<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.s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6P0 { 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.s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000003 { 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="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:05:04"><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000000">24</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000000">:</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000000">55</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000000">:</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000000">05</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000000">:</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000000">04</span></a><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000001">.  Graduation rate progress goals and targets.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> For each public school and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">school district, the department shall calculate a unique graduation rate progress goal that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">result</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> in all students meeting the graduation rate by the 203</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">2</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">-203</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">3</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> school year. </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">T</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">o</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">achieve that long-term goal the department shall set interim goals at the five-year mark and ten</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">-</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">year</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">mark. The interim goals </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> be set so that, by the 202</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">4</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">-202</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">5</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> school year, each school and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">each subgroup of students attains the same graduation rate as the fiftieth percentile school from the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">201</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">7</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">-201</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">8</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> school year. </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">T</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">he department shall set unique graduation rate progress goals for</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">each school and each subgroup to attain the 201</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">7</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">-201</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">8</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> school year graduation rates of the seventy</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">-</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">fifth</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">percentile school by the 202</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">9</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">-20</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">30</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> school year. Following the 202</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">4</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">-202</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">5</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> school year, the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">department shall reset goals and targets to reach the performance level of the seventy-fifth</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">percentile school from the 201</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">7</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">-201</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">8</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> school year. Following the 202</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">9</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">-20</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">30</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> school year, the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">department shall again set annual targets to reach one hundred percent of students meeting the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">graduation rate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">    </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> 44 SDR 95, effective December 6, 2017</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">; 49 SDR 35, effective October 10, 2022</span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">    </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000003">13-3-69</span></a><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">(1)(5).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">    </span><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-62"><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000003">13-3-62</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-65"><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000003">13-3-65</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">inclusive, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0-000003">13-3-69</span></a><span class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2f1b2292-a175-4593-9b11-962bc348fdd6000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>