13-27-6. Child excused because of illness in family.
A school board may excuse a child from school attendance, pursuant to §13-27-2, because of serious illness in his immediate family, making his presence at home an actual necessity, or his presence in school a menace to the health of other pupils. The school board may require the submission of medical evidence as a condition of granting an excuse pursuant to this section.
Source: SDC 1939, §15.3202 (1); SL 1955, ch 41, ch 15, §2; SL 1982, ch 142, §1.
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.