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§ 13-27-1.1 Religious exemption after eighth grade.

SD Codified L § 13-27-1.1 (2019) (N/A)
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13-27-1.1. Religious exemption after eighth grade. A child of compulsory school age who has successfully completed the first eight grades is excused from compulsory school attendance under § 13-27-1 if:

(1) The child or the parents of the child are members of a recognized church or religious denomination that objects to the regular public high school education; and

(2) The recognized church or religious denomination either individually or in cooperation with another recognized church or religious denomination provides a regularly supervised program of instruction in which each child participates in learning activities appropriate to the adult occupation that the child is likely to assume in later years.Source: SL 1990, ch 126, § 2.

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