<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.sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0 { 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.sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacd000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0-000003 { 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="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:14:16:01"><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0-000000">24:14:16:01</span></a><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0-000001">.  Comprehensive system of personnel development.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0"> The department shall ensure the development and implementation of a comprehensive system of personnel development, including the training of primary referral sources with respect to the basic components of early intervention services available in the state. The comprehensive system of personnel development shall include:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacd000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">    (1)  Training personnel to implement innovative strategies and activities for the recruitment and retention of early education service providers;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacd000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">    (2)  Promoting the preparation of early intervention providers who are fully and appropriately qualified to provide early intervention services under this article; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacd000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">    (3)  Training personnel to coordinate transition services for infants and toddlers with disabilities who are transitioning from an early intervention service program under Part C to a preschool program under </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">20 U.S.C. </span><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">§ 1419</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0"> of </span><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act</span><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">, Head Start, Early Head Start, an elementary school program under Part B, or another appropriate program.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacd000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">    The comprehensive system of personnel development may include training personnel to work in rural and inner-city areas and training personnel in the emotional and social development of young children.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacd000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">    The system may also include training personnel to support families in participating fully in the development and implementation of the child's </span><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">individualized family service plan</span><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">, and training personnel who provide services under Part C using standards that are consistent with early learning personnel development standards funded under the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care established under the Head Start Act.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacd000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">    </span><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0"> 20 SDR 233, effective July 7, 1994; 35 SDR 82, effective October 22, 2008; 39 SDR 109, effective December 17, 2012</span><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">; 49 SDR 7, effective July 31, 2022</span><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">    </span><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.1"><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0-000003">13-37-1.1</span></a><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">    </span><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-1-23"><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0-000003">13-1-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-14-1"><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0-000003">13-14-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.1"><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0-000003">13-37-1.1</span></a><span class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf28eee8f-67ac-48b8-a3e8-13cd6504aacd000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>