<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.s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34P0 { 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.s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:05:24.01:18"><span class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0-000000">24:05:24.01:18</span></a><span class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0-000001">.  Specific learning disability defined.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0"> Specific learning disability is a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using spoken or written language that may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations. The term includes such conditions as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. The term does not apply to students who have learning problems that are primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities; cognitive disability; emotional dis</span><span class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0">ability</span><span class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0">; or environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0">    </span><span class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0"> 23 SDR 31, effective September 8, 1996; 33 SDR 236, effective July 5, 2007</span><span class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0">; 49 SDR 12, effective August 14, 2022</span><span class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0">    </span><span class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.1"><span class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0-000003">13-37-1.1</span></a><span class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0">    </span><span class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.1"><span class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0-000003">13-37-1.1</span></a><span class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s998fea68-ab22-424f-ae01-db1f5bce0e34000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>