<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.sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55P0-000003 { 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.sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000004 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000005 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000006 { 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="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:07:14"><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000000">24:55:07:14</span></a><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000001">.  Student drops out completing less than half the academic year.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0"> A student</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0"> </span><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0">who drops out from a public high school, having attended fewer than fifty percent of the school's</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0"> </span><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0">scheduled days at the student's last school of attendance, shall count for the graduation rate and the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0"> </span><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0">complet</span><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0">ion</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0"> rate at the public school in which the student was enrolled for the majority of the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0">student's time in grades nine through </span><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0">twelve</span><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0">. A student who drops out, having attended fifty percent</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0"> </span><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0">or more of the public high school's scheduled days, shall count at the school in which the student</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0"> </span><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0">was last enrolled.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55P0-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000004">    </span><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000005">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000004"> </span><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000004">44 SDR 95, effective December 6, 2017; 49 SDR 35, effective October 10, 2022</span><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000004">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55P0-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000004">    </span><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000005">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000004"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000006">13-3-69</span></a><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000004">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55P0-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000004">    </span><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000005">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000004"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000006">13-3-69</span></a><span class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55C0-000004">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4631ada-8975-4b4f-85b8-2fa2546c0d55000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>