South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 13 > Chapter 10 – School District Employees


§ 13-10-2	General power of school boards to employ personnel
§ 13-10-3	Group life and health insurance for employees and retirees
§ 13-10-4	Retirement pension agreement with employees–Premiums
§ 13-10-8	Discontinuance of retirement system by board
§ 13-10-9	Liability insurance for protection of employees
§ 13-10-12	Criminal background investigation–Prospective employees, technical college instructors, and student teachers–Temporary employment pending results
§ 13-10-12.1	Single investigation required of employee of multiple school districts–Condition–Procedure for transfer of report
§ 13-10-13	Criminal conviction as factor in hiring decision
§ 13-10-14	Persons continuously employed from July 1, 2000, exempt from criminal background check
§ 13-10-15	Suspension or resignation of employee for criminal conviction–Reporting
§ 13-10-16	Conviction defined
§ 13-10-17	School counselors

Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2