Title 13 — EDUCATION

The school board of a school district shall have authority to purchase or lease land for school purposes, subject to the rules for the use of such land as adopted by the South Dakota Board of Education Standards. Source: SL 1945, ch 67 ; SL 1955, ch 41 , ch 11, § 1; SDC Supp 1960…

Any school board shall have authority to lease equipment, teacherages, buildings, or other real estate and personal property for a period of not to exceed thirty years. The proposed aggregate lease payments provided for under a lease agreement shall be subject to the statutory bi…

Any school board shall have the power and duty to properly equip, provide for the proper maintenance and preservation, and keep in necessary repair all of said buildings and any playgrounds and athletic fields the district might acquire. Source: SL 1955, ch 41 , ch 11, § 5; SDC S…

It shall be the duty of every school board and the governing body of nonpublic schools to provide for the health conditions of the school by furnishing each school with sanitary facilities and a supply of water suitable for drinking, and to maintain sanitary conditions, and to in…

All school boards are authorized and required to erect and maintain upon each public school building or upon the grounds surrounding the same, a good and sufficient flagstaff or pole, together with all necessary appliances, and to provide a United States flag of not less than thr…

An object or document containing the words of the Ten Commandments may be displayed in any public school classroom, public school building, or at any public school event, along with other objects and documents of cultural, legal, or historical significance that have formed and in…

The right to post the United States flag shall not be limited or infringed upon in any public school classroom, public school building, at any public school event, or on any public school uniform. Each school district shall provide students the opportunity to salute the United St…

In the purchase of any land lawfully authorized, as provided in § 13-24-1 , in case the school board is unable to agree with the owners of such land on the purchase price thereof, the board is authorized to damage, acquire, and condemn such private property for the public purpose…

The school board may grant the use of school facilities, computers, motor vehicles, or land belonging to the school district for any purposes which it considers advisable as a community service for such compensation as it determines. The use may also include a contract with a ven…

Any school board may charge a fee to students or others for parking their motor vehicles in or on parking facilities provided by the school district. Source: SL 1987, ch 139 , §§ 1, 2; SL 1995, ch 96 .

Representatives of a patriotic society shall be allowed to speak to students during regular school hours at each public school in the state during the first quarter of each academic school year. The patriotic society shall provide the school principal with verbal or written notic…

Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, the national motto of the United States, "In God We Trust," shall be displayed in each public school. The display shall be located in a prominent location within each public school. The display may take the form of a mounted plaque, student…

For any lawsuit brought or any complaint filed against a school district, an employee of a school district, the board of a school district, or a member thereof as a result of a school district displaying the national motto of the United States in accordance with § 13-24-23 , the …

Whenever land under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of school and public lands has been lawfully selected and authorized for purchase, as herein provided, located on a section line or a regularly established highway at one corner of a legal subdivision not within forty rods …

Any school district and the State of South Dakota, any municipality, organized township, or county within or partly within the boundaries of the school district may transfer, exchange, or convey land and properties belonging to them and under their jurisdiction upon terms and con…

The school board of any school district in this state is hereby authorized and empowered to lease its grounds, or any part thereof, for oil and gas exploration and development, for a primary term not to exceed ten years and as long thereafter as oil or gas is or can be produced. …

Any such oil and gas lease may provide, or said board by subsequent contract may agree, that the lessee and his assigns shall have the right and power to consolidate the land covered by said lease with other adjoining land for the purpose of joint development and operation of the…

All such leases and the occupancy thereunder of the lands leased shall not interfere materially with the purposes for which said lands are used and occupied by the school district. Source: SL 1941, ch 72 , § 2; SL 1955, ch 41 , ch 11, § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.2104.

All moneys arising from such leases or the production of oil or gas thereunder shall become a part of the general funds of such school district. Source: SL 1941, ch 72 , § 3; SL 1955, ch 41 , ch 11, § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.2104.

Any school board shall have power to erect, purchase, lease, rent, sell, equip, and move schoolhouses, dormitories, dwellings for teachers' homes, and other structures, fences, or other enclosure as the board shall deem necessary subject to the limitations as provided by law; pro…