ENTITLED An Act to make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. There is appropriated $2,000,000 from the general fund, to the Department of Education for the purpose of providing a grant to an eligible nonprofit organization to acquire, renovate, and equip a facility in which the organization may offer non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services for students receiving instruction in an alternative setting.

Section 2. A nonprofit organization is eligible for the grant under section 1 of this Act only if the organization demonstrates experience in operating a program that offers integrated educational and therapeutic services, in partnership with school districts and other community systems. The nonprofit organization may not use any moneys awarded as part of the grant to provide residential treatment, inpatient services, or twenty-four-hour care for a student.

Section 3. The secretary of the Department of Education shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized in this Act.

Section 4. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated shall revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8.

Section 5. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

An Act to make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency.