An elementary and secondary student is eligible to be counted for school attendance up to five days in a school term if an excuse from actual school attendance is requested by a parent or guardian for the purpose of attending events of state or nationally recognized youth programs of educational value or for the purpose of working as a precinct election official if the student is at least eighteen years old.
S.D. Codified Laws § 13-27-6.1
Student excused from attendance--Events of state, youth programs, and work as precinct election official
Source: SL 1977, ch 129, § 1; SL 2004, ch 129, § 1.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.