pass a law on immigration reform
School vouchers ( State funds should go to the child and not the school so they have to compete for students and that makes the school and the teachers focus on quality education) to allow parents to send their kids to the school of their choice that best meets their child's educational needs and we need to update state education curriculum requirements to make sure we are teaching the basics of reading , writing (cursive), math, geography, history, civics, basic physics, biology and hands on learning experiences. We must ban smart phones and tablets from the classroom. reforms to make sure each educational institution is teaching kids how to think and not what to think. Board of Regents needs to focus on education and not regulation.
when a referendum is passed by the people, act on it and not try to change it in the legislature.
Make sure we keep voter ID and only US citizens are voting in our elections. Make it a state holiday on election day to get more people to vote. A 50% turn out tells me we as a country are in a sad state if people are not exercising the most important right they have that so many have made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure our democracy survives and the right to vote that ensures our constitutional republic governed by the rule of law and the principles of democracy survives for another 250 years.
It should be funded equally with federal, state and local business funds and as an employee benefit.
Lack of funding to support education, food insecurity, rural healthcare, and addressing our mental health issues. We need reforms in our prison system. There is something wrong when we spend nearly 4x more on housing a prisoner than we do on educating a child K-12.
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