CHAPTER 13-61

SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED

13-61-1    Name and location of school--Control by Board of Regents.

13-61-2    Construction and furnishing of buildings.

13-61-2.1    Expenditure of gifts for campus expansion.

13-61-3    Rules for governance--Superintendent--Administrator.

13-61-4    Name and location of school--Control by Board of Regents--Nonresidents.

13-61-5    Admission of older pupils to school--Nonresident pupils--Charges to nonresidents.

13-61-6    13-61-6. Repealed by SL 1975, ch 128, § 377

13-61-7    Transportation allowance.

13-61-8    13-61-8. Repealed by SL 1975, ch 128, § 377

13-61-9    Provision for care of blind or indigent children in other institutions.

13-61-1. Name and location of school--Control by Board of Regents.

The South Dakota School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired located at Aberdeen, in Brown County, shall be under the charge and control of the Board of Regents.

Source: SDC 1939, § 55.4001; SL 1970, ch 112; SL 1975, ch 128, § 364; SL 1998, ch 110, § 1.

13-61-2. Construction and furnishing of buildings.

The Board of Regents may erect, furnish, and equip the necessary building, or buildings for the South Dakota School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired upon the tract of land acquired for such purposes.

Source: SL 1959, ch 77; SDC Supp 1960, § 55.4001-1; SL 1975, ch 128, § 365; SL 1998, ch 110, § 7.

13-61-2.1. Expenditure of gifts for campus expansion.

The Board of Regents may accept and expend in addition to the amount appropriated from the state treasury therefor, any funds which it may obtain from gifts, contributions, or any other source for the purpose of land acquisition as defined by § 5-14-1 for the South Dakota School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired, to expand the existing campus.

Source: SL 1970, ch 301, § 2; SL 1975, ch 128, § 366; SL 1998, ch 110, § 8.

13-61-3. Rules for governance--Superintendent--Administrator.

The Board of Regents shall promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter 1-26, to provide for governance of the South Dakota School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired.

The board shall employ a superintendent and instructors and staff who have knowledge concerning the educational needs of students with sensory disabilities.

The board may hire one person to serve as both the superintendent of the South Dakota School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired and as the administrator of South Dakota Services for the Deaf. The person shall receive a single salary.

Source: SDC 1939, § 55.4002; SL 1975, ch 128, § 367; SL 1998, ch 110, § 9; SL 2018, ch 106, § 2; SL 2023, ch 62, § 9.

13-61-4. Name and location of school--Control by Board of Regents--Nonresidents.

Any resident of this state, under twenty-one years of age, who by reason of blindness or deaf-blindness, either partial or total, has not received and is unable to receive the full benefits of the public schools, and who is capable of receiving instruction, and who is free from contagious diseases and physically fit to attend such school is eligible for programs provided by the South Dakota School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired and, if necessary, shall be received and taught, free of charge, at such school and is entitled to receive an education in such institution until completion of the secondary level program or attainment of the age of twenty-one years, whichever comes first, at the expense of the state. Any person who is not a resident of the state, but meets all of the other qualifications included in this section, may be admitted to the school if the Board of Regents determines that the admittance does not exclude eligible residents of the state and upon payment of board, tuition, and care charges established by the Board of Regents.

Source: SDC 1939, § 55.4003; SL 1975, ch 128, § 368; SL 1977, ch 166, § 1; SL 1979, ch 145, § 1; SL 1989, ch 171, § 1; SL 1998, ch 110, § 10.

13-61-5. Admission of older pupils to school--Nonresident pupils--Charges to nonresidents.

Any pupil over the age of twenty-one years may, if circumstances warrant or require it, with the approval of a majority of the Board of Regents, be received and taught therein as provided in § 13-61-4. Like pupils may be received from without the state upon payment to the superintendent of the South Dakota School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired, for the use and benefit of such school, of such charges for board, tuition, and care, as shall be fixed by such board. However, no pupil from without the state may be received to the exclusion of any resident of this state.

Source: SDC 1939, § 55.4003; SL 1975, ch 128, § 369; SL 1998, ch 110, § 11.