<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.sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eP0 { 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.sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2e000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0-000003 { 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="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:05:24.01:27"><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0-000000">24:05:24.01:27</span></a><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0-000001">.  Language disorder defined.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0"> A language disorder is a reduced ability, whether developmental or acquired, to comprehend or express ideas through spoken, written, or gestural language. The language disorder may be characterized by limited vocabulary, an inability to function through pragmatics and semantics, syntax and morphology, or phonology. A language disorder may have a direct or indirect </span><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0">e</span><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0">ffect on a student's cognitive, social, emotional, or educational development or performance and deviates from accepted norms. The term</span><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0"> language disorder</span><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0"> does not include students whose communication problems result solely from a native language other than English or from their dialectal differences.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2e000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0">    </span><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0"> 23 SDR 31, effective September 8, 1996</span><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0">; 49 SDR 12, effective August 14, 2022</span><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0">    </span><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.1"><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0-000003">13-37-1.1</span></a><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0">    </span><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.1"><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0-000003">13-37-1.1</span></a><span class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc09004cb-ba87-4608-aba7-94ec2bf23c2e000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>