<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.sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0P0 { 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.sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:05:30:08.13"><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000000">24:05:30:08.13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000001">.  Dismissal of </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000001">due process </span><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000001">complaint or initiation of hearing.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0"> </span><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0">At the conclusion of the thirty-day resolution period, i</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0">f the district is unable to obtain the participation of the parent in the resolution meeting after reasonable efforts have been made and documented using the procedures in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:05:25:17"><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000002">24:05:25:17</span></a><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0">, the district may request that a hearing officer dismiss the parent's due process complaint.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0">    If the district fails to hold the resolution meeting specified in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:05:30:08.09"><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000002">24:05:30:08.09</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0"> within </span><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0">fifteen</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0"> days of receiving notice of a parent's due process complaint or fails to participate in the resolution meeting, the parent may seek the intervention of a hearing officer to begin the due process hearing timeline.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0">    </span><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0"> 33 SDR 236, effective July 5, 2007</span><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0">; 51 SDR 44, effective October 14, 2024</span><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0">    </span><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.1"><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000002">13-37-1.1</span></a><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0">    </span><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.4"><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000002">13-37-1.</span><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0-000002">4</span></a><span class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sceadab47-3fd6-4b30-b743-b7d802be96d0000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>