Title 13, EDUCATION

Unless otherwise expressly provided in statute, the Board of Regents shall govern and regulate each institution under its control in such manner as it deems best calculated to promote the purpose for which the institution is maintained, and shall have charge and supervision of al…

The Board of Regents may employ and dismiss all officers, instructors, and employees of such institutions, necessary to the proper management thereof, to determine their number, qualifications, and duties, fix the term of their employment, and rate and manner of their compensatio…

No instructor, teacher, or other employee of any institution under the jurisdiction of the Board of Regents is subject to loss of job or status on the job for becoming a candidate for any public office. However, the provisions of this section do not apply if the candidacy or publ…

There is hereby created within the Board of Regents the FTE demand pool. For the purposes of this section, "FTE" means full - time equivalent as defined in § 2-14-2 . The initial balance of the FTE demand pool is established by the Legislature and may be replenished each year thr…

The Board of Regents may deposit any moneys held by it pursuant to § 13-49-14.2 , but not needed to cover liabilities, into a special fund created in the South Dakota school and public lands endowment, known as the South Dakota Services for the Deaf and the South Dakota School fo…

A person hired by the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and a person hired by South Dakota Services for the Deaf must submit to a fingerprint-based criminal background check by the Division of Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, i…

Except for the provisions of chapter 3-12C , the Board of Regents may not enter into any contract to provide a retirement or deferred compensation plan for any of its employees, other than the president or provost of each of its colleges and universities and the executive directo…

The Board of Regents, at its discretion, may elect to provide all, or any part of, the insurance benefits for its employees by means of a plan which is self - insured in whole or in part. The board may execute a contract or contracts with such claims administrators as the board m…

The Board of Regents may make contracts for service, the erection of buildings, the purchase of all lands, materials, and supplies needed, unless such supplies are under the supervision of the Bureau of Human Resources and Administration. In the carrying out of such contracts, th…

Any contract for the erection and repair of any building and the purchase of ordinary supplies shall be let in accordance with chapters 5-18A and 5-18B except in the case of coal needed by the institutions. Source: SDC 1939, § 15.0710; SL 1975, ch 128 , § 330; SL 2011, ch 2 , § 1…

The board may bring suit in any proper court in its own name to enforce any contract made by it, and any suit relating to the property referred to in §§ 13-49-15 and 13-49-16 , or to the care, custody, control, management, or improvements thereof. The attorney general shall prose…

It is the intention of §§ 13-49-15 to 13-49-18 , inclusive, to confer upon the Board of Regents all powers usually exercised by such boards, and which are necessary to the proper legal management of the educational institutions placed under its control, and the property belonging…

Each regent who is a regular member shall be a person of probity and wisdom and selected from among the best known citizens, who are residents of different portions of the state. No two regents may be residents in the same county and not more than six may be members of the same p…

The State Board of Regents may enter into agreements or contract with states, individually or on a regional basis, to provide means by which South Dakota residents may be assisted to carry on or complete fields of study. This grant of authority may not be construed as providing s…

The State Board of Regents is hereby authorized to negotiate and enter into contractual agreements with public or private colleges and universities offering the study of dentistry for the purpose of reserving spaces each year for dental students from South Dakota. Such contractua…

Any net repayment made pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited to the livestock disease emergency fund. Source: SL 1991, ch 157 , § 9.

The treasurer may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to establish notification and collection procedures. Source: SL 1991, ch 157 , § 10.

The Board of Regents shall annually provide the state treasurer a report indicating the recipients of awards pursuant to §§ 13-49-20.5 , 13-49-20.7 to 13-49-20.13 , inclusive, and copies of any contracts signed pursuant to § 13-49-20.7 . Source: SL 1991, ch 157 , § 11.

Sections 13-49-20.7 to 13-49-20.12 , inclusive, apply only to students entering the program after July 1, 1991. Source: SL 1991, ch 157 , § 12.

The Board of Regents may negotiate and enter into contractual agreements with the University of Minnesota or a future other accredited institution of higher education collaborating with South Dakota State University veterinary program for final degree completion, to reserve space…

No student entering a program of veterinary medicine after July 1, 1993, may receive assistance pursuant to § 13-49-20.5 , except through the contractual arrangement established in § 13-49-20.14 . Source: SL 1993, ch 149 , § 5.

At least six of the students receiving tuition grants each year pursuant to §§ 10-45-16.1 and 10-46-17.5 shall be required to complete the graduate veterinary medicine education requirements to become a practicing veterinarian, commence practicing veterinary medicine in South Dak…

The State Board of Regents may negotiate and enter into contractual agreements with public or private colleges and universities offering the study of optometry for the purpose of reserving spaces each year for optometric students from South Dakota. Such contractual agreements may…

The Board of Regents shall establish an assistance program for South Dakota resident students who have been admitted to accredited institutions of higher education in a course of veterinary medicine. For all students participating in the program on January 1, 1991, the awards sha…

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 40-15-38 , the Governor may utilize all funds in excess of two hundred thousand dollars in the livestock disease emergency fund to provide for reserved veterinary slots or grants in out - of - state schools as authorized in this chapter. Source…

Any student desiring to receive veterinary medicine education tuition assistance pursuant to this chapter shall sign a contract agreeing to: (1) Complete the undergraduate and graduate veterinary medicine education requirements to become a practicing veterinarian; (2) Practice ve…

If the state treasurer determines that the recipient of a veterinary medicine tuition award authorized by this chapter has violated the provisions of the contract, the recipient shall repay the amount of the tuition awards and pay such damages as may be determined by any circuit …

The state treasurer may forgive or defer all or part of the repayment required in this chapter if the state treasurer determines that special circumstances exist due to the death or disability of the student or due to an extreme hardship which renders the student unable to comple…

The executive director is responsible for the maintenance of modern, uniform systems of accounting and record - keeping at all institutions; and for the compilation of a budget for the board, for the office of the executive director and for all public institutions in the state un…

No person or governmental entity may offer postsecondary education credit or degree in South Dakota, or while organized under the laws of South Dakota, unless currently holding accreditation from an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education pursua…

Each regent is appointed for a term of six years. The term expires on the last day of March, unless removed as provided in § 3-17-1 . No regent appointed after July 1, 2018, and without any previous service on the board, may serve more than two consecutive terms. A regent who has…

For purposes of public access to records of the Board of Regents and institutions under its control, except such records as are deemed confidential, secret, or privileged under law, the term, records, means: (1) Records, documents, and instruments that are required to be kept or …

The functions of the Agricultural Heritage Museum, located at Brookings, South Dakota, are transferred from the Department of Education to the Board of Regents. Source: SL 1995, ch 319 (Ex. Ord. 95-3), § 17; SL 2003, ch 272 , § 63.

All negotiations pursuant to § 3-18-3 for salary policy undertaken pursuant to this chapter that have not been settled by April fifteenth of any given year shall be deemed to be at impasse. Source: SL 1999, ch 17 , § 2.

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 5-24A , if the Board of Regents assesses a special student fee to students in order to lease personal computers for the use of those students at a university, the Board of Regents may, upon the expiration of the lease, acquire the compute…

There is hereby created a special fund known as the Board of Regents performance improvement fund. All money in the Board of Regents performance improvement fund is dedicated for the purposes of leveraging non-state grant funding for research infrastructure and improving postseco…

There is hereby established in the state treasury the federal grants and contracts fund. The Board of Regents and its institutions may accept and shall deposit into the fund any money received from grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with federal government agencies. Any…

There is hereby established in the state treasury the other grants and contracts fund. The Board of Regents and its institutions may accept and shall deposit into the fund any money received from grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with entities other than the federal go…

There is hereby created the precision agriculture fund. Money in the fund may be used for the construction and renovation of the precision agriculture classroom and laboratory building and Berg Agriculture Hall; bond redemption; and the annual maintenance, operations, and repair …

The collective bargaining provisions set forth in chapters 3-18 and 60-9A do not apply to any person employed by the Board of Regents or employed by an institution under the control of the Board of Regents, except for public employees at South Dakota Services for the Deaf and the…

Terms used in this section and § 13-49-42 mean: (1) "Foreign entity," any organization that is: (a) Registered outside of the United States or its territories; (b) More than ten percent owned by a foreign government or foreign person; or (c) Owned, to any extent, by a foreign gov…

The Board of Regents must disclose, in an annual report, any funding given by a foreign source, as defined in § 13-49-43, directly to the board or an institution under the board's control. The report must identify, for each instance of funding received by an institution during th…

Before entering upon the duties of the office, each regent shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation to support the Constitutions of the United States and of this state, and faithfully to discharge the duties of the office, which oath or affirmation shall be filed with the …

The Governor shall appoint a student regent, with the consent of the Senate, who shall participate in all board meetings, open and closed, and be compensated in the same manner as board members. The student regent must be a student of one of the public postsecondary educational i…

Meetings may be held on the call of the president or by joint request of a majority of the members, due and reasonable notice always being given. The affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Regents is required to take official action. The Board of Regents sh…

At the annual meeting of the board, there shall be elected from among the members a president, whose term of office shall be for one year. Source: SDC 1939, § 15.0705; SL 1945, ch 49 ; SL 1955, ch 293 , § 1; SL 2007, ch 109 , § 9.