CHAPTER 98

(SB 199)

Compulsory attendance age increased.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  increase the compulsory attendance age for school attendance.

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

     Section  1.  That § 13-27-1 be amended to read as follows:

     13-27-1.   Every person having control of a child , who is six years old by the first day of September and who has not exceeded the age of sixteen eighteen , shall cause the child to regularly and annually attend some public or nonpublic school for the entire term during which the public school in the district in which the person resides, or the school to which the child is assigned to attend, is in session, until the child reaches the age of sixteen eighteen years, unless the child has graduated or is excused as provided in this chapter.

     Any child under age six enrolled in any elementary school or kindergarten program is subject to the compulsory attendance statutes of this state. A waiver of the compulsory attendance requirement for children under the age of seven years of age shall be granted by the school district upon the request of the parents.

     Section  2.  The provisions of this Act are effective July 1, 2009. The provisions of this Act apply to any student enrolled for the 2009-2010 school year.

     Signed March 7, 2007

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