<html> <head> <title>Rule 24:43:01:04 External third-party accreditation agency defined.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 24:43:01:04"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 24:43:01:04 External third-party accreditation agency defined."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <title>ARTICLE 24:43</title> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>24:43:01:04.&nbsp;&nbsp;External third-party accreditation agency defined.</b> An &quot;external third-party accreditation agency&quot; is a private educational association of regional or national scope. It develops evaluation criteria and conducts peer evaluations to assess whether or not those criteria are met by the local school that has joined the association. Schools that request an agency's evaluation and that meet the agency's criteria are then &quot;accredited&quot; by that agency.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 31 SDR 178, adopted May 4, 2005, effective July 1, 2005.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=13-1-12.1">13-1-12.1</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=13-3-47">13-3-47.</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=13-1-12.1">13-1-12.1</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=13-3-47">13-3-47.</A></p> </div> </body> </html>