make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency.

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make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency.

What This Bill Does

• make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency.
• Official keyword topics: Appropriation Education Emergency Clause Public Construction Students Uncodified Acts Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4755/Detail">Greenfield</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4789/Detail">Moore</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4796/Detail">Novstrup</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4812/Detail">Roby</a> and Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4814/Detail">Rohl</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4815/Detail">Sauder</a>

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Official Summary Text

make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency.
Official keyword topics:
Appropriation
Education
Emergency Clause
Public Construction
Students
Uncodified Acts
Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4755/Detail">Greenfield</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4789/Detail">Moore</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4796/Detail">Novstrup</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4812/Detail">Roby</a> and Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4814/Detail">Rohl</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4815/Detail">Sauder</a>

Current Bill Text

26.962.13 101st Legislative Session 1262

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1262
ENROLLED

AN ACT

ENTITLED An Act to make an appropriation for a non -residential, school -based,
therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. There is appropriated $2,000,000 from the general fund, to the Department of
Education for the purpose of providing a grant to an eligible nonprofit organization to acquire,
renovate, and equip a facility in which the organization may offer non -residential, school-
based, therapeutic services for students receiving instruction in an alternative setting.
Section 2. A nonprofit organization is eligible for the grant under section 1 of this Act only if
the organization demonstrates experience in operating a program that offers integrated
educational and therapeutic services, in partnership with school districts and other community
systems. The nonprofit organization may not use any moneys awarded as part of the grant
to provide residential treatment, inpatient services, or twenty-four-hour care for a student.
Section 3. The secretary of the Department of Education shall approve vouchers and the
state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized in this Act.
Section 4. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated shall
revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8.
Section 5. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its
existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in
full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
26.962.13 2 1262
HB1262 ENROLLED
An Act to make an appropriation for a non -residential, school -based, therapeutic services
facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency.

I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:

House as Bill No. 1262

Chief Clerk of the House

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk of the House

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

House Bill No. 1262
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,

2026 at ____________M.

By
for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2026

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2026
at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By
Asst. Secretary of State