Title 13 — EDUCATION

13-10-2.1

Each person over eighteen years of age hired by an accredited school shall submit to a criminal background investigation, by means of fingerprint checks by the Division of Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The accredited school shall submit completed…

Any school district employee who is employed by more than one school district is only required to obtain one criminal background investigation, if the background investigation was conducted no more than five years before the person is first employed by the additional school distr…

An accredited school may refuse to employ a person, either directly or by contract, who has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude as defined in subdivision 22-1-2 (25). No person may be employed by an accredited school, either directly or by contract, if the person …

Any person employed by a South Dakota school district on July 1, 2000, who remains continuously employed by the same South Dakota school district for consecutive school years is not required to submit to a criminal background check as provided in §

If a school board or governing body of any accredited school suspends an employee or an employee resigns or is terminated as a result of a criminal conviction, the superintendent or chief administrator shall, within ten days of the date of the suspension or the date the employmen…

For purposes of §§ 13-10-12 to 13-10-16 , inclusive, the term, conviction, means a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere in this state or any other state. A duly certified copy of the court record is proof of the conviction and sentence. So…

If a school district employs a school counselor, on either a full-time or part-time basis, or contracts for the services of a school counselor through an educational cooperative or other entity, that school counselor shall be certified in accordance with the standards established…

Source: SL 2016, ch 83 , § 25, eff. July 1, 2020.

The school board shall have the power to employ personnel deemed necessary by the board and to define the duties and fix the compensation of each. Source: SDC 1939, § 15.2523 (3); SL 1939, ch 44 ; SL 1949, ch 54 , § 1; SL 1955, ch 41 , ch 16, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.3801; SL 197…

13-10-4 Retirement pension agreement with employees--Premiums. 13-10-5

Any school board may enter into group life and group health insurance contracts, including contracts for dental and vision insurance provided by private carriers, or may self insure, for the protection and benefit of its employees, the immediate families of such employees, and fo…

Subject to the provisions of §§ 3-12C-304 and 3-12C-305 , any school board shall have the power to enter into a retirement pension agreement with its employees for their benefit and to pay any part or all of the necessary premiums therefor. Source: SL 1947, ch 81 , § 1; SL 1955, …

Repealed by SL 1975, ch 128 , § 377 13-10-6

Jan. 1, 2017. 13-10-7

13-10-8 Discontinuance of retirement system by board. 13-10-9 Liability insurance for protection of employees. 13-10-10 13-10-10 , 13-10-11. Repealed by SL 1995, ch 87 , § 29 13-10-12 Criminal background investigation--Prospective employees, technical college instructors, and stu…

Such retirement pension system may be discontinued at any time by the school board of any district in which it has been established. On such discontinuance all pension payments shall be discontinued. Source: SL 1947, ch 81 , § 4; SL 1955, ch 41 , ch 16, § 19; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.…

Any school board shall have power to carry public liability insurance protecting its employed personnel against liability suits which might be brought against them for acts of negligence while performing their duties as employees of the school district. Source: SL 1953, ch 55 , §…

Source: SL 2000, ch 76 , § 4; SL 2003, ch 272 , § 63.