Notwithstanding the provisions of § 62-1-5.1, students of elementary, secondary, and technical colleges are not employees within the meaning of this title. However, a school district or technical college, which provides a work experience educational class conducted off the school premises as a part of its vocational education program is the employer of those students who are receiving this training and experience and the students are school employees for the purposes of this title unless they are being paid a cash wage or salary by a private employer, or the person or firm providing the students the work experience elects to include them, by written agreement, in its workers’ compensation insurance coverage.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 62-1-4.1

  • employer: includes the state and any municipal corporation within the state or any political subdivision of this state, and any individual, firm, association, limited liability company, or corporation, or the receiver or trustee of the same, or the legal representative of a deceased employer, using the service of another for pay. See South Dakota Codified Laws 62-1-2
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • 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

Source: SL 1973, ch 314; SL 1982, ch 374; SL 2020, ch 61, § 55.