South DakotaSouth Dakota funds a school-based therapy facility in Brown County
South Dakota sets aside $2 million for an experienced nonprofit to prepare a Brown County facility serving students taught in alternative settings.
What it does
The law sets aside $2 million for an experienced nonprofit to prepare a Brown County facility for school-based therapy for students in alternative settings. Grant money cannot fund residential or inpatient care.
Argument forAn experienced nonprofit could use the grant to prepare a facility offering school-based therapy for students taught in alternative settings.
Argument againstStudents who need residential or inpatient care may not get help from this grant because its money cannot pay for those services.
More detail
The law sets aside $2 million for the Department of Education to grant to an eligible nonprofit to prepare a facility. The facility may offer non-residential, school-based therapeutic services to students receiving instruction in an alternative setting. The nonprofit must show experience providing education and therapeutic services together with school districts and other community systems. Grant money cannot pay for residential treatment, inpatient services, or 24-hour care. Unspent or uncommitted money must be returned under state procedures. The law took effect upon passage and approval under its emergency clause. No end date for the grant is stated.
Where do you stand?
Choose your position
Tell your reps
Take a position to see your representatives and ways to contact them.
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 30Signed by the Governor Larry Rhoden on 2026-03-30 H.J. 580Became Law
- Mar 10Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 H.J. 546To Governor
- Mar 9Signed by the President S.J. 506Passed Senate
- Mar 5Signed by the Speaker H.J. 529Passed House
- Mar 4Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4 S.J. 463
- Vote recorded Do Pass Amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 3Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 443
- Mar 2First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 425Minor
- Feb 26House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 5 H.J. 458
- Vote recorded Do Pass Amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 25Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 2 J.J. 29Minor
- Vote recorded Do Pass. Result: pass.Legislature
- Feb 25Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- Feb 24Scheduled for hearing
- Feb 18Education Referred as Amended to , Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Referred as Amended to. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 18Scheduled for hearing
- Feb 11Education Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1262AMajor
- Feb 11Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- Feb 4First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 218Introduced
EducationMental Health