In January, enrollment at the South Dakota School for the Deaf was about 30 when Gov. Mike Rounds proposed closing the Sioux Falls campus in money-saving effort.  This year, the enrollment on the 14-acre campus is down to six students.

The Board of Regents runs the deaf school. Its executive director, Jack Warner, says the state will continue to serve students who use American Sign Language. But Warner says how and where they will do it is up for discussion.

Administrators have been shifting their focus to helping deaf students at mainstream schools across the state.

Last month, five families filed a lawsuit alleging that closing the deaf school would violate the state constitution.

Economic stimulus funding has kept the school's doors open for at least another year.