(HB 1147)
High school extracurricular activities, eligibility restricted.
Section
1.
That
§
13-32-9
be amended to read as follows:
13-32-9.
Any person adjudicated, convicted,
the subject of an informal adjustment or court-
approved juvenile diversion program,
or the subject of a suspended imposition of sentence for
possession, use, or distribution of controlled
drugs or
substances or marijuana as defined in chapter
22-42
, or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise taking into the body any substances as prohibited
by
§
22-42-15,
is ineligible to participate in any extracurricular activity at any secondary school
accredited by the Department of Education for one
calendar
year
from the date of adjudication,
conviction, diversion, or suspended imposition of sentence. The one-year suspension may be
reduced to sixty school days if the person participates in an assessment with a certified chemical
dependency counselor or completes an accredited intensive prevention or treatment program. If
the assessment indicates the need for a higher level of care, the student is required to complete the
prescribed program before becoming eligible to participate in extracurricular activities
. Upon a
subsequent adjudication, conviction,
diversion,
or suspended imposition of sentence for
possession, use, or distribution of controlled
drugs or
substances or marijuana
as defined in chapter
22-42, or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise taking into the body any substances as prohibited
by
§
22-42-15,
by a court of competent jurisdiction, that person is ineligible to participate in any
extracurricular activity
while that person is attending
at
any
secondary
school accredited by the
Department of Education. Upon such a determination in any juvenile
court
proceeding the Unified
Judicial System shall give notice of that determination to the South Dakota High School Activities
Association and the chief administrator of the school in which the person is
enrolled
participating
in any extracurricular activity
.