<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.s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18P0 { 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.s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0-000003 { 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="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:05:30:08.12"><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0-000000">24:05:30:08.12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0-000001">.  </span><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0-000001">Thirty-day r</span><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0-000001">esolution period -- General.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0"> If the district has not resolved the due process complaint to the satisfaction of the parent within </span><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0"> days of the receipt of the due process complaint, the due process hearing may occur.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0">    Except as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:05:30:08.14"><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0-000003">24:05:30:08.14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0">, the timeline for issuing a final decision in a due process hearing begins at the expiration of the </span><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0">thirty-day resolution</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0"> period.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0">    Except where the parties have jointly agreed to waive the resolution process or to use mediation, notwithstanding the above two paragraphs, the failure of the parent filing a due process complaint to participate in the resolution meeting delays the timelines for the resolution process and due process hearing until the meeting is held.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0">    </span><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0"> 33 SDR 236, effective July 5, 2007</span><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0">; 51 SDR 44, effective October 14, 2024</span><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0">    </span><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.1"><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0-000003">13-37-1.1</span></a><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0">    </span><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.4"><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0-000003">13-37-1.</span><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0-000003">4</span></a><span class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11b6a3ba-373c-4ec8-acd3-af629cc96b18000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>