Scholarship Funds Available

SD Building Officials’ Association Scholarship

The scholarship is to attend the ICC Code Hearings Conference. Applicant must be a voting member of the South Dakota Building Officials’ Association and a voting member of the ICC or become one prior to scholarship award.

The Scholarship fund allows for reimbursement for expenses related to registration, airfare, lodging, transportation, and meals not included in the conference package. Recipient is responsible for keeping all receipts and submitting them to the SDML for reimbursement. All reimbursement costs are subject to SDBOA board approval.

One scholarship to be awarded to an individual that has not previously attended an ICC Code Hearing, and one scholarship will be awarded to an individual that may have attended a previous ICC Code Hearing in the past. Scholarships to attend the ICC Code Hearings are NOT limited to in-state use only. Approval of the applicant’s City Council, Commission, or Supervisor must be received with application.

All applications must be received in the office of the SDML, 208 Island Drive, Ft. Pierre, SD 57532 or fax to 605-224-8655, no later than July 1 each year to be eligible. Notification of award will be given a week later.

An official scholarship form can be obtained by visiting www.sdmunicipalleague.org then the Building Officials section under the Affiliate Organizations tab.

SD Association of Code Enforcement Scholarship

The scholarship is to attend the American Association of Code Enforcement (AACE) Conference which will be October 23-27, 2017 in Cincinnati, OH/Northern Kentucky and information can be found at: http://www.aace1.org.

Applicant must be a member of the SD Association of Code Enforcement.

SoDACE will pay for roundtrip airfare, lodging for the conference dates only, AACE conference registration fee, transportation (taxi, airport shuttle; not rental car) and meals not included in the conference package. Recipient is responsible for keeping all receipts and submitting them to SDML for reimbursement. All reimbursement costs are subject to SoDACE board approval.

Please submit application to the SDML, 208 Island Drive, Ft. Pierre, SD 57532 or fax to 605-224-8655 by July 1, 2017, to be considered for the scholarship.

An official scholarship form can be obtained by visiting www.sdmunicipalleague.org then the Code Enforcement section under the Affiliate Organizations tab.

SD Police Chiefs’ Association Scholarship

The scholarship is to attend the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference which will be October 21-24, 2017 in Philadelphia, PA and information can be found at: http://www.theiacpconference.org/.

Applicant must be a member of the South Dakota Police Chiefs’ Association in good standing; must have at least five years of SD Law Enforcement experience; must be a current Chief of Police of a city under 10,000 in population; must never have attended IACP before; and must be a member of IACP.

A copy of applicant’s City Councils’ approval for the travel must be received with application.

SDPCA will pay for roundtrip airfare, lodging for the conference dates only, IACP conference registration fee, transportation (taxi, airport shuttle; not rental car) and meals not included in the conference package. Recipient is responsible for keeping all receipts and submitting them to the SDML for reimbursement following attendance at the IACP conference. All reimbursement costs are subject to SDPCA board approval.

Please submit application to the SDML, 208 Island Drive, Ft. Pierre, SD 57532 or fax to 605-224-8655 by June 1, 2017, to be considered for the scholarship.

An official scholarship form can be obtained by visiting www.sdmunicipalleague.org then the Police Chiefs section under the Affiliate Organizations tab.