<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 13-55-48 - Eligibility requirements for jump start scholarship program. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2042932Normal { 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.s2042932SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2042932CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2042932Normal-000000 { 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.s2042932DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2042932Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2042932Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; 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.s2042932000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2042932SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2042932SCL-000004 { 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="s2042932Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-55-48"><span class="s2042932SENU">13-55-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2042932SENU">. </span><span class="s2042932CL">Eligibility requirements for jump start scholarship program.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2042932Normal-000000"><span class="s2042932DefaultParagraphFont">To be eligible for the jump start scholarship program, a student shall:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2042932Normal-000001"><span class="s2042932DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Be a resident of South Dakota;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2042932Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2042932DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Complete the requirements of the recommended high school program as established by the Board of Education Standards pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-1-12.1"><span class="s2042932DefaultParagraphFont">13-1-12.1</span></a><span class="s2042932DefaultParagraphFont">, and be awarded a high school diploma by a public high school in three years or less;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2042932Normal-000001"><span class="s2042932DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Have attended a public high school in South Dakota on a full-time basis for at least two semesters prior to graduating; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2042932Normal-000001"><span class="s2042932DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Within one year of graduating from high school, excluding any time served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States, enroll in a college, university, or technical school accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools that provides instruction from a campus located in South Dakota.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2042932Normal-000002"><span class="s2042932DefaultParagraphFont">No student who enrolls in a high school for all or any part of a fourth year is eligible for the jump start scholarship program.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2042932Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2042932000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2042932Normal"><span class="s2042932SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2042932SCL-000004"> SL 2011, ch 102, § 2; SL 2017, ch 81, § 57.</span></p></div></body></html>