South Dakota Administrative Code

Rule 24:58:02:04 School operations and resources domain defined. 24:58:02:04. School operations and resources domain defined. Principals and assistant principals shall demonstrate the ability to efficiently and productively manage school operations and resources. This shall inclu…

Rule 24:58:02:05 School, student, and staff safety domain defined. 24:58:02:05. School, student, and staff safety domain defined. Principals and assistant principals shall demonstrate the ability to foster a physically, emotionally, and cognitively safe learning environment for s…

Rule 24:58:02:06 School and community relationships domain defined. 24:58:02:06. School and community relationships domain defined. Principals and assistant principals shall demonstrate the ability to foster relationships by collaborating with parents, staff, and community member…

Rule 24:58:02:07 Ethical and cultural leadership domain defined. 24:58:02:07. Ethical and cultural leadership domain defined. Principals and assistant principals shall demonstrate the ability to provide ethical, cultural, and skilled leadership. This shall include the following c…

Rule 24:58:03:01 Principal evaluation timelines. 24:58:03:01. Principal evaluation timelines. Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, each school district shall evaluate the performance of each principal and assistant principal at least once per year for the principal's or assist…

Rule 24:58:03:02 State minimum evaluation requirements. 24:58:03:02. State minimum evaluation requirements. Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, each school district must, at a minimum, use all state minimum evaluation requirements when evaluating principals and assistant prin…

Rule 24:58:03:03 Alternative professional practice model. 24:58:03:03. Alternative professional practice model. Notwithstanding § 24:58:03:02, a school district may use a model of professional practice other than the principal framework to evaluate principals and assistant princi…

Rule 24:58:03:04 Repealed. 24:58:03:04. Alternative student growth model. Repealed. Source: 41 SDR 109, effective January 12, 2015; 44 SDR 42, effective September 12, 2017.

Rule 24:58:03:05 Alternative evaluation application. 24:58:03:05. Alternative evaluation application. If a district intends to use another model of professional practice as referenced in §§ 24:58:03:03, it must apply on forms provided by the department. The department may require…

Rule 24:58:03:06 Application timelines. 24:58:03:06. Application timelines. All materials specified in § 24:58:03:05 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 24:58:03:07 Effect of application denial. 24:58:03:07. Effect of application denial. The department may deny the application if the district fails to submit all materials specified in § 24:58:03:05 by the deadline or if the department determines that the proposed model does …

Rule 24:58:03:08 Evaluators. 24:58:03:08. Evaluators. Principal and assistant principal evaluations shall be performed by the district superintendent or another supervisor of the principal or assistant principal assigned by the superintendent to perform the evaluation. Source: 41…

Rule 24:58:03:09 Evaluations of principals or assistant principals holding multiple appointments. 24:58:03:09. Evaluations of principals or assistant principals holding multiple appointments. If an individual serves as a superintendent or assistant superintendent and also serves …

Rule 24:59:01:01 Contents of applications for new postsecondary programs, program expansions, and continuing programs. 24:59:01:01. Contents of applications for new postsecondary programs, program expansions, and continuing programs. All applications must be certified by the exec…

Rule 24:59:01:02 Application for new or expanded programs. 24:59:01:02. Application for new or expanded programs. An application for a new or expanded postsecondary program must be submitted to the executive director of the Board of Technical Education. The executive director sha…

Rule 24:59:01:03 Application of continuing programs. 24:59:01:03. Application of continuing programs. An application for a continuing postsecondary program must be submitted to the executive director of the Board of Technical Education for approval whenever a program's risk profi…

Rule 24:59:01:04 Approval criteria for new or expanded programs. 24:59:01:04. Approval criteria for new or expanded programs. The South Dakota Board of Technical Education shall consider the following information in determining approval of new or expanded programs in postsecondar…

Rule 24:59:01:05 Minimum standards for program approval. 24:59:01:05. Minimum standards for program approval. The following are the minimum standards for approval of programs leading to an associate of applied science degree granted by a postsecondary technical institute: (1) The…

Rule 24:59:01:06 Associate of applied science degree requirements. 24:59:01:06. Associate of applied science degree requirements. The associate of applied science degree is conferred upon the completion of all of the following requirements for graduation from an approved associat…

Rule 24:59:01:07 Application requirements for program approval. 24:59:01:07. Application requirements for program approval. A postsecondary technical institute seeking authority to grant the associate of applied science degree must apply on forms provided by the executive directo…

Rule 24:59:02:01 Tuition. 24:59:02:01. Tuition. The South Dakota Board of Technical Education shall determine the rate of tuition and state fees charged to students at postsecondary technical colleges annually, and the rate is effective for the fiscal year beginning July first. S…

Rule 24:59:02:02 Set-asides. 24:59:02:02. Set-asides. The South Dakota Board of Technical Education shall set aside facility funds, National Guard Tuition Benefit funds, and maintenance and repair funds from the total appropriated to the South Dakota Board of Technical Education …

Rule 24:59:02:03 Formula for funding. 24:59:02:03. Formula for funding. The postsecondary technical colleges shall receive state funding, from the amount appropriated by the Legislature less funds reserved in § 24:59:02:02, under a formula that distributes these funds based on fu…

Rule 24:59:02:04 Yearly revision of formula for funding. 24:59:02:04. Yearly revision of formula for funding. The South Dakota Board of Technical Education shall revise the funding formula each year using tuition data. Source: 23 SDR 139, effective March 10, 1997; 25 SDR 150, eff…

Rule 24:59:03:01 Valid dates of credential. 24:59:03:01. Valid dates of credential. Effective July 1, 2016, the postsecondary technical institutes shall issue and renew all postsecondary credentials pursuant to policies and processes adopted by the local credentialing committee. …

Rule 24:59:04:01 Application for new bonds for lease purchase agreements. 24:59:04:01. Application for new bonds for lease purchase agreements. An application for a new bond for lease purchase agreement for the postsecondary technical institutes must be submitted to the executive…

Rule 24:59:04:02 Approval of new bonds for lease purchase agreements. 24:59:04:02. Approval of new bonds for lease purchase agreements. The South Dakota Board of Technical Education shall propose the adoption of a resolution for new facility bonds for lease purchase agreements if…

Rule 24:59:04:03 Bond amount limited by pledged revenues. 24:59:04:03. Bond amount limited by pledged revenues. The Board of Technical Education may not approve any revenue bonds for new projects that, when combined with the debt service on outstanding bonds, provide for a covera…

Rule 24:59:04:04 Projection of contribution from state fees charged to students. 24:59:04:04. Projection of contribution from state fees charged to students. For purposes of forecasting anticipated contributions from student tuition and state fees charged to students for bonding …

Rule 24:59:04:05 Maturity term of bonds issued. 24:59:04:05. Maturity term of bonds issued. When considering approval of new bonds for lease purchase agreement, the Board of Technical Education may set a target maturity term of thirty years. The amortization cannot exceed one hun…

24:59:05:01. Purpose of salary support funds. The South Dakota Board of Technical Education shall use salary support funds to increase instructor salaries to levels competitive with supervisory-level salaries in applicable industries. Source: 43 SDR 9, effective August 4, 2016; 4…

24:59:05:02. Market value information. To inform compensation determinations under § 24:59:05:06, the South Dakota Board of Technical Education shall, every three years, provide each postsecondary technical college wage data for each postsecondary technical college instructor pos…

24:59:05:03. Information to be provided. Repealed. Source: 43 SDR 9, effective August 4, 2016; 43 SDR 176, effective July 3, 2017; Readopted from § 24:10:49:03, 44 SDR 184, effective June 25, 2018; 48 SDR 61, effective December 9, 2021; 48 SDR 61, effective July 1, 2022.

24:59:05:04. Allocation of funds. The executive director shall distribute salary support funds to the postsecondary technical colleges as follows: (1) Twenty-five percent of the total salary support fund allocation must be distributed equally among the four colleges as a baseline…

24:59:05:05. Distribution of funds. The executive director shall distribute the salary support funds identified for each postsecondary technical college in § 24:59:05:04 semiannually for the year in which the funds were appropriated. The executive director, with approval of the S…

24:59:05:06. Instructor salary adjustments. From the salary support funds distributed to each postsecondary technical college, each technical college president shall determine compensation for individual instructors. A technical college president may increase salaries to levels c…

24:59:05:07. Reporting. Each postsecondary technical college shall provide a report to the South Dakota Board of Technical Education by September fifteenth of each year detailing instructor salary adjustments made under § 24:59:05:06. The South Dakota Board of Technical Education…

Rule 24:59:06:01 Definitions. 24:59:06:01. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined in this section, terms defined in SDCL 13-39-1.2 have the same meaning when used in this article. Other terms used in this article mean: (1) "Approved secondary career and technical education program…

24:80:01:01. Definitions. Words and phrases defined in SDCL chapter 34-20G have the same meaning when used in this article. In addition, as used in this article: (1) "School district" means a public school system subject to the provisions of SDCL 13-33A-2 and defined by SDCL 13-5…

24:80:02:01. Administration of medical cannabis to students. A school district shall, upon notification pursuant to § 24:80:02:03, allow a registered designated caregiver to administer medical cannabis to a student cardholder on or in school property or at a school-sponsored acti…

24:80:02:02. Allowable forms of medical cannabis. Medical cannabis administered on or in a school property or at a school-sponsored activity shall be in the form of non-smokable cannabis. Source: 48 SDR 9, effective August 8, 2021. General Authority: SDCL 13-33A-2, 34-20G-95. Law…

24:80:02:03. Required notification. The parent or legal guardian of any student cardholder must notify the school district before any medical cannabis is administered on or in a school property or at a school-sponsored activity. The parent or legal guardian shall present the stud…

24:80:02:04. Notice provided to individuals within the district. If a school district receives notice pursuant to § 24:80:02:03, the school district shall ensure that the notice is provided to the student's educators and persons designated to provide health services to the studen…

24:80:02:05. Restrictions on administering medical cannabis. A student may not possess or self-administer medical cannabis on or in school property or at a school-sponsored activity. Only a designated caregiver may possess and administer to a student cardholder on or in school pr…

24:80:02:06. Required documentation. Before the administration of medical cannabis and at any time when the student's administration of medical cannabis changes, the school district must have documentation described in this section on file. The student's parent or legal guardian …

24:80:02:07. Students 18 years or older. A student who is 18 years or older or who has been emancipated may not possess or self-administer medical cannabis while on or in school property or at a school-sponsored activity. The student shall provide the notices and documentation re…

24:80:02:08. Prohibited acts--Student. Student possession, use, distribution, or sale, or a student being under the influence of a cannabis product inconsistent with this article is prohibited. Source: 48 SDR 9, effective August 8, 2021. General Authority: SDCL 13-33A-2, 34-20G-9…

24:80:02:09. School district may not discipline a student solely for being a cardholder. A school district may not discipline a student cardholder solely because the student requires medical cannabis as a reasonable accommodation necessary to attend school. Source: 48 SDR 9, effe…

24:80:02:10. School, school employee, or volunteer not required to administer or store medical cannabis. Neither this article nor any other state or federal law, including without limitation the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act," 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., as amended t…

24:80:02:11. Records. Any information received by a school district pursuant to article 24:80, containing confidential information or personally identifiable information is protected by the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974," 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, as amended to July…