HB1157

This bill adds a restriction preventing the South Dakota Board of Education Standards from requiring schools to use specific curricula or teaching methods, even as the board sets academic standards and curriculum requirements. The board can still establish what students should learn and which content areas must be covered, but individual schools and teachers retain flexibility in choosing how to teach that material. This clarifies that state education standards set learning goals without dictating the exact textbooks, programs, or instructional approaches schools must use.