13-27-2. Child excused from school.
A school board of any school district may excuse a child from public school attendance for the reasons set forth in §§13-27-6 and 13-27-6.1.
Source: SDC 1939, §15.3202; SL 1955, ch 41, ch 15, §2; SL 1971, ch 116, §1; SL 1981, ch 141, §1; SL 1995, ch 97, §1; SL 2011, ch 94, §1; SL 2017, ch 78, §1; SL 2021, ch 76, § 2.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 27 - Compulsory School Attendance
Section 13-27-1.1 - Religious exemption after eighth grade.
Section 13-27-1.2 - Promulgation of rules on high school equivalency testing.
Section 13-27-2 - Child excused from school.
Section 13-27-3 - Alternative instruction--Notification--Requirements.
Section 13-27-3.1 - Birth certificate or affidavit to be submitted--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 13-27-3.2 - Maintenance of birth certificate by school as permanent record.
Section 13-27-6 - Child excused because of illness in family.
Section 13-27-7 - Notification of alternative instruction.
Section 13-27-8 - Appeal on attendance matters to state board --Finality of decision.
Section 13-27-9 - Record of certificates of excuse--Copies to secretary and place of instruction.
Section 13-27-11 - Failure to send child to school as misdemeanor.
Section 13-27-16 - Warnings by school boards to send children to school--Report to truancy officer.
Section 13-27-17 - Investigations and records of truancy officer.
Section 13-27-23 - Penalties invoked on finding of guilty.
Section 13-27-28 - Disobedience of circuit court order as contempt.