South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 27 - Compulsory School Attendance
Section 13-27-7 - Notification of alternative instruction.

13-27-7. Notification of alternative instruction.
Each notification of alternative instruction pursuant to §13-27-3 shall be on a standard form that declares that the child will be provided with alternative instruction per § 13-27-3. The completed form must contain the child's name, birthdate, resident district, and open enrolled district if applicable, signature of the parent, guardian, or other person having control of the child and information for the return of the form. The Department of Education or the local district shall provide the parent, guardian, or other person having control of the child with a signed or stamped copy of the notification as proof of notification. The notification shall be kept confidential. The form shall be provided by the secretary of the Department of Education but may not require more details than set forth by this section.
The notification shall be filed within thirty days from the first time the child begins an alternative instruction program while the child is of school age as defined in § 13-27-1 and is not required thereafter unless one or more of the following transitions occur:
(1)A child enrolls in a public or nonpublic school; or
(2)A child moves to a different school district.
The parent, guardian, or other person having control of the child shall provide notification of any transitions by submitting the standard notification form to the Department of Education or the local district within thirty days of the transition.

Source: SDC 1939, §15.3202; SL 1955, ch 41, ch 15, §2; SL 1971, ch 116, §3; SL 1981, ch 141, §3; SL 1983, ch 131, §1; SL 1991, ch 20, §§17, 18; SL 1992, ch 128, §2; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), §63; SL 2012, ch 98, §1; SL 2017, ch 78, §3; SL 2021, ch 76, § 6.

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