Title 13 — EDUCATION

In order to maintain eligibility for the critical teaching needs scholarship program, a student shall: (1) Maintain a cumulative 2.8 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. The student shall complete consecutive fall and spring terms in order to remain eligible for continuation of th…

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The Board of Regents shall promulgate rules under chapter 1-26 to: (1) Establish the minimum credit hours required for full-time enrollment; (2) Establish the time and manner in which a student may request an exception to the continuous semester enrollment requirement; (3) Establ…

Any person desiring to use the benefits of § 13-55-6 shall apply to the Board of Regents. The Board of Regents shall determine whether the applicant is entitled to the benefits. The Board of Regents may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to accomplish the purposes of §§ 13…

If the Board of Regents determines that any person applying under § 13-55-8 is entitled to free tuition in any state educational institution under the control and management of the Board of Regents, the board shall issue its certificate in duplicate that the person is entitled to…

Terms used in §§ 13-55-9.2 to 13-55-9.7 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, mean: (1) "Dependent," any child born before or during the period of time a parent served as a prisoner of war or was declared a person missing in action, any child legally adopted or in t…

Any dependent of a prisoner of war or a person missing in action, upon his being duly accepted for enrollment into any state supported institution of higher education or state supported technical or vocational school, shall be entitled to eight semesters or twelve quarters, free …

No benefits shall accrue to a dependent under the provisions of § 13-55-9.2 if equal or greater benefits are made available, under act of Congress, by the United States, but state benefits shall be available to a dependent to supplement any lesser benefits from federal sources. S…

Any person applying for the benefits provided by § 13-55-9.2 shall submit an application to the Board of Regents or the South Dakota Board of Technical Education. The respective board receiving the application shall determine whether the person applying is entitled to the benefit…

Upon the Board of Regents or the South Dakota Board Education determining that any such person applying under the provisions of § 13-55-9.4 is entitled to receive the benefits provided in § 13-55-9.2 , the appropriate board shall issue a certificate in duplicate that such person …

Once a person qualifies as a dependent under the terms and provisions of §§ 13-55-9.1 to 13-55-9.7 , inclusive, there shall be no situation such as the return of the parent or reported death of the parent that will remove the dependent from provisions or benefits of said sections…

The benefits authorized by §§ 13-55-9.1 to 13-55-9.6 , inclusive, shall be paid out of the state funds available to the Board of Regents or the Division of Education Services and Resources, respectively. Source: SL 1973, ch 108 , § 7.

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 …

Terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Advance payment contract," a contract entered into by the executive director and a purchaser pursuant to this chapter to provide for the higher education of a beneficiary; (2) "Beneficiary," the person designated within the advance payment co…

The executive director shall establish a schedule for payment to institutions of higher education of the tuition, room and board, or tuition only costs on behalf of beneficiaries. Payment under this section may not begin until the beneficiary applies to and is accepted by the ins…

If the beneficiary dies, is not admitted to an institution of higher education following proper application, elects to not attend an institution of higher education or if attending, elects to discontinue higher education or for any other circumstance approved by the executive dir…

If the beneficiary qualifies for benefit entitlement under provisions of the advance payment contract, is admitted to an institution of higher education and receives additional financial or other assistance for tuition, room or board costs, or elects not to contract for room and …

Rules necessary to administer this chapter shall be promulgated jointly by the executive director and the state treasurer pursuant to chapter 1-26 . Rules adopted pursuant to this section shall include policies and procedures governing the: (1) Receipt of payments from purchasers…

In accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 , the executive director may enter into a contract with a purchaser for the advance payment of tuition, room and board, or tuition only costs on behalf of a beneficiary for attendance at one, or a combination of instit…

Notwithstanding § 13-55E-2 , benefits provided under contract may commence within a period less than seventeen years but not less than ten years from the beginning date of the first fall academic semester following the date of payment. The one - time advance payment required unde…

The advance payment contract shall specify one of the payment options specified under this section to be required from the purchaser on behalf of the beneficiary. The one - time advance payment shall be made in cash or cash equivalents at the time the contract is signed. The exec…

The advance payment contract shall prohibit payment of and the executive director may not pay tuition benefit in excess of resident tuition costs if the: (1) Purchaser entered into the advance payment contract under an option specified by subdivision 13-55E-4(2); or (2) Beneficia…

The executive director shall make necessary arrangements with the appropriate institution of higher education to fulfill the obligation under the advance payment contract. An institution of higher education shall admit the beneficiary of the contract if the beneficiary otherwise …

An advance payment contract may not be sold or otherwise transferred by the purchaser or beneficiary. Subject to rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 , the purchaser may substitute another individual for the beneficiary originally named in the contract. Source: SL 1994, ch …

The executive director shall deposit payments received under this chapter into a fund in the state treasury and shall account for each payment required from a purchaser on behalf of a beneficiary pursuant to the advance payment contract. The fund is a participating fund pursuant …

Expenditures from the fund established under § 13-55E-8 shall be for payments to institutions of higher education on behalf of beneficiaries, payments of refunds and direct payment of benefits in accordance with § 13-55E-10 and for costs of administering this chapter. Administrat…

Any student who is a South Dakota resident attending the Cheyenne River Community College in Eagle Butte, Oglala Lakota College in Kyle, Sinte Gleska University in Rosebud, Sisseton - Wahpeton Community College in Sisseton, or Standing Rock Community College in Fort Yates, North …

The memorial education cost equalization grant per credit hour for each eligible student shall be the amount appropriated divided by the total number of credit hours taken by all eligible students during the school year. Source: SL 1994, ch 2 , § 4.

The memorial education cost equalization grant shall be reduced by the amount of benefits provided under the provisions of P.L. 95-471, as amended to January 1, 1994. Source: SL 1994, ch 2 , § 5.

Upon receipt of the memorial education cost equalization grant, the eligible student shall immediately pay the full amount of the grant to the college or university in which the student is enrolled. Source: SL 1994, ch 2 , § 6.