FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to allow students attending nonpublic high schools to be eligible for the jump start scholarship program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That § 13-55-47 be amended to read as follows:
    13-55-47. There is hereby established the jump start scholarship program to be administered by the Board of Regents. The purpose of the program is to allow a student who graduates from a public or nonpublic high school in three years or less to receive a scholarship funded with a portion of the money saved by the state in state aid to education funding pursuant to chapter 13-13 as a result of the student's early graduation if the student enrolls at any college, university, or technical school accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools that provides instruction from a campus located in South Dakota.
    Section 2. That § 13-55-48 be amended to read as follows:
    13-55-48. To be eligible for the jump start scholarship program, a student shall:

            (1)    Be a resident of South Dakota;

            (2)    Complete the requirements of the recommended high school program as established

by the Board of Education pursuant to § 13-1-12.1, and be awarded a high school diploma by a public or nonpublic high school in three years or less;

            (3)    Have attended a public or nonpublic high school in South Dakota on a full-time basis for at least two semesters prior to graduating; and

            (4)    Within one year of graduating from high school, excluding any time served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States, enroll in a college, university, or technical school accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools that provides instruction from a campus located in South Dakota.

    No student who enrolls in a high school for all or any part of a fourth year is eligible for the jump start scholarship program.