| 19 | | - | The administrator of a public school shall display the state seal or the motto of this 4 |
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| 20 | | - | state, as established in S.D. Const., Art. XXI, § 1, in a prominent location in each 5 |
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| 21 | | - | classroom in the school. The display of the state seal or motto may take the form of a 6 |
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| 22 | | - | mounted plaque, student artwork, or any other form deemed appropriate by the 7 |
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| 23 | | - | administrator. 8 |
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| 24 | | - | If the administrator displays the state seal or motto of this state, the text of the 9 |
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| 25 | | - | motto must be easily readable and the display of the motto or seal must be at least eleven 10 |
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| 26 | | - | inches wide by eight and one-half inches high. 11 |
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| 27 | | - | Section 2. That § 13-24-24 be AMENDED: 12 |
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| 28 | | - | 13-24-24. For any lawsuit brought or any complaint filed against a school district, 13 |
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| 29 | | - | an employee of a school district, the board of a school district, or a member thereof, as a 14 |
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| 30 | | - | result of a school district displaying the national motto of the United States in accordance 15 |
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| 31 | | - | with § 13-24-23 or the state seal or motto of this state in accordance with section 1 of 16 |
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| 32 | | - | this Act, the attorney general shall must provide legal representation, at no cost to the 17 |
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| 33 | | - | school district, employee, school board, or member of the school board. 18 |
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| 34 | | - | In addition to the expenses of representation, the state shall assume financial 19 |
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| 35 | | - | responsibility for any other expenses related expense to the lawsuit or complaint incurred 20 |
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| 36 | | - | by the school district, an employee, the board, or member thereof, including any award 21 |
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| 37 | | - | for monetary damages, attorney's fees, and costs for which the school district, an 22 |
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| 38 | | - | employee, the board, or a member thereof, would be otherwise responsible. 23 |
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| 19 | + | The administrator of a public school shall display the motto of this state, as 4 |
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| 20 | + | established in S.D. Const., Art. XXI, § 1, in a prominent location in each classroom in the 5 |
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| 21 | + | school. The display of the state motto may take the form of a mounted plaque, student 6 |
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| 22 | + | artwork, or any other form deemed appropriate by the administrator, provided that the 7 |
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| 23 | + | text of the motto is easily readable and the motto is at least twelve inches wide by eight 8 |
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| 24 | + | inches high. 9 |
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| 25 | + | Section 2. That § 13-24-24 be AMENDED: 10 |
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| 26 | + | 13-24-24. For any lawsuit brought or any complaint filed against a school district, 11 |
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| 27 | + | an employee of a school district, the board of a school district, or a member thereof, as a 12 |
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| 28 | + | result of a school district displaying the national motto of the United States in accordance 13 |
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| 29 | + | with § 13-24-23 or the motto of this state in accordance with section 1 of this Act, the 14 |
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| 30 | + | attorney general shall must provide legal representation, at no cost to the school district, 15 |
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| 31 | + | employee, school board, or member of the school board. 16 |
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| 32 | + | In addition to the expenses of representation, the state shall assume financial 17 |
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| 33 | + | responsibility for any other expenses related expense to the lawsuit or complaint incurred 18 |
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| 34 | + | by the school district, an employee, the board, or member thereof, including any award 19 |
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| 35 | + | for monetary damages, attorney's fees, and costs for which the school district, an 20 |
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| 36 | + | employee, the board, or a member thereof, would be otherwise responsible. 21 |
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