<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.s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baP0 { 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.s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67ba000003 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baP0-000004 { margin-top: 0; line-height: 115.0%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: left; background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; } span.s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67ba000005 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:03:15"><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000000">24</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000000">:</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000000">55</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000000">:</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000000">03</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000000">:</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000000">15</span></a><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000001">.  Ranking and classification suspended for 201</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000001">6</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000001">-201</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000001">7</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000001">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0"> Notwithstanding</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0"> </span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">any other provision in this article, the department may not rank public schools for the 201</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">6</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">-201</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">7 </span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">school year</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">. F</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">or the 201</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">6</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">-201</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">7</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0"> school year, the department shall retain the classification</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0"> </span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">assigned to each school pursuant to this chapter for the 2014-2015 school year</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">, except that the department shall remove the priority or focus school classification if the school meets the criteria established in </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:04:06"><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">24:55:04:06</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:04:08"><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">24:55:04:08</span></a><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67ba000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">    </span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0"> </span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">42</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0"> SDR </span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">182</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">, effective </span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">June 27, 2016; 43 SDR 176, effective July 3, 2017; 49 SDR 35, effective October 10, 2022</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">    </span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">13</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">-</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">3</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">-</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">69</span></a><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">(6).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">    </span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-67"><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">13</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">-</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">3</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">-</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">67</span></a><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">13</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">-</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">3</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">-</span><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0-000002">69</span></a><span class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67ba000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67baP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s59d477cc-72a6-4bee-98bc-f7e08d9a67ba000005"> </span></p></div></body></html>