Education Law South Dakota
Suing a South Dakota School District for Private Special Education Tuition Reimbursement
Unilaterally pulling a child with severe disabilities out of a public school in Sioux Falls or Rapid City and signing a $60,000-per-year private academy contract without following...
Title IX Athletics Compliance in South Dakota: Addressing Unequal Funding and Facilities
Walking past a newly renovated, climate-controlled boys' varsity locker room in Sioux Falls or Rapid City while the girls' softball team changes in a cramped storage shed is more t...
How South Dakota Educators Can Defend Against Teaching Certificate Suspension or Revocation
Receiving an official notice of investigation from the state Department of Education or a formal ethics complaint before the Professional Teachers Practices and Standards Commissio...
Navigating School Expulsion Hearings for THC and Vaping Devices in South Dakota
When an assistant principal in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, or Brookings calls a parent mid-morning to report that a vape pen was confiscated in a school restroom, the immediate concer...
FERPA Violations in South Dakota: How to Legally Amend Student Records and Protect Privacy
Discovering that a public school in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, or Aberdeen placed an unsubstantiated disciplinary allegation in your child's permanent transcript-or learning that sch...
Holding Parents Financially Liable for a Child's Cyberbullying in South Dakota
When severe bullying or relentless cyberbullying in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, or Watertown leaves a victim dealing with shattered personal electronics, emergency school transfers, a...
How Much Does It Cost to Sue a South Dakota School District for First Amendment Violations?
When a public school administrator in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, or Aberdeen suspends a student for protected speech or censors religious expression, families immediately confront th...
Can South Dakota School Administrators Question Your Child About a Fight Without Parents Present?
Few phone calls alarm a parent in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, or Brookings more than learning their child has already been pulled into an assistant principal's office, interrogated fo...
Can South Dakota Schools Ban Native American Regalia at Graduation Ceremonies?
Walking across the commencement stage in Rapid City, Sioux Falls, or Pine Ridge represents a generational milestone for Indigenous families across South Dakota. For decades, howeve...
Student Rights to Refuse the Pledge of Allegiance in South Dakota Public Schools
Each morning when the intercom crackles to life in public classrooms across Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen, and Brookings, thousands of students rise to recite the Pledge of All...
South Dakota Homeschooling Laws: Filing Alternative Instruction Notifications and SDHSAA Athletics Access
Pulling your child out of a public classroom in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, or Aberdeen without completing the proper state paperwork can quickly turn an educational transition into a...
Defending High School Students Against Expulsion for Hunting Firearms in Vehicles in South Dakota
During fall pheasant and deer seasons across South Dakota, thousands of high school students head out to fields at dawn before driving straight to first-period classes in Sioux Fal...
Can You Get a Restraining Order Against a Minor for Bullying in South Dakota?
When a child in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, or Aberdeen becomes the target of relentless physical intimidation or malicious online harassment by a peer, relying solely on school deten...
Securing Special Education Accommodations: How to Navigate IEP Disputes and Due Process Timelines in South Dakota
Walking out of an Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting in Sioux Falls or Rapid City with a proposed plan that ignores your child's autism, dyslexia, or sensory processing...
Overturning SDHSAA Athletic Suspensions for Code of Conduct Violations in South Dakota
For a varsity athlete in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen, or Yankton, losing a senior season or missing a state tournament over an unproven rumor, an off-campus weekend party, or...
Appealing University Expulsion for AI Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct in South Dakota
Receiving an automated email from a professor or dean at South Dakota State University in Brookings, the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, or South Dakota Mines in Rapid Ci...