Title 13 — EDUCATION

From a decision made by any school board, or by a special committee created under any provision of the school law relative to a school or school district matter or in respect to any act or proceeding in which such officer, board, or committee purports or assumes to act, an appeal…

Any matter so appealed shall be entitled in the name of the aggrieved party as appellant, against the school board or special committee, as the case may be, as respondent. Source: SL 1955, ch 41 , ch 9, § 44; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.2344; SL 1975, ch 128 , § 321.

Such appeal shall be taken by serving a notice of appeal upon the school board or special committee or any member thereof, and by filing such notice of appeal in the office of the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which such appeal is taken, together with a bond in the …

Upon such appeal so taken, the business manager of the school district or the acting clerk of such special committee, shall, within thirty days thereafter, transmit to the clerk of courts a certified copy of the record of the decision appealed from and of the record of all procee…

The trial in the circuit court shall be de novo according to the rules relating to special proceedings of a civil nature so far as such rules are applicable and not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter and the court shall enter such final judgment or order as the circu…

An appeal from any such final judgment or order may be taken to the Supreme Court within sixty days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the party desiring to appeal, which appeal shall be perfected, heard, and determined as other appeals in civil cases. Source: …