The school board shall have the power to employ personnel deemed necessary by the board and to define the duties and fix the compensation of each.
S.D. Codified Laws § 13-10-2
General power of school boards to employ personnel
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Collins v. Wakonda Independent School District 1 (1977)
Most recently applied in AFSCME Local 1025 v. Sioux Falls School District (November 2011)
Source: SDC 1939, § 15.2523 (3); SL 1939, ch 44; SL 1949, ch 54, § 1; SL 1955, ch 41, ch 16, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.3801; SL 1975, ch 128, § 71.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.