---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the provisions of parental choice regarding compulsory school attendance and matters ancillary thereto."
description: "revise the provisions of parental choice regarding compulsory school attendance and matters ancillary thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 177"
citation: "South Dakota SB 177 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards of School Districts", "Education", "Parental Control", "School Attendance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Castleberry", "Curd", "Dennert", "Deutsch", "Hansen", "Klumb", "Kolbeck", "Novstrup", "Odenbach", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)", "Randolph", "Reimer", "Soye", "Stalzer", "Steinhauer", "Sutton", "Wiik", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaa341f5-30fa-4d1b-8e7a-4f30320818ec"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22190"
source_hash: "4433c6d0b02f4fea470a1622820341891c3202c476d8fe4ce3c561b757784000"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
---

# South Dakota SB 177 (2021) — revise the provisions of parental choice regarding compulsory school attendance and matters ancillary thereto.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22190/215782)
2. **177C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217295.pdf)
3. **177D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217340.pdf)
4. **Senate Education Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22190/217331)
5. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22190/217758)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22190/219000)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **8–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **41–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Randolph — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Soye — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-03** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 170 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-11** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-11** Education Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 177C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1
- **2021-02-17** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 279 Amendment 177D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 21, NAYS 14 S.J. 279
- **2021-02-18** First read in House and referred to H.J. 323 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2021-03-01** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 5 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 41, NAYS 27 H.J. 467 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 422 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 527 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-09 S.J. 460 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-10 S.J. 472 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaa341f5-30fa-4d1b-8e7a-4f30320818ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).