Each superintendent, or the president of the school board in districts without a superintendent, is responsible for maintaining an accurate record of the attendance of all persons of compulsory school age. He shall, at regular intervals, report the names of all compulsory school age persons, not excused from school, who do not or who irregularly attend an accredited school to the truancy officer on blanks provided for that purpose. He shall include reasons for the absences in the report.
South Dakota School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Formal Incident Reporting of Conduct Violations
South Dakota School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Formal Incident Reporting of Conduct Violations
Category: Monitoring and Accountability
Subcategory: Formal Incident Reporting of Conduct Violations
State: South Dakota
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LAWS
§ 13-27-15. Attendance records maintained by superintendent or president of board-Reports required.
REGULATIONS
24:05:26:03. Written report required.
If a long-term suspension is anticipated because of a pupil's violation of a policy, the procedure in § 24:07:03:01 applies.
24:07:03:01. Written report required.
The superintendent must file a sealed, written report with the school board by the end of the fifth school day following the first day of the long-term suspension and may request that a hearing be held before the school board. The report must include the facts of the situation, the action taken, the reasons for the action, and the superintendent's decision or recommendation. The report must remain in the possession of the school board secretary or business manager, sealed and unavailable for review by individual school board members, until the time set for a hearing. The superintendent must send a copy of the report to the pupil's parent or to the pupil if the pupil is 18 years of age or older or an emancipated minor at the same time the report is filed with the school board's secretary or business manager.
24:07:04:01. Written report required.
If expulsion is anticipated because of a student's violation of a rule or policy or for insubordination or misconduct, the superintendent must file a sealed written report with the school board no later than the end of the fifth school day following the first day of the students's removal; from one or more classes or from school and schedule a hearing before the school board. The report must include the facts of the situation, the action, the reasons for the action and the superintendent's recommendation. The report must remain in the possession of the school board secretary sealed and unavailable for review by individual school board members, until the time set for a hearing.
At the same time that the report is filed with the school board's secretary, the superintendent must send a copy of the report to the student's parent or to the student if the student is 18 years of age or older or is an emancipated minor.