In each proposed change in a school district's boundary or land exchange, the boundary of the area proposed to be detached, annexed, or exchanged must have a common boundary with the common boundary of the two involved school districts. Land owned by the federal, state, or local governments and unoccupied land may be included in the proposal.
S.D. Codified Laws § 13-6-84.1
Criteria for boundary change or land exchange
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Aman v. Edmunds Central School District No. 22-5 (1992)
Most recently applied in Pruchniak v. School Board of Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7 (December 2004)
Source: SDCL § 13-6-85 as added by SL 1973, ch 85, § 36; SL 1979, ch 112, § 2; SL 2004, ch 123, § 1; SL 2016, ch 82, § 3.
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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.