This report documents findings of a survey of attitudes of business toward vocational education in South Dakota. Chapter I discusses the purpose of the study. Chapter II describes the procedures followed in collecting data from employers. It documents all steps from questionnaire design to data entering and concludes with a presentation of response rates. (Completed responses were received from 347 small businesses, 319 large businesses, and 54 public sector employers.) Chapter III presents quantitative analyses of the data. It provides statistics concerning the responding and employing establishments, analyzes opinions about and interactions with the vocational education system, and examines worker productivity and training data concerning specific workers. Chapter IV analyzes general comments about vocational education. Summary statistics about the nature of the comments are given and then the comments are analyzed by their content. The comments are classified by selected subjects, including specific existing programs, suggestions for program development, vocational education graduates, curriculum and instruction issues, state regulatory/governance issues, and general comments. A number of the employer comments are excerpted. Chapter V reviews major findings, including solid employer support and systematic differences between vocationally and nonvocationally trained workers. Cover letters and the questionnaire are included in an appendix. (YLB)