The control of the public postsecondary educational institutions of the state offering college credit which are sustained wholly or in part by the state is vested in a board of nine members, designated as the Board of Regents. The Governor shall appoint the members with the consent of the Senate.
S.D. Codified Laws § 13-49-1
Control of educational institutions vested in board--Appointment of members
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Burke v. Schmidt (1971)
Most recently applied in Keating v. University of South Dakota (September 2013)
Source: SDC 1939, § 15.0701; SL 1955, ch 38, § 1; SL 1971, ch 129; SL 1976, ch 126, § 1; SL 1979, ch 125, § 1; SL 2007, ch 109, § 1.
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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.