<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 13-27-7 - Notification of alternative instruction.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083498Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083498SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083498CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083498Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083498DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083498StatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083498000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083498NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083498DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083498SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 13-27-7 - Notification of alternative instruction."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 13-27-7 - Notification of alternative instruction."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-27-7"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2083498Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-27-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083498SENU">13-27-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083498SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083498CL">Notification of alternative instruction. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083498Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083498DefaultParagraphFont">Each notification of alternative instruction pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-27-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083498DefaultParagraphFont">13-27-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083498DefaultParagraphFont"> shall be on a standard form that declares that the child will be provided with alternative instruction per § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-27-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083498DefaultParagraphFont">13-27-3</span></a><span class="s2083498DefaultParagraphFont">. The completed form must contain the child's name, birthdate, resident district, and open enrolled district if applicable, signature of the parent, guardian, or other person having control of the child and information for the return of the form. The Department of Education or the local district shall provide the parent, guardian, or other person having control of the child with a signed or stamped copy of the notification as proof of notification. The notification shall be kept confidential. The form shall be provided by the secretary of the Department of Education but may not require more details than set forth by this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083498Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083498DefaultParagraphFont">The notification shall be filed within thirty days from the first time the child begins an alternative instruction program while the child is of school age as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-27-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083498DefaultParagraphFont">13-27-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083498DefaultParagraphFont"> and is not required thereafter unless one or more of the following transitions occur:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083498StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083498DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A child enrolls in a public or nonpublic school; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083498StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083498DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A child moves to a different school district.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083498Statute"><span class="s2083498DefaultParagraphFont">The parent, guardian, or other person having control of the child shall provide notification of any transitions by submitting the standard notification form to the Department of Education or the local district within thirty days of the transition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083498Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083498000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083498NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083498DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2083498SCL">SDC 1939, § 15.3202; SL 1955, ch 41, ch 15, § 2; SL 1971, ch 116, § 3; SL 1981, ch 141, § 3; SL 1983, ch 131, § 1; SL 1991, ch 20, §§ 17, 18; SL 1992, ch 128, § 2; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 63; SL 2012, ch 98, § 1; SL 2017, ch 78, § 3; SL 2021, ch 76, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html>