CHAPTER 13-66

JOBS FOR SOUTH DAKOTA'S GRADUATES

13-66-1    Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates program--Establishment.

13-66-2    Conduct of program.

13-66-3    Special donation fund--Contributions--Use and disbursements.

13-66-1 . Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates program--Establishment.

The Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates program is hereby established within the Department of Education. The program is a public-private partnership to prevent students who have serious barriers to high school graduation from dropping out.

Source: SL 2020, ch 67, § 1.

13-66-2 . Conduct of program.

To carry out the program established in §  13-66-1 , the Department of Education, consistent with the policies of the nationally recognized Jobs for America's Graduates, Incorporated, shall:

(1) Establish performance standards for the program;

(2) Provide ongoing enhancement and improvements in the program;

(3) Provide information on the results of the program; and

(4) Provide training for participating schools.

Source: SL 2020, ch 67, § 2.

13-66-3 . Special donation fund--Contributions--Use and disbursements.

There is hereby created within the state treasury the special donations fund, into which any grant, devise, bequest, donation, or gift, other than real property, made or offered for the benefit of the Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates Program shall be deposited. All moneys in the fund created in this section shall be used for the purposes of initiation, expansion, support, enhancement, or in carrying out the objectives of the Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates program. Interest earned on the money in the fund shall be deposited into the fund. Expenditures from the fund shall be appropriated through the normal budgeting process.

Source: SL 2020, ch 67, § 3.