Title 13 — EDUCATION

The South Dakota Legislature finds that providing need-based financial aid to qualified resident students enrolled in participating postsecondary institutions within the state is in the public interest. Source: SL 1974, ch 141 , § 1; SL 2013, ch 92 , § 1, eff. Mar. 12, 2013.

If a recipient of a South Dakota need-based grant discontinues attendance before the end of any semester, summer school session, or their equivalents, the entire amount of any refund due that student from the eligible institution on a pro rata basis, up to the amount of any payme…

The executive director shall administer this program and shall: (1) Adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to chapter 1-26 , to define tuition and mandatory fees, to define residents for the purposes of this chapter, and to determine the amount of grant funds available to students…

The Board of Regents is further authorized to establish a South Dakota need-based matching program. Any postsecondary institution eligible to participate in the program established under § 13-55A-1 may apply to the executive director once it has accumulated funding equal to three…

The executive director is hereby authorized to accept and expend any funds received from state or private sources as provided for in this chapter, provided such acceptance and expenditure is approved in accordance with §

If a part of this chapter is invalid, all valid parts that are severable from the invalid part remain in effect. If a part of this chapter is invalid in one or more of its applications, the part remains in effect in all valid applications that are severable from the invalid appli…

There is hereby created in the education enhancement trust fund the South Dakota postsecondary scholarship grant fund for the purpose of providing grants and scholarships through the Board of Regents for the need-based grant program pursuant to chapter 13-55A and the critical tea…

The agreement required in section 9 of SL 2021, ch 83, must provide for a governing board. The board must consist of five members appointed by the Governor, for a term of five years, except that the initial appointments are for periods of one, two, three, four, and five years. Th…

A student is eligible for a South Dakota Freedom Scholarship, pursuant to § 13-55A-15 , if the student: (1) Is a state resident for at least one year prior to application for the scholarship; (2) Attends an eligible institution in pursuit of a baccalaureate degree; (3) Establishe…

For purposes of §§ 13-55A-15 to 13-55A-17 , inclusive, an eligible institution is an accredited public or nonpublic nonprofit postsecondary institution, including any tribal college, with a primary physical campus in this state, that: (1) Elects to participate in the scholarship …

Terms used in §§ 13-55A-2 to 13-55A-14 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, mean: (1) "Eligible institution," an institution of education beyond the high school level, located in South Dakota, which may include all public and private nonprofit and proprietary insti…

A South Dakota need-based grant may be awarded to any qualified South Dakota resident student who is admitted and is in attendance at any eligible institution on at least a half-time basis, and has established financial need. Source: SL 1974, ch 141 , § 3; SL 1981, ch 159 , § 2; …

A participating eligible institution shall award a South Dakota need-based grant to a qualified student for the normal academic year, or its equivalent, from a range of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars. The institution making the recommendatio…

Each applicant, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the executive director, shall: (1) Be responsible for providing the information required to make a financial need determination; and (2) Report promptly to the participating institution any information requested whic…

13-55A-8 13-55A-8 , 13-55A-9. Repealed by SL 1981, ch 159 , §§ 9, 10 13-55A-10 Refund to state if student discontinues attendance. 13-55A-11 Executive director to administer program. 13-55A-12 Need-based matching program. 13-55A-12.1 Acceptance and expenditure of state and privat…

A student grant may be made annually for both the fall and spring semesters, summer school sessions, or their equivalents. Payments under the grant shall be allocated equally among the semesters, summer school sessions, or their equivalents, and shall be paid at the beginning of …

For each fiscal year, the board may determine the amounts awarded for each scholarship grant program and shall award all available funds from the postsecondary scholarship grant fund annual transfer pursuant to §