<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.sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0 { 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.sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0-000003 { 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="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:05:24.01:31"><span class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0-000000">24:05:24.01:31</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0-000001">. </span><span class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0-000001">Individualized education program</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0-000001"> team override.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0"> If the </span><span class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0">individualized education program (IEP)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0"> team determines that a student is eligible for special education or special education and related services because the student has a disability and needs special education even though the student does not meet specific requirements in this chapter, the IEP team must include documentation in the record as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0">    (1)  The record must contain documents that explain why the standards and procedures that are used with the majority of students resulted in invalid findings for this student;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0">    (2)  The record must indicate what objective data were used to conclude that the student has a disability and is in need of special education. These data may include test scores, work products, self-reports, teacher comments, previous tests, observational data, and other developmental data;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0">    (3)  Since the eligibility decision is based on a synthesis of multiple data and not all data are equally valid, the team must indicate which data had the greatest relative importance for the eligibility decision; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0">    (4)  The IEP team override decision must include a sign-off by the IEP team members agreeing to the override decision. If one or more IEP team members disagree with the override decision, the record must include a statement of why they disagree signed by those members.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0">    The district director of special education shall keep a list of students on whom the IEP team override criteria were used to assist the state in evaluating the adequacy of student identification criteria.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0">    </span><span class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0"> 23 SDR 31, effective September 8, 1996; 26 SDR 150, effective May 22, 2000</span><span class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0">; 49 SDR 12, effective August 14, 2022</span><span class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0">    </span><span class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.1"><span class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0-000003">13-37-1.1</span></a><span class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0">    </span><span class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.1"><span class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0-000003">13-37-1.1</span></a><span class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1df1744-1ecd-4cb2-9059-03a78d718521000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>