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SD Codified L § 13-55-42 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-42 - Maintaining eligibility--Criteria--Waiver of criteria--Rescission of award.

13-55-42. Maintaining eligibility--Criteria--Waiver of criteria--Rescission of award.In order to maintain eligibility, a student who has been awarded a Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey memorial scholarship shall:(1)Maintain a cumulative 2.5 grade point average on a 4.0 grade point scale;(2)Be continuously enrolled for the fall and spring semesters in a public or nonpublic accredited university, college, or technical college;(3)Complete the equivalent of at least twelve credit hours of instruction per semester; and(4)Enroll in a public or nonpublic accredited university, college, or technical college no later than the fall semester after the scholarship has been awarded.If factors beyond the control of a student who has been awarded a Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey memorial scholarship prevent the student from meeting the requirements in this section, the board may temporarily waive the requirements of this section as eligibility criteria. The board may rescind a scholarship award if the student does not maintain eligibility as prescribed by this section. Source: SL 2003, ch 109, §§6, 7; SL 2005, ch 108, §2; SL 2014, ch 97, §3; SL 2020, ch 61, § 57.
SD Codified L § 13-55-42.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-42.1 - Alternate award of amount of rescinded scholarship.

13-55-42.1. Alternate award of amount of rescinded scholarship.If the Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey Scholarship Board rescinds a scholarship that has been awarded, the board may award the amount of the rescinded scholarship to an alternate. Source: SL 2005, ch 108, §3.
SD Codified L § 13-55-43 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-43 - Department to support board.

13-55-43. Department to support board.The Department of Education shall provide necessary support services to the board created by §§13-55-37 to 13-55-46, inclusive. Source: SL 2003, ch 109, §8; SL 2003, ch 272, §63.
SD Codified L § 13-55-44 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-44 - Expenditure authority appropriated to department.

13-55-44. Expenditure authority appropriated to department.There is hereby continuously appropriated to the Department of Education any other fund expenditure authority necessary for the department to accept and expend money the department may receive from any source for the purpose for providing a Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey memorial scholarship. Source: SL 2003, ch 109, §9; SL 2003, ch 272, §63.
SD Codified L § 13-55-45 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-45 - Secretary to approve vouchers and draw warrants.

13-55-45. Secretary to approve vouchers and draw warrants.The secretary of the Department of Education shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by §§13-55-37 to 13-55-46, inclusive. Source: SL 2003, ch 109, §10; SL 2003, ch 272, §63.
SD Codified L § 13-55-46 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-46 - Department to promulgate rules, criteria.

13-55-46. Department to promulgate rules, criteria.The Department of Education may promulgate rules pursuant to §§13-55-37 to 13-55-46, inclusive, and chapter 1-26 to accept applications for a Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey memorial scholarship, establish criteria to award a Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey memorial scholarship, and to maintain eligibility for a Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey memorial scholarship. Source: SL 2003, ch 109, §11; SL 2003, ch 272, §63.
SD Codified L § 13-55-47 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-47 - Jump start scholarship program established.

13-55-47. Jump start scholarship program established.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 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. Source: SL 2011, ch 102, §1.
SD Codified L § 13-55-48 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-48 - Eligibility requirements for jump start scholarship program.

13-55-48. Eligibility requirements for jump start scholarship program.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 Standards pursuant to §13-1-12.1, and be awarded a high school diploma by a public high school in three years or less;(3)Have attended a public 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. Source: SL 2011, ch 102, §2; SL 2017, ch 81, §57.
SD Codified L § 13-55-49 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-49 - Amount of scholarship--Installment payments.

13-55-49. Amount of scholarship--Installment payments.The amount of the scholarship shall be one thousand five hundred dollars for the first year of attendance.One half of the award shall be paid to an approved institution on behalf of any eligible student enrolled at the beginning of the fall semester, and the other half shall be paid in the same manner at the beginning of the spring semester. A student shall be enrolled full-time during the spring semester in order to receive the second installment. Source: SL 2011, ch 102, §3; SL 2016, ch 83, §21.
SD Codified L § 13-55-50 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-50 - Application for admission to approved institution--Determination of scholarship eligibility--Distribution of funds.

13-55-50. Application for admission to approved institution--Determination of scholarship eligibility--Distribution of funds.Any eligible student seeking to obtain a jump start scholarship shall, by September first of the year following the student's graduation from high school, apply for admission to an approved postsecondary education institution. The institution shall determine the student's initial eligibility, and once the student is admitted into the jump start scholarship program, the executive director of the Board of Regents shall make scholarship payments to the institution on behalf of the student. The approved institutions shall submit to the Board of Regents the names of all eligible students by October first for the first semester and by February twenty-fifth for the second semester, and once the eligibility of each student is verified, the executive director of the Board of Regents shall distribute the funds necessary to award the scholarship to each eligible student to the approved institutions for the first semester on October fifteenth or the first working day thereafter, and for the second semester on March fifteenth or the first working day thereafter. Source: SL 2011, ch 102, §4.
SD Codified L § 13-55-51 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-51 - Secretary to transfer appropriated funds for jump start scholarships.

13-55-51. Secretary to transfer appropriated funds for jump start scholarships.The secretary of the Department of Education shall transfer to the executive director of the Board of Regents, on a noncash basis, from funds appropriated for state aid to general education pursuant to chapter 13-13, the amount of money necessary to award the jump start scholarships to all students admitted into the scholarship program for that fiscal year. One-half of the necessary amount shall be transferred by October fifteenth for distribution for the first semester, and one-half of the necessary amount shall be transferred by March fifteenth for distribution for the second semester. Upon receipt, the executive director of the Board of Regents shall distribute the funds pursuant to §13-55-50. Source: SL 2011, ch 102, §5.
SD Codified L § 13-55-62 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-62 - Teach for America grant program--Duration--Amount of grants.

13-55-62. Teach for America grant program--Duration--Amount of grants.There is hereby created a Teach for America grant program within the Department of Education. The purpose of the grant program is to provide funding to Teach for America, a nonprofit organization that provides alternative teacher recruitment and placement in public schools in which a majority of the students are from low-income households. Through the grant program, the state will partner with private contributors to fund an expansion of the Teach for America program in the state that will allow the number of teachers placed to grow from fifty-seven to one hundred by 2015. The expansion will allow Teach for America to positively impact two-thirds of the Native American students on reservations in the state and more than half of the Native American students statewide, and to strengthen its efforts to improve the academic achievement of low-income, Native American students and to increase the educational opportunities afforded them.Funding through the grant program shall be provided to Teach for America over a period of four fiscal years beginning on July 1, 2012. The amount of the grants provided pursuant to this section and §13-55-63 shall be based upon the amount of matching funds received by Teach for America from private contributors, but the total amount of all grants provided may not exceed the total amount of money appropriated for the grant fund. Source: SL 2012, ch 103, §1, eff. June 20, 2012.
SD Codified L § 13-55-63 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-63 - Annual report to Governor and Legislature on Teach for America grant program.

13-55-63. Annual report to Governor and Legislature on Teach for America grant program.For each fiscal year of the grant program established in §13-55-62, the secretary of education shall submit a report to the Governor and to the Legislature that provides the following information:(1)The amount of grant program funds provided to Teach for America for that fiscal year;(2)The amount of matching funds provided to Teach for America for that fiscal year from private contributors;(3)The progress of Teach for America's expansion efforts in South Dakota, including the number of teachers placed and the number of students impacted; and(4)The results that Teach for America is achieving in the state in closing the achievement gap, providing enhanced educational opportunities, preparing students for higher education, and in meeting any other goals established by the organization. Source: SL 2012, ch 103, §2, eff. June 20, 2012.
SD Codified L § 13-55-64 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-64 - Critical teaching needs scholarship program--Purpose.

13-55-64. Critical teaching needs scholarship program--Purpose.There is hereby created the South Dakota critical teaching needs scholarship program. The purpose of the program is to encourage South Dakota's high school graduates to obtain their postsecondary education in South Dakota for teaching, to remain in the state upon completion of their education, and to contribute to the state and its citizens by working in a critical need teaching area. Source: SL 2013, ch 91, §1, eff. Mar. 20, 2013.
SD Codified L § 13-55-65 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-65 - Critical Teaching Needs Scholarship Board.

13-55-65. Critical Teaching Needs Scholarship Board.The South Dakota critical teaching needs scholarship program shall be administered by the Critical Teaching Needs Scholarship Board, which is hereby established. The board shall consist of five members appointed by the Governor for a term of five years, except that the initial appointments shall be for periods of one, two, three, four, and five years. A majority of the board shall be present either personally or by teleconference to constitute a quorum. The secretary of education shall routinely collect data from school districts to determine the critical need teaching areas, and the board shall use this data when selecting eligible critical need teaching areas.The Board of Regents shall provide necessary support services to the board. Source: SL 2013, ch 91, §2, eff. Mar. 20, 2013.
SD Codified L § 13-55-66 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-66 - Basis for critical teaching needs scholarship awards.

13-55-66. Basis for critical teaching needs scholarship awards.From the total pool of applicants, the Critical Teaching Needs Scholarship Board shall award scholarships based on the requirements of §§13-55-68 and 13-55-69, the filling of critical need teaching areas, other academic and personal characteristics of each applicant as determined by the board, and the amount of funding available for the scholarships. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, if the board rescinds a scholarship that has been awarded, the board may award the amount of the rescinded scholarship to an alternate. Source: SL 2013, ch 91, §3, eff. Mar. 20, 2013.
SD Codified L § 13-55-67 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-67 - Eligible postsecondary institutions.

13-55-67. Eligible postsecondary institutions.All accredited South Dakota public and nonpublic postsecondary institutions which offer a baccalaureate degree in elementary or secondary education are eligible to participate in the scholarship program. Each institution may choose whether to participate in the program and may limit the number of scholarship recipients the institution will accept in each academic year. Source: SL 2013, ch 91, §4, eff. Mar. 20, 2013.
SD Codified L § 13-55-68 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-68 - Critical teaching needs scholarship eligibility criteria.

13-55-68. Critical teaching needs scholarship eligibility criteria.In order to be eligible for a critical teaching needs scholarship, a student shall:(1)Agree, in writing, to stay in South Dakota and work in a critical teaching needs area for five years after graduation from a participating postsecondary institution;(2)Agree, through a promissory note, that failure to abide by the provisions of subdivision (1) will result in the scholarship being converted into an interest-bearing loan;(3)Attend a participating South Dakota postsecondary institution as an undergraduate enrolled in the student's final two years of postsecondary education and be enrolled in an elementary or secondary education program at the institution that is preparing the student to work in a critical need teaching area; and(4)Be a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident.For purposes of subdivision (3), the student shall be fully admitted into a teacher education program at the institution and shall successfully complete a student teaching experience within the final two years of attendance.A student is eligible to participate in the South Dakota critical teaching needs scholarship program for the equivalent of two academic years (four consecutive spring and fall terms) or until the attainment of a baccalaureate degree in elementary or secondary education in a critical need teaching area, whichever comes first. However, the Critical Teaching Needs Scholarship Board may grant exceptions to the continuous enrollment requirements for good cause.Scholarships are not provided for summer session students enrolled in traditional four-year programs. Source: SL 2013, ch 91, §5, eff. Mar. 20, 2013.
SD Codified L § 13-55-69 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-69 - Grade point average--Written essay or other information.

13-55-69. Grade point average--Written essay or other information.In addition to the eligibility criteria identified in §13-55-68, applicants shall have maintained a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.8 on a 4.0 scale, and a grade point average of 2.8 for all major course work. The Critical Teaching Needs Scholarship Board may require applicants to submit a written essay or other information by which to judge the academic and personal qualifications of the applicant. Source: SL 2013, ch 91, §6, eff. Mar. 20, 2013.
SD Codified L § 13-55-70 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-70 - Amount of critical teaching needs scholarship.

13-55-70. Amount of critical teaching needs scholarship.The amount of the scholarship shall be determined by calculating the student's remaining financial need, and may not exceed the tuition and generally applicable fees for thirty credit hours at a South Dakota public postsecondary institution as of July 1, 2014. The scholarship amount paid to a recipient attending a participating nonpublic postsecondary institution shall equal the amount paid to a recipient attending a public postsecondary institution.During each year of eligibility, one-half of the annual scholarship shall be paid to public postsecondary institutions on behalf of eligible students there enrolled or directly to eligible students enrolled at nonpublic postsecondary institutions at the beginning of the fall semester, and the other half shall be paid at the beginning of the spring semester.If, in any year, the total funds available to fund the critical teaching needs scholarships are insufficient to permit each eligible recipient to receive the full amount provided in this section, the available moneys shall be prorated and distributed to each recipient in proportion to the entitlement contemplated by this section. The total amount of the scholarship may not exceed the amount stipulated in this section. Source: SL 2013, ch 91, §7, eff. Mar. 20, 2013.
SD Codified L § 13-55-71 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-71 - Maintenance of eligibility for critical teaching needs scholarship.

13-55-71. Maintenance of eligibility for critical teaching needs scholarship.In order to maintain eligibility for the critical teaching needs scholarship program, a student shall:(1)Maintain a cumulative 2.8 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. The student shall complete consecutive fall and spring terms in order to remain eligible for continuation of the scholarship program from term to term; and(2)Maintain full-time status, or demonstrate continued satisfactory progress toward degree completion within the scholarship funding period.If factors beyond the control of a student who has been awarded a critical teaching needs scholarship prevent the student from meeting any of the requirements in subdivisions (1) and (2), the Critical Teaching Needs Scholarship Board may temporarily waive the requirements of those subdivisions. The board may rescind a scholarship award if the student does not maintain eligibility as prescribed in those subdivisions. Source: SL 2013, ch 91, §8, eff. Mar. 20, 2013.
SD Codified L § 13-55-78 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55 - Scholarships And Free Tuition At State Institutions|Section 13-55-78 - Board of Regents to promulgate rules.

13-55-78. Board of Regents to promulgate rules.The Board of Regents shall promulgate rules under chapter 1-26 to:(1)Establish the minimum credit hours required for full-time enrollment;(2)Establish the time and manner in which a student may request an exception to the continuous semester enrollment requirement;(3)Establish the manner in which academic course and grade equivalents are determined in the case of transfer students;(4)Establish the time and manner in which applications for scholarships must be submitted and reviewed;(5)Establish the time and manner in which students are to be notified of decisions pertaining to the award of an opportunity scholarship; and(6)Establish the time and manner in which students may contest any decision regarding the award or continuance of a scholarship.No rule promulgated in accordance with this section may impose greater requirements or consequences than those imposed on students who are awarded a scholarship under §§13-55-31 to 13-55-35, inclusive. Source: SL 2019, ch 96, §3.
SD Codified L § 13-55A-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 13 - Education|Chapter 55A - Need-Based Grants|Section 13-55A-1 - Finding as to public interest.

13-55A-1. Finding as to public interest.The South Dakota Legislature finds that providing need-based financial aid to qualified resident students enrolled in participating postsecondary institutions within the state is in the public interest. Source: SL 1974, ch 141, §1; SL 2013, ch 92, §1, eff. Mar. 12, 2013.