Unnecessary duplication of departments and facilities prohibited

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SD Code › Title 13 › Chapter 53 › Section 13-53-2

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The Board of Regents is expressly forbidden to continue or to create chairs, departments, laboratories, libraries, or other equipment in multiplication, except where the obvious needs of the special work of the school make such multiplication necessary.

Source: SDC 1939, § 15.0713.

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