<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.s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08P0 { 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.s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0-000003 { 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="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:03:08"><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0-000000">24:55:03:08</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0-000001">.  Classification of </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0-000001">targeted support and improvement</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0-000001"> schools.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> The department shall classify a</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">ny</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">public</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> school, not already classified as a </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">comprehensive support and improvement</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> school, as a </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">targeted support and improvement</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> school, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">or as an additional targeted support and improvement school, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">if it meets </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">either</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> of the following criteria:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">    (1)  </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">Targeted support schools are schools with one or more subgroups that performed in the bottom twenty-five percent over a period of three years compared to like subgroups across the state. Only schools with subgroups that performed below the state's average for each indicator may be identified for targeted support and improvement.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> This designation shall first ta</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">k</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">e place for the 201</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">7</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">-201</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">8</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> school</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">year; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">    (2)  </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">Additional targeted support</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> schools </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">are </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">identified under </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">subdivision </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">(</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">1</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> if</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">subgroup triggering the identification performs no better on any indicator than the performance of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">schools designated for comprehensive support and improvement under</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> § </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:03:07"><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0-000003">24:55:03:07</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> for the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">school year under consideration. The department shall consider the performance over a period of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">three years. This designation shall first ta</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">k</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">e place for</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">the 201</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">7</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">-20</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">18</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> school year.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">    </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> 39 SDR 51, effective October 3, 2012; 40 SDR 40, effective September 11, 2013; 41 SDR 218, effective July 1, 2015; 44 SDR 95, effective December 6, 2017; 44 SDR 192, effective July 2, 2018</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">; 49 SDR 35, effective October 10, 2022</span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">    </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0-000003">13-3-69</span></a><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">(6).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">    </span><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-67"><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0-000003">13-3-67</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0-000003">13-3-69</span></a><span class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b12c77e-d4a1-4a3b-89e1-d90ea8690b08000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>