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2023 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 13 - Education
Chapter 27 - Compulsory School Attendance
Section 13-27-1.1 - Religious exemption after eighth grade.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 13-27-1.1 (2023)
13-27-1.1. Religious exemption after eighth grade.
A child of compulsory school age who has successfully completed the first eight grades is excused from compulsory school attendance under §13-27-1 if:
(1)The child or the parents of the child are members of a recognized church or religious denomination that objects to the regular public high school education; and
(2)The recognized church or religious denomination either individually or in cooperation with another recognized church or religious denomination provides a regularly supervised program of instruction in which each child participates in learning activities appropriate to the adult occupation that the child is likely to assume in later years.
Source: SL 1990, ch 126, §2.
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