Section 13-36-4 - High school interscholastic activities associations--Qualifications--Power andauthority. - South Dakota Statutes

13-36-4. High school interscholastic activities associations--Qualifications--Power and authority. The school board of a public or the governing body of a nonpublic school, approved and accredited by the secretary of the Department of Education, may delegate, on a year to year basis, the control, supervision, and regulation of any high school interscholastic activities to any association which is voluntary and nonprofit if membership in such association is open to all high schools approved and accredited by the secretary of the Department of Education, including any school that allows participation by students receiving alternative instruction as set forth in § 13-27-3, pursuant to the provisions of this title, and if the constitution, bylaws, and rules of the association are subject to ratification by the school boards of the member public school districts and the governing boards of the member nonpublic schools and include a provision for a proper review procedure and review board.
Any association which complies with this section may exercise the control, supervision, and regulation of interscholastic activities, including interscholastic athletic events of member schools. Such association may promulgate reasonable uniform rules, to make decisions and to provide and enforce reasonable penalties for the violation of such rules.

Source: SL 1964, ch 51; SL 1975, ch 128, § 227; SL 1991, ch 20, §§ 17, 18; SL 2003, ch 103, § 1; SL 2003, ch 272, § 63.