<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 13-32-4.1 - Attendance policy--Adoption by school board--Suspension and expulsion power unaffected. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2042144Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2042144SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2042144CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2042144Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2042144DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2042144000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2042144SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2042144SCL-000002 { 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></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2042144Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-32-4.1"><span class="s2042144SENU">13-32-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2042144SENU">. </span><span class="s2042144CL">Attendance policy--Adoption by school board--Suspension and expulsion power unaffected.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2042144Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2042144DefaultParagraphFont">The school board of every school district may adopt an attendance policy in accordance with procedural due process rules established by the South Dakota Board of Education Standards pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-32-4"><span class="s2042144DefaultParagraphFont">13-32-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2042144DefaultParagraphFont">. Any attendance policy adopted pursuant to this section is not to be construed as limiting the powers of the school board of a school district to suspend or expel students pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-32-4"><span class="s2042144DefaultParagraphFont">13-32-4</span></a><span class="s2042144DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2042144Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2042144000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2042144Normal"><span class="s2042144SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2042144SCL-000002"> SL 1981, ch 145, § 2; SL 2017, ch 81, § 57.</span></p></div></body></html>