A center board shall organize and administer a multidistrict, career and technical academy. A center board shall consist of at least five members but not more than a total of one member for each participating district, except that each participating school district with five hundred or more students is allowed one member for each five hundred students or fraction thereof not to exceed three members from any one school district. Center board members shall be members of the school boards of the participating school districts as appointed by their respective school boards.
SDCL 13-39-44