Money Intended to Help Deaf is Moved

South Dakota is using a special fund set up or to provide telephone services for the deaf for  other projects. The Telecommunications Relay Service Fund gets its money from a monthly 15-cent assessment on telephone bills. In South Dakota, it adds up to $1.5 million each year. But instead of using it for the deaf, the governor and state Legislature have quietly moved $2 million of it to the general fund.