Title 13 — EDUCATION

If an error in payment of general support or equalization support to a school district has been made, the error shall be corrected by adding to or subtracting the amount of the error from the subsequent months' payments to be made to the school district affected. Source: SDC Supp…

The county treasurer shall on or before the fifth day of January and July furnish the county auditor with a statement of all money in the county treasury belonging to the county general school fund and shall pay the money, upon the order of the auditor, to the public school distr…

Repealed by SL 1995, ch 94 , §§ 14 to 20 13-13-59 13-13-59 to 13-13-62. Repealed by SL 1995, ch 88 , §§ 7 to 10; SL 1995, ch 94 , §§ 21 to 24 13-13-63 13-13-63 to 13-13-65. Repealed by SL 1993, ch 81 , § 13F 13-13-66 Repealed by SL 2012, ch 87 , §§ 9, 10. 13-13-68

The county treasurer shall also pay at such times as are required by law to the business manager of each school district all of the money collected for such school district and shall take duplicate receipts for the money paid. He shall send one of the receipts to the business man…

13-13-71 Equalizing increase in local effort with increase in need. 13-13-72 Legislative policy on annual increase in appropriation for state aid. 13-13-72.1 Adjustment to certain levies. 13-13-73 Calculation of state aid for each school district. 13-13-73.1 Real property valuati…

If local effort increases on a statewide aggregate basis by a greater percentage than local need on a statewide aggregate basis from any one year to the next, for the following year each of the levies specified in subdivision 13-13-10.1 (13) shall be reduced proportionally so tha…

It is the policy of the Legislature that the appropriation for state aid to education increase on an annual basis by the percentage increase in local need on an aggregate statewide basis so that the relative proportion of local need paid by local effort and state aid shall remain…

In 2028 and each year thereafter, any adjustments in the levies specified in § 10-12-42 made pursuant to §§ 13-13-71 and 13-13-72 shall be based on maintaining the relationship between statewide local effort as a percentage of statewide local need in the fiscal year succeeding th…

The Department of Revenue shall exclude the real property valuation of manufactured homes, considered as real estate pursuant to § 10-4-2.4 , and manufactured homes, converted to real estate after July 1, 1999, when computing local effort pursuant to §§ 13-13-10.1 and 13-37-35.1 …

If a school district's lowest general fund monthly cash balance exceeds the district's allowable general fund cash balance, the Department of Education shall reduce a school district's state aid for general education, as calculated pursuant to § 13-13-73 , by an amount equal to t…

The Department of Education shall calculate the average teacher salary for each school district, based on data collected pursuant to §§ 13-3-51 and

It is the intent of the Legislature that any money appropriated for teacher compensation using the education funding plan included in SL 2016, ch 83 be used to directly improve teacher recruiting and retention and that the school districts advance this goal by increasing starting…

The Department of Education must decrease state aid to general education funding to the school district in the following fiscal year by five hundred dollars for each full-time equivalent teacher employed in the school district if: (1) The school district does not increase the sch…

Except as provided in §§ 13-19-29 and 13-13-39 , payment from funds provided in aid of the public schools in any school fiscal year shall be made in twelve monthly installments on or about the thirtieth of each month. For the period July first to December thirty-first, inclusive,…

13-13-76 13-13-76 , 13-13-77. Repealed by SL 2011, ch 89 , §§ 6, 7, eff. Mar. 17, 2011. 13-13-78 Definition of terms used in §

At the same time that state aid is distributed to school districts pursuant to §§ 13-13-10.1 to 13-13-41 , inclusive, the secretary of the Department of Education must distribute funds to sparse school districts by multiplying the result of the calculation in either subdivision 1…

13-13-81 Definition of terms. 13-13-82 State aid to certain school districts for career and technical education. 13-13-83 Monthly payments. 13-13-84 Promulgation of rules on certification of resident pupils attending schools in another state. 13-13-85 Transfer of funds for jump s…

Terms used in this section and §§ 13-13-82 and 13-13-83 mean: (1) "Eligible school district," a school district that does not receive state aid to education distributed pursuant to chapter 13-13 and that operates a high school primarily focused on career and technical education; …

An eligible school district shall receive an amount equal to the per student equivalent as defined in § 13-13-10.1 multiplied by the number of eligible students included in its fall enrollment as defined in §

The amount calculated in § 13-13-82 and in § 13-13-87 shall be distributed to an eligible school district in the same manner as other state aid payments are distributed pursuant to § 13-13-74 from funds appropriated in the general appropriations act for state aid to education. So…

The secretary of education may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to provide for the certification of resident pupils attending public or private schools in another state. Source: SL 2009, ch 75 , § 3.

The secretary of the Department of Education shall transfer on a noncash basis to the executive director of the Board of Regents the amount of state aid to education funds necessary to award jump start scholarships pursuant to §§ 13-55-47 to 13-55-51 , inclusive, to all students …

If a child is residing in a licensed group care center for minors which provides care for children who are not living with their parents or guardian, the school residence of the child is the school district where the parents or guardian reside, subject to the provisions of §

There is hereby created in the state treasury the workforce education fund to provide grants for the purposes of providing secondary career and technical education programs. Any general funds appropriated to the workforce education program shall be transferred into the workforce …

The secretary of the Department of Education shall authorize and disburse money from the workforce education fund to fund new and existing secondary career and technical education programs. In any fiscal year, up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars may be distributed to private…

The South Dakota Board of Education Standards shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 regarding the application process and timelines, the guidelines and criteria for approval of applications, and the distribution of funds from the workforce education fund. Source: SL 201…

The amount of funding to be distributed to the school districts shall be the local need as determined in § 13-13-10.1 less the technology and assessment costs and the sparse school district benefits. The amount for technology and assessment costs and sparse school district benefi…

The state general fund savings obtained through the state aid to education formula from the difference between the school general fund levy for agriculture property for taxes payable in 2018 pursuant to §§ 13-13-71 , 13-13-72 , and 13-13-72.1 and the agriculture property levy ado…

However, no school district that receives money under Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act may expend general fund money for new construction. Source: SL 1959, ch 67 ; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.2246 (7); SL 1961, ch 76 ; SL 1963, ch 77 ; SL 1969, ch 44 , § 28; SL 19…

A school district complies with this section if the district's average teacher compensation is at least ninety-seven percent of the average teacher compensation otherwise required by this section. Source: SL 2016, ch 83 , § 27; SL 2021, ch 73 , § 18; SL 2022, ch 42 , § 1; SL 2024…