<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.s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0 { 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.s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000003 { 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="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:05:07"><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000000">24</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000000">:</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000000">55</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000000">:</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000000">05</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000000">:</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000000">07</span></a><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000001">.  Calculation of English language proficiency rate progress goals and yearly targets.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> The department shall calculate English language proficiency rate goals and yearly targets</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">for each public school as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">    (1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">  </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">Based on the English language proficiency rate from the 201</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">7</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">-201</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">8</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> school year, the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">department shall determine the fiftieth percentile school;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">    (2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">Determine the gain in the English language proficiency rate the school </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">must </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">achieve to reach the same English language proficiency rate as the fiftieth percentile school within</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">five years. This is the school's English language proficiency rate progress goal; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">    (3)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">  </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">Divide the school's English language proficiency rate progress goal by five, rounding to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">the nearest hundredth. This is the school's annual target for increasing the percentage of students</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">meeting the English language proficiency rate at the necessary rate to reach the same level as the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">fiftieth percentile school within five years.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">    </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">The department shall repeat t</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">hese calculations for each public school. The minimum student group size</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">of ten as referenced in</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:07:05"><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000003">24:55:07:05</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> applies for reporting purposes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">    For schools performing above the fiftieth percentile in the 201</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">7</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">-201</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">8</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> school year, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">the department shall set </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">annual</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">targets to reach the level of the seventy-fifth percentile school by the 202</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">4</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">-202</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">5</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> school</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">year using the above methodology. For schools performing above the seventy-fifth percentile</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">school in the 201</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">7</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">-201</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">8</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> school year, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">the department shall set </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">annual targets to result in one hundred percent of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">schools meeting the English language proficiency by the 203</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">2</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">-203</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">3</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> school year.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">    An example of this calculation is illustrated in Appendix C at the end of this chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">    </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> 44 SDR 95, effective December 6, 2017</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">; 49 SDR 35, effective October 10, 2022</span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">    </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000003">13-3-69</span></a><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">(1)(5).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">    </span><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-62"><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000003">13-3-62</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-65"><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000003">13-3-65</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">inclusive, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0-000003">13-3-69</span></a><span class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s55f68c78-574c-4241-8ba7-77558fa7f002000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>