Any person regardless of age or sex, a resident of this state, who shall have been in the military service of the United States and who shall have been honorably discharged therefrom shall be entitled to all the privileges of the public schools of the district, unless such person under act of Congress is entitled to have tuition paid by the United States, or is entitled to receive from the United States for education and training, an allowance paying in part or all of the expenses of his subsistence, tuition, fees, supplies, books, and equipment.
SDCL 13-28-14