Title 13, EDUCATION

The director shall prescribe a uniform system for gathering and reporting career and technical education data. Source: SL 1965, ch 37 , § 5 (6); SL 1982, ch 147 , § 18; SL 2012, ch 88 , § 21.

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to nonpublic secondary or postsecondary technical institutions except that the secretary of education and LEAs may enter into agreements with these schools and institutions to provide career and technical education. Source: SL 1965, ch …

For the purposes of providing career and technical education, all LEAs of this state may establish, in cooperation with the department, career and technical education programs by career clusters, as provided in this chapter, under terms and conditions agreed upon. Any LEA board m…

Anyone who may profit from the vocational education course to which the person applies may be enrolled upon application and acceptance in accordance with the provisions of §§ 13-39-1.2 to 13-39-29 , inclusive, and as prescribed by the South Dakota Board of Education Standards. So…

The secretary of education, through the director, may receive, acquire, have charge of, and operate all properties for the purposes authorized in this chapter. The secretary may acquire by gift, subject to the provisions of § 5-24-12 , or purchase real and personal property for t…

The school boards of two or more school districts may submit to the South Dakota Board of Education Standards a proposed plan to establish a multidistrict, career and technical academy. The proposal shall be consistent with the state plan for career and technical education and sh…

When the state board receives a proposed plan to establish a multidistrict, career and technical academy, the board shall examine the plan and may conduct hearings to receive evidence pertaining to the proposed multidistrict, career and technical academy. The state board may appr…

After approval of a plan pursuant to § 13-39-42 , all participating school districts of a multidistrict, career and technical academy shall enter into an agreement of participation which must receive a vote of approval by the school board of each participating school district. Pr…

A center board shall organize and administer a multidistrict, career and technical academy. A center board shall consist of at least five members but not more than a total of one member for each participating district, except that each participating school district with five hund…

If four or less school districts comprise a multidistrict, career and technical academy, and if enrollment within the school districts is insufficient to provide five members in accordance with § 13-39-44 , the boards of the school districts shall agree upon the number and manner…

The terms of office of the members of center boards shall be for three years and shall terminate on June thirtieth or as soon thereafter as their successors are appointed and qualify. At the initial organizational meeting of a center board, the initial terms of office of each mem…

All persons appointed to a center board shall qualify and assume office at the first regular meeting of a center board in July or the first regular meeting of a center board following their appointment by taking and subscribing to the oath as provided for regular school board mem…

The director shall call and conduct the initial organizational meeting of a center board. A center board shall meet at least monthly. At each July meeting, the center board shall select officers for the current school year. Source: SL 1973, ch 123 , § 12; SL 1982, ch 147 , § 42.

The officers of a center board shall be a chairman and a vice chairman, who shall not be from the same school district. The chairman shall preside at all meetings of a center board and in his absence the vice chairman shall preside. Source: SL 1973, ch 123 , § 11.

Each center board member shall be entitled to one vote. A majority of the members of a center board shall constitute a quorum. Any motion or resolution may be adopted only by a majority vote of the members of the center board. Source: SL 1973, ch 123 , § 11.

The center board may employ personnel to administer the affairs of the multidistrict center and the center board shall determine their duties. Source: SL 1973, ch 123 , § 11; SL 1982, ch 147 , § 43.

Multidistrict, career and technical academies are subject to the rules adopted by the state board pursuant to chapter 1-26 and to applicable statutory requirements of school districts. A center board has the same power, authority, responsibility, and obligations as a school board…

A center board may not issue bonds or levy a tax on its behalf. The participating school districts may provide funds for the purpose of construction, purchase, and lease of equipment and facilities. A participating district may make payments to a center board for the participatin…

For the purpose of paying any administrative, planning, operating, or capital expenses incurred or to be incurred, a center board shall assess each participating school district its proportionate share based upon its enrollment in grades nine through twelve as compared to the tot…

The secretary of education shall apportion and distribute funds made available to multidistrict, career and technical academies to assist in defraying instructional costs. The use of these funds is subject to the state plans for career and technical education and to rules promulg…

Funds distributed to the multidistrict, career and technical academies under the provisions of § 13-39-56 are to be paid out of money appropriated to the division and from federal funds allotted to the State of South Dakota for the purposes of career and technical education. Sour…

A center board shall have charge of the business of the center and may lease or acquire ownership of the equipment and facilities. Source: SL 1973, ch 123 , § 13; SL 1975, ch 128 , § 263.

After a multidistrict center is established, additional school districts may become participants in the multidistrict center and are governed by the provisions of §§ 13-39-41 to 13-39-64 , inclusive, upon following the process pursued by the school districts originally forming th…

A school board by resolution may request that the center board approve the school district as a participating district in an established multidistrict center. A center board may require, as a condition of participation, payment of a fee not exceeding the applying school district'…

A school board may not become a participating member of a multidistrict center if the resolution provided for in § 13-39-60 is disapproved by a majority of the total number of votes cast on the question of the school district's participation in the multidistrict center. A school …

A school district may withdraw from a multidistrict, career and technical academy if the school board submits a resolution to that effect to the center board and if the center board approves the resolution. If the resolution to withdraw is not approved by the center board, the sc…

The center board may adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26 , pertaining to the creation, dissolution, operation, control, supervision, and approval of multidistrict, career and technical academies in South Dakota. Source: SL 1973, ch 123 , § 2; SL 1975, ch 128 , § 268; SL 1982, c…

The presidents of the technical colleges, acting pursuant to rules established by the State Board of Technical Education, shall use the money provided pursuant to SL 2016, chapter 65 to increase instructor salaries to competitive levels at each technical college. The amount of mo…

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 13-15-2 , the general control and supervision over career and technical education as provided in this chapter is the duty of the director under the direction of the secretary of education. Source: SL 1965, ch 37 , § 9; SL 1982, ch 147 , § 5; SL…

The director has general control and supervision over all career and technical education in all public secondary schools and all other career and technical education functions assigned to the director by the secretary of education. Source: SL 1965, ch 37 , § 3; SL 1982, ch 147 , …