HB1009DeadEducation
Provide for the creation and use of South Dakota educational empowerment accounts, and to provide a penalty therefor.
This bill creates a new "educational empowerment account" program that allows parents to request state funding for their school-age children if those children attend private schools instead of public schools. Parents must file a request with the Department of Education, and students using these accounts cannot simultaneously be enrolled in public school or participate in alternative instruction programs.