Environment
No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
Benefits
- No material direct effect identified.
Risks
- No material direct effect identified.
StateSouth DakotaEnacted
HB 1017: permit the board of a school district to require that certain students receive instruction in alternative settings.
Education
HB 1017 status: Enacted — Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 580 (updated Mar 30, 2026).
Source
OpenStates
Confidence
Low
Analysis basis
OpenStates summary
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What this bill does
Official summary alongside an AI-generated read on where it stands and why.
Overall Score
42OUT OF 100
Score:42/100 civic fit
Risk:Moderate Risk
Impact:Moderate Impact 60/100
Constitutionality50%
Bipartisan50%
Public opinion50%
Bill summary
What changes
School boards are now authorized to mandate the movement of certain students from regular classrooms to alternative learning settings.
Who is affected
Students, families, school district officials, and teachers.
Requirements and enforcement
Not stated in the available source.
Costs and funding
Not stated in the available source.
When it takes effect
Enacted as of March 30, 2026.
Potential benefits
Potential for enhanced control over school safety and the ability to customize placement for disruptive or at-risk students.
Risks and tradeoffs
The lack of specific criteria for identifying 'certain students' creates significant potential for arbitrary placement and potential civil rights violations.
What is still unknown
The specific pedagogical requirements, due process rights for parents, and criteria for 'alternative settings' remain entirely unspecified.
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Impact analysis
✦ AI analysisModeled effects across six domains, estimated from bill text and comparable legislation.
Economy
No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
Benefits
- No material direct effect identified.
Risks
- No material direct effect identified.
Society
Mixed / Neutral
40%
Benefits
- Enables targeted interventions for students with specific needs
- Provides school boards with flexible tools to manage classroom environments
- Potential for safer classroom settings for non-disruptive students
Risks
- Significant risk of segregating or marginalizing vulnerable student groups
- Insufficient criteria provided for what constitutes 'certain students'
- Potential for inequitable or discriminatory enforcement between districts
Technology Industry
No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
Benefits
- No material direct effect identified.
Risks
- No material direct effect identified.
Civic Accountability
Mixed / Neutral
40%
Benefits
- Empowers locally elected school boards to address immediate district issues
- Shifts decision-making closer to the communities being served
- Increases the visibility of local board policy-making on school safety
Risks
- Vague language creates broad discretion susceptible to arbitrary abuse
- Absence of transparent state-level standards for student placement
- Lack of mandatory parent appeal or oversight processes in the summary
Public Health & Safety
Mixed / Neutral
45%
Benefits
- May improve teacher and student safety by removing disruptive elements
- Allows for the containment of persistent classroom behavioral issues
- Could facilitate more focused support for students with behavioral crises
Risks
- Risk of negative mental health outcomes due to social isolation
- No stated requirement that alternative settings must provide health support
- Potential for 'pushing out' students instead of providing actual services
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How trustworthy & consequential it is
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Source
OpenStates
Official bill text or data from OpenStates.
Confidence
Low
Information is limited or incomplete.
Analysis basis
OpenStates summary
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LegiScan returned a PDF-only document. PDF extraction is not enabled in this build, so the pipeline used a safer fallback.
Analysis scope
Source material is limited to an abstract, omitting criteria, definitions, and safeguards.
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Where it stands
Official recordSigned by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 580
- IntroducedComplete
- CommitteeComplete
- Chamber votesComplete
- Final agreementComplete
- GovernorComplete
- EnactedComplete
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