Section 13-3-76 - Education service agencies to be organized by secretary--Nonprofit corporations oreducational cooperatives. - South Dakota Statutes

13-3-76. Education service agencies to be organized by secretary--Nonprofit corporations or educational cooperatives. The secretary of the Department of Education shall establish seven education service agencies to provide services and leadership to school districts on a regional basis. Each education service agency shall serve the school districts in a particular region of the state as determined by the secretary of education, and the secretary shall ensure that every school district is served by an education service agency. Each education service agency may be incorporated in the State of South Dakota as a nonprofit corporation organized under chapters 47-22 to 47-28, inclusive, which is exempt from taxation pursuant to 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. Section 501(a), and may be listed as an exempt organization in Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. Section 501(c), or an education service agency may be directed by an educational cooperative.

Source: SL 2007, ch 90, § 4.