Gov. Rounds Issues the Following Statement Regarding the Override of HB1147

Gov. Rounds Issues the Following Statement Regarding the Override of HB1147

Both the South Dakota Senate and House have overridden the veto of HB 1147,
which reduces the extracurricular activity penalty for students who are caught using illegal drugs.

"The House and Senate have overridden my veto of HB 1147. They think they are doing something good for students, but they are not. The substitution of having the 60 school day suspension from extra-curricular activities for drug use instead of a one-year suspension will cause two bad things to happen. There will be an INCREASE in the number of students using drugs after their sport season is over because they will now be able to jump into 60 days of counseling so they can play in next year's sport season, and there will be an INCREASE in the number of elementary, middle school and high school students trying drugs because they will see that they can game the system to both use drugs and still play in their sport every season. We've given young people one less reason to say "no" to drug use."

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