Section 13-6-84.1 - Criteria for boundary changes. - South Dakota Statutes

13-6-84.1. Criteria for boundary changes. In all proposed changes in school district boundaries, the following conditions shall prevail:
(1) The boundary of the area proposed to be transferred shall be coterminous at some point with the common boundary of the two school districts. Land owned by the federal, state, or local governments and unoccupied land may be included in the request;
(2) Children must reside within the boundary of the area to be transferred, unless it is an area change initiated by a school board as provided in § 13-6-84.2.

Source: SDCL, § 13-6-85 as added by SL 1973, ch 85, § 36; SL 1979, ch 112, § 2; SL 2004, ch 123, § 1.