Section 13-37-50 - Overreporting child count data--Recovery of twice amount of state aid--Intentional overreporting as misdemeanor. - South Dakota Statutes

13-37-50. Overreporting child count data--Recovery of twice amount of state aid--Intentional overreporting as misdemeanor. If, in the department's examination of the child count, it is determined that the data was overreported, the department shall recover from the district's special education fund twice the amount of state aid overpaid as a result of the overreporting. Upon recovery of the overpayment, the department shall deposit the overpayment into the state general fund. If the overreporting occurred with the intent to increase the amount of state aid received by overreporting, the individual responsible for the overreporting may be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor as provided in § 13-8-44, with the maximum penalty as defined in § 22-6-2.

Source: SL 1999, ch 90, § 6.