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AN ACT

        ENTITLED, An Act to  clarify the notification date requirements in the nonrenewal of certain teacher contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That § 13-43-6.3 be amended to read as follows:
     13-43-6.3.   Until a teacher is in or beyond the fourth consecutive term of employment as a teacher with the school district, a school board may or may not renew the teacher's contract. The superintendent or school board shall give written notice of nonrenewal by April fifteenth but is not required to give further process or a reason for nonrenewal.
     After a teacher is in or beyond the fourth consecutive term of employment as a teacher with the school district, § §  13-43-6.1 and 13-43-6.2 apply to any nonrenewal of the teacher's contract. On or before April fifteenth, the school board shall notify the teacher in writing of its intention to not renew the teacher's contract.
     Acceptance by the teacher of an offer from the district to enter into a new contract with the teacher shall be in the manner specified in the offer. Failure of the teacher to accept the offer in the manner specified shall result in the termination of the existing contract between the teacher and the district at the end of its term.
An Act to clarify the notification date requirements in the nonrenewal of certain teacher contracts.

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I certify that the attached Act originated in the

SENATE as Bill No. 179

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Secretary of the Senate
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President of the Senate

Attest:

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Secretary of the Senate

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Speaker of the House

Attest:

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Chief Clerk

Senate Bill No. 179
File No. ____
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Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ ,

19____ at ____________ M.


By _________________________
for the Governor
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The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________ , A.D., 19___

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Governor
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
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Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________ , 19___
at _________ o'clock __ M.

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Secretary of State

By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State