Black Hills State University: Can a departing student keep the room until a flight several days after the last final?

DIRECT ANSWER

Contractual final-departure/continuance rule; retained conflicting building-specific break guidance remains explicit and requires actual permission.

The 2026–27 agreement requires departure within twenty-four hours of the student’s last final in fall or spring, or when student status ends, whichever happens first. It also conditions fall-to-spring continuance on spring registration before the stated finals deadline. Align the actual departure or written extension with that individual deadline and arrange other lodging if needed. Separate break-access articles conflict, so do not treat this clause alone as a universal approved break-stay decision.