CHAPTER 97

(SB 195)

High school interscholastic activities endowment.


         ENTITLED, An Act to  allow member schools of the South Dakota High School Activities Association to provide a portion of certain admissions fees to local organizations that support interscholastic activities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  That chapter 13-16 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     Any member school of an association provided for in §  13-36-4 to which control, supervision, and regulation of high school interscholastic activities has been delegated, may, during each school year, allow any portion of the admissions fees collected at a single event in each activity recognized by the association to be used by a local organization that supports local interscholastic activities. The portion of the admissions fees provided to the local organization shall be used for a purpose that is approved in advance by the local school board, and may be used for a local endowment fund that is dedicated to assisting the local school district with its educational needs. The local organization shall maintain complete records of the admissions fees it receives, and shall provide a report to the local school board detailing the specific use of the admissions fees.

     Signed March 13, 2007
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