<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:05:24.01:01"><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000000">24:05:24.01:01</span></a><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000001">.  Students with disabilities defined.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0"> Students with disabilities are students evaluated in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:05:25"><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000002">24:05:25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0"> and this chapter as having autism spectrum disorder, deaf-blindness, deafness, hearing loss, cognitive disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairments, emotional </span><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">disability</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">, specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, traumatic brain injury, or vision loss, including blindness, which adversely affects educational performance, and who, because of those disabilities, need special education or special education and related services. If it is determined through an appropriate evaluation, under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:05:25"><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000002">24:05:25</span></a><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">, that a student has one of the disabilities identified in this chapter, but only needs a related service and not special education, the student is not a student with a disability under this article. If, consistent with this chapter, the related service required by the student is considered special education, the student is a student with a disability under this article.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">    </span><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0"> 23 SDR 31, effective September 8, 1996; 26 SDR 150, effective May 22, 2000; 33 SDR 236, effective July 5, 2007; 41 SDR 37, effective September 4, 2014</span><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">; 49 SDR 12, effective August 14, 2022</span><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">    </span><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.1"><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000002">13-37-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-46"><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000002">13-37-46</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-47"><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000002">13-37-47</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-52"><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000002">13-37-52</span></a><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">    </span><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1"><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000002">13-37-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1"><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000002">13-37-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">.1, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1"><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000002">13-37-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">.2, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-28"><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000002">13-37-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-46"><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000002">13-37-46</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-47"><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000002">13-37-47</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-52"><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0-000002">13-37-52</span></a><span class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s832fe7a2-024b-4328-a92c-8d12c5176f36000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>