Section 13-27-12 - Enforcement powers and duties of secretary.
13-27-12. Enforcement powers and duties of secretary. The secretary of the Department of Education, or his designee, shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and the laws of this state relating to compulsory attendance of persons of school age. In the performance of these duties he has the same authority granted truancy officers.
Source: SDC 1939, § 15.3207; SL 1955, ch 41, ch 15, § 7; SL 1982, ch 142, § 3; SL 2003, ch 272, § 63.