<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.sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dP0 { 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.sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017d000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0-000003 { 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="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:03:01"><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0-000000">24:55:03:01</span></a><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0-000001">.  School performance index ranking.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0"> </span><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0">T</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0">he department shall rank all public schools according to each school's total </span><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0">school performance index</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0"> score. This ranking </span><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0">is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0"> the basis for the classification of public schools referenced in this chapter. The department shall rank the presecondary school level and the secondary school level separately.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0">    </span><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0"> 39 SDR 51, effective October 3, 2012</span><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0">; 44 SDR 95, effective December 6, 2017; 49 SDR 35, effective October 10, 2022</span><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0">    </span><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0-000003">13-3-69</span></a><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0">(6).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0">    </span><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-67"><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0-000003">13-3-67</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0-000003">13-3-69</span></a><span class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb549a830-f194-435d-8ea6-141dcf7f017d000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>