S.D. Codified Laws § 13-3-51.2
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No elementary school or secondary school student shall be required to submit to a survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals information concerning:
(1) Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student's parent;
(2) Mental or psychological problems or aspects of the student or the student's family;
(3) Sex behavior or attitudes of the student or the student's family;
(4) Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior;
(5) Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom respondents have close family relationships;
(6) Legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those of lawyers, physicians, and ministers;
(7) Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or student's parent;
(8) Personal or family gun ownership; or
(9) Income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such program);
The term, parent, for purposes of this section, includes a legal guardian or other person standing in loco parentis.
Nothing in this section is intended to supersede or modify any other state law or any provision in 20 U.S.C. § 1232h or 34 C.F.R. Part 98, as amended to January 1, 2014.
Source: SL 2014, ch 76, § 3.
(1) Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student's parent;
(2) Mental or psychological problems or aspects of the student or the student's family;
(3) Sex behavior or attitudes of the student or the student's family;
(4) Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior;
(5) Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom respondents have close family relationships;
(6) Legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those of lawyers, physicians, and ministers;
(7) Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or student's parent;
(8) Personal or family gun ownership; or
(9) Income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such program);
The term, parent, for purposes of this section, includes a legal guardian or other person standing in loco parentis.
Nothing in this section is intended to supersede or modify any other state law or any provision in 20 U.S.C. § 1232h or 34 C.F.R. Part 98, as amended to January 1, 2014.
Source: SL 2014, ch 76, § 3.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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