<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.sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02P0 { 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.sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02000000 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0-000001 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0-000002 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0-000003 { 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="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:07:05"><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0-000001">24:55:07:05</span></a><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0-000002">.  Student group size.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0"> To </span><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">comply</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0"> with the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99 (March 8, 2012), the department shall use a minimum group size of </span><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">ten</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0"> students for each student group of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:01:05"><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0-000003">24:55:01:05</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0"> when publicly reporting accountability results. If a student group has fewer than </span><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">ten</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0"> students, that group's accountability results may not be publicly reported. The department may not report student group results if all of the students in a group have the same student achievement level as defined in </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">subdivision </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:01:04"><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0-000003">24:55:01:04</span></a><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">(4).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">    </span><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0-000002">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0"> 39 SDR 51, effective October 3, 2012; 41 SDR 218, effective July 1, 2015</span><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">; 49 SDR 35, effective October 10, 2022</span><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">    </span><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0-000002">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-51"><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0-000003">13-3-51</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0-000003">13-3-69</span></a><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">    </span><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0-000002">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-51"><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0-000003">13-3-51</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0-000003">13-3-69</span></a><span class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sae39a7b0-f9fc-464b-8a3d-6197aff96a02000000"> </span></p></div></body></html>