<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 13-55-31.4 - Opportunity scholarship requirements for students who have completed one semester at university, college, or technical college. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2080403Normal { 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.s2080403SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080403CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2080403Statute { 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.s2080403DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080403000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080403DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080403SCL { 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="s2080403Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-55-31.4"><span class="s2080403SENU">13-55-31.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080403SENU">. </span><span class="s2080403CL">Opportunity scholarship requirements for students who have completed one semester at university, college, or technical college.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080403Statute"><span class="s2080403DefaultParagraphFont">Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a student who would otherwise have been eligible for a South Dakota opportunity scholarship applies after completing at least one semester of full-time work at a regionally accredited university, college, or technical college, the student shall demonstrate compliance with the same credit hour requirements that apply to program participants. A scholarship provided under these circumstances is not retroactive and a student's eligibility is reduced by one semester for each semester of work that the student had completed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080403Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080403000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080403Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080403DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2080403SCL">SL 2019, ch 96, § 2; SL 2020, ch 61, § 50.</span></p></div></body></html>