CHAPTER 78
(HB 1158)
State aid redirected for school districts
that accept open enrollment students.
ENTITLED, An Act to
reallocate a certain portion of state aid to education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section
1.
Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 13-13, if a student is enrolled pursuant
to
§
13-28-43, and the nonresident school district in which the student is enrolled does not receive
state aid to general education, the Department of Education and Cultural Affairs shall pay state aid
to education to the nonresident district in which the student is enrolled. For each student, the
amount of state aid paid shall be the per student allocation as defined in subdivision 13-13-10.1(4).
The payment shall be prorated per the number of days the student was enrolled in the nonresident
district compared to the number of days the nonresident district was in session. The payment shall
be made in the succeeding fiscal year.
Section
2.
That chapter
13-28
be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of
§
13-28-40, any student who enrolls in another school district
pursuant to the provisions contained in
§
§
13-28-40 to 13-28-47, inclusive, from a district that does
not receive state aid pursuant to chapter 13-13 in the succeeding fiscal year remains the financial
obligation of the resident district. For each student, the resident district shall pay tuition to the
nonresident district in the succeeding fiscal year per the following calculation:
(1) Multiply the nonresident district's adjusted average daily membership calculated pursuant
to subdivision 13-13-10.1(2) by the per student allocation as defined in subdivision 13-
13-10.1(4);
(2) Divide the result of (1) by the nonresident district's average daily membership calculated
pursuant to subdivision 13-13-10.1(1);
(3) Multiply the result of (2) by the number of days the student was enrolled in the
nonresident district;
(4) Divide the result of (3) by the number of days the nonresident district was in session.
Signed February 28, 2001.