South Dakota Administrative Code

24:55:06:04. Periodic evaluation of the gap group composition. Repealed. Source: 44 SDR 95, effective December 6, 2017; 49 SDR 35, effective October 10, 2022.

Rule 24:55:07:01 All public school students assessed. 24:55:07:01. All public school students assessed. All students enrolled in public school shall take the state academic assessment. Source: 39 SDR 51, effective October 3, 2012. General Authority: SDCL 13-3-55, 13-3-69. Law Imp…

Rule 24:55:07:02 At least 95 percent assessed. 24:55:07:02. At least 95 percent assessed. A school shall administer the state academic assessment to at least 95 percent of the students and 95 percent of students within a student group who are enrolled in the tested grades for the…

Rule 24:55:07:03 Dually enrolled students. 24:55:07:03. Dually enrolled students. For purposes of the student achievement, academic growth, high school completion, graduation rate, English language proficiency, and college and career readiness key indicators, a student who is dua…

Rule 24:55:07:04 Student transfers during the academic year. 24:55:07:04. Student transfers during the academic year. Results of students who transfer from one public school to another public school within the same public school district between October first and May first are co…

24:55:07:05. Student group size. To comply with the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99 (March 8, 2012), the department shall use a minimum group size of ten students for each student group of § 24:55:01:05 when publ…

Rule 24:55:07:06 Insufficient group size. 24:55:07:06 Insufficient group size. Accountability determinations for public schools may not be required if the number of students in a group is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information, or the results would reveal person…

Rule 24:55:07:07 Public schools with no grades assessed. 24:55:07:07. Public schools with no grades assessed. For accountability purposes, the department shall link public schools that have no grades assessed with public schools into which their students feed. Source: 39 SDR 51, …

Rule 24:55:07:08 Requirements for all public schools. 24:55:07:08. Requirements for all public schools. All public schools, including Title I schools, must participate in the state academic assessment. Source: 39 SDR 51, effective October 3, 2012. General Authority: SDCL 13-3-55,…

Rule 24:55:07:09 Repealed. 24:55:07:09. Students with disabilities. Repealed. Source: 39 SDR 51, effective October 3, 2012; repealed, 40 SDR 40, effective September 11, 2013.

Rule 24:55:07:10 Repealed. 24:55:07:10. Students with disabilities identified after December first. Repealed. Source: 39 SDR 51, effective October 3, 2012; repealed, 40 SDR 40, effective September 11, 2013

24:55:07:11. Participation of students who are English learners. A student who is an English learner and in the first year of enrollment in a school in the United States is not required to take the state academic assessment in English language arts, if the student has participate…

Rule 24:55:07:12 Student moves. 24:55:07:12. Student moves. All students are required to take the state academic assessment at their current public school during the testing timeline established by the department. However, if a student moves during the testing timeline and has no…

Rule 24:55:07:13 Student moves, full academic year not met. 24:55:07:13. Student moves, full academic year not met. A student who moves and enrolls in a public school district for less than a full academic year shall be tested, and the student's results for student achievement, a…

24:55:07:14. Student drops out completing less than half the academic year. A student who drops out from a public high school, having attended fewer than fifty percent of the school's scheduled days at the student's last school of attendance, shall count for the graduation rate a…

Rule 24:55:07:15 Attributing credit for college and career readiness key indicator. 24:55:07:15. Attributing credit for college and career readiness key indicator. A student shall count for the college and career readiness key indicator at the school for which the student counted…

Rule 24:55:07:16 Special considerations. 24:55:07:16. Special considerations. For accountability purposes, students are assigned as follows: (1) If a student is placed at any of the following, with tuition paid by an entity other than the resident district, the student is counted…

Rule 24:55:08:01 Public school or district changing grade span or physical status. 24:55:08:01. Public school or district changing grade span or physical status. A public school or public school district that proposes to change its grade span or physical building capacity must su…

Rule 24:55:08:02 Students attending public school or district in first year of operation -- Included in accountability classification. 24:55:08:02. Students attending public school or district in first year of operation -- Included in accountability classification. Students atten…

Rule 24:55:08:03 Accountability classification determination starts with first year of operation. 24:55:08:03. Accountability classification determination starts with first year of operation. Accountability classifications for new public schools are made by the department within …

24:55:08:04. Public school boundaries altered -- Prior academic progress goals and targets recalculated. If a school district that has two or more attendance centers per grade span changes boundaries so that at least fifty percent of the student population of the attendance cente…

Rule 24:55:08:05 School district consolidation -- Prior academic progress goals and targets recalculated. 24:55:08:05. School district consolidation -- Prior academic progress goals and targets recalculated. If two or more public school districts consolidate under the provisions …

Rule 24:55:09:01 Public schools may review data. 24:55:09:01. Public schools may review data. A public school district on behalf of a public school may review the results and classification of the school under the accountability system. If the public school district believes the …

24:55:09:02. School district to appeal not later than ten days after notification. A school district on behalf of a public school must submit an appeal form provided by the department and supporting documentation not later than ten business days after the initial public release o…

Rule 24:55:09:03 Final determination by department. 24:55:09:03. Final determination by department. Following review of the materials submitted pursuant to § 24:55:09:02, the department shall make a final determination regarding the accuracy of the data. The public school distric…

Rule 24:55:10:01 Accountability system review. 24:55:10:01. Accountability system review. The department shall periodically review the accountability system to ensure that it is fair and appropriate for the state's public schools and to determine whether the system contributes to…

Rule 24:56:01:01 Deadline and requirements for submission of agreements. 24:56:01:01. Deadline and requirements for submission of agreements. Any agreement between a consortium of school districts exercising joint powers or intergovernmental cooperation referenced in SDCL 13-6-97…

Rule 24:56:01:02 Criteria for approval of agreements. 24:56:01:02. Criteria for approval of agreements. In reviewing agreements referenced in § 24:56:01:01, the Secretary shall consider whether the agreement results in significant cost savings to all participating districts, whet…

Rule 24:56:01:03 Decision of the Secretary. 24:56:01:03. Decision of the Secretary. The Secretary shall issue a decision regarding the agreement no later than April first. The Secretary's decision must be in writing and served upon the superintendent of each participating distric…

Rule 24:56:02:01 Deadline and criteria for approval of agreements. 24:56:02:01. Deadline and criteria for approval of agreements. Agreements referenced in SDCL 13-15-30 and 13-15-31 must be submitted to the Secretary via first class United States mail and postmarked no later than…

Rule 24:56:02:02 Decision of the Secretary. 24:56:02:02. Decision of the Secretary. The Secretary shall issue a decision regarding the agreement no later than April first. The Secretary's decision must be in writing and served upon the superintendent of each participating school …

Rule 24:56:03:01 Purpose. 24:56:03:01. Purpose. The Department of Education shall administer the shared services grants which are designed to provide an incentive for school districts to share employees. Source: 43 SDR 9, effective August 4, 2016. General Authority: SDCL 13-15-1.…

Rule 24:56:03:02 Criteria for grant funds. 24:56:03:02. Criteria for grant funds. An applicant for a shared services grant must meet the following criteria: (1) Be an accredited public school district in South Dakota; (2) Demonstrate need among participating school districts for …

Rule 24:56:03:03 Application and award period. 24:56:03:03. Application and award period. The department shall inform all school districts of the application and award period and the amount of grant funds available each year. The department shall also provide school districts wit…

Rule 24:56:03:04 Review process. 24:56:03:04. Review process. The department shall determine grant recipients and award amounts utilizing a competitive process and involving a group of reviewers designated by the Secretary. Applications addressing rural or sparsity needs, increas…

Rule 24:56:03:05 Grant conditions. 24:56:03:05. Grant conditions. In addition to complying with all the application requirements referenced in § 24:56:03:03, all grantees will be subject to the following conditions: (1) The amount of a grant may not exceed the actual cost as prop…

Rule 24:56:03:06 Distribution of funds. 24:56:03:06. Distribution of funds. A grant shall be paid on a reimbursement basis following the procedures and requirements outlined by the department. Source: 43 SDR 9, effective August 4, 2016; 43 SDR 131, effective April 19, 2017. Gener…

Rule 24:56:03:07 Grant reporting and evaluation. 24:56:03:07. Grant reporting and evaluation. Each district utilizing grant funds to share an employee shall report personnel data in the state staffing database. Each grantee shall also submit a mid-year and annual grant report. Th…

Rule 24:56:03:08 Default. 24:56:03:08. Default. The submission of false or misleading statements, omissions, or information as part of the grant application or the failure to comply with any grant requirement shall be considered a default upon the terms of a grant. In the event o…

Rule 24:57:01:01 Definitions 24:57:01:01. Definitions. Terms used in this article mean: (1) "Danielson framework," the twenty-two components, clustered into domains one through four, inclusive, in The Framework for Teaching Evaluation Instrument (2013 edition) by Charlotte Daniel…

Rule 24:57:02:01 Teacher performance standards. 24:57:02:01. Teacher performance standards. Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, the minimum professional performance standards to be used as a basis for evaluating teacher performance shall be aligned with the Danielson framework.…

Rule 24:57:02:02 State minimum evaluation requirements. 24:57:02:02. State minimum evaluation requirements. Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, each school district must, at a minimum, use all the state minimum evaluation requirements when evaluating teachers in the district.…

Rule 24:57:02:03 Alternative evaluation model. 24:57:02:03. Alternative evaluation model. Notwithstanding § 24:57:02:02, a school district may use a model of professional practice other than the Danielson framework to evaluate its teachers if it proves to the department that this…

Rule 24:57:02:04 Alternative evaluation application. 24:57:02:04. Alternative evaluation application. If a district chooses to use the options provided in § 24:57:02:03, it must apply on forms provided by the department. The department may require additional documents and informa…

Rule 24:57:02:05 Application timelines. 24:57:02:05. Application timelines. All materials specified in § 24:57:02:04 must be received by the department by January thirty-first before the school year in which the district intends to implement the alternative evaluation model. By A…

Rule 24:57:02:06 Effect of application denial. 24:57:02:06. Effect of application denial. The department may deny the application if the district fails to submit all materials specified in § 24:57:02:04 by the deadline or if the department determines that the proposed model does …

Rule 24:58:01:01 Definitions. 24:58:01:01. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined in this section, terms defined in § 24:57:01:01 have the same meaning when used in this article. Other terms used in this article mean: (1) "Assistant principal," for purposes of this article, an ind…

Rule 24:58:02:01 Framework for effective principals defined. 24:58:02:01. Framework for effective principals defined. The framework for effective principals shall consist of the six domains and twenty-two components of professional performance to promote student success reference…

Rule 24:58:02:02 Vision and goals domain defined. 24:58:02:02. Vision and goals domain defined. Principals and assistant principals shall demonstrate the ability to guide the development and implementation of a shared vision, mission, and goals for the school. This shall include …

Rule 24:58:02:03 Instructional leadership domain defined. 24:58:02:03. Instructional leadership domain defined. Principals and assistant principals shall demonstrate the ability to communicate with staff and review research and data to promote a school culture and instructional p…