If, in the department's examination of fall enrollment, it is determined that the data was overreported, the department shall recover the amount of state aid overpaid as a result of the overreporting. Upon recovery of the overpayment, the department shall deposit the overpayment into the state general fund. If the overreporting occurred with the intent to increase the amount of state aid received by overreporting, the person responsible for the overreporting may be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor as provided in § 13-8-44, with the maximum penalty as defined in § 22-6-2.
SDCL 13-13-1.3