<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.sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dP0 { 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.sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324d000003 { 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="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:05:30:09.04"><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000000">24:05:30:09.04</span></a><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000001">.  Impartial due process hearing</span><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000001">--Convenience of hearing</span><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000001">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0"> If a due process complaint is received under this chapter, chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:05:26"><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000002">24:05:26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0">, or chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:05:26.01"><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000002">24:05:26.01</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0">, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0">the department shall ensure that </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0">the parents </span><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0">and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0"> the district involved in the dispute </span><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0">receive</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0"> an impartial due process hearing, consistent with the procedures in this article.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0"> Each hearing must be conducted at a time and place which is reasonably convenient to the parents and child involved.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0">    </span><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0"> 33 SDR 236, effective July 5, 2007</span><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0">; 51 SDR 44, effective October 14, 2024</span><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0">    </span><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.1"><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000002">13-37-1.1</span></a><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0">    </span><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-37-1.4"><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000002">13-37-1.</span><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0-000002">4</span></a><span class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd18241a9-2c40-4304-accd-12ed46d7324d000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>