Any territory organized for the express purpose of operating not less than a thirteen-year school program and governed by an elected school board is defined to be a school district. It may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, purchase, hold, and use personal and real property for school purposes, and sell and dispose of the same.
S.D. Codified Laws § 13-5-1
School districts defined--General corporate and proprietary powers
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Brown v. Egan Consolidated School District 50-2 (1989)
Most recently applied in SD Citizens for Liberty, Inc. v. Rapid City Area School District 51-4 (November 2023)
Source: SDC 1939, §§ 15.2001, 15.2501; SL 1947, ch 66; SL 1955, ch 41, ch 8, § 2; SDC Supp. 1960, § 15.2002; SL 1963, ch 69, § 2; SDCL, § 13-5-3; SL 1975, ch 128, § 26; SL 1985,…
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