<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>p.sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0 { 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.sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 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class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000000">20:75:02:12</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000001">.  Recognized colleges and universities.</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> For the purpose of evaluating the education </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">requirements</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> of </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">an </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">applicant for</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> a</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> certificate under SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-20B-15"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000002">36-20B-15</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">, the board shall recognize </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">a </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">junior college, college, </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">or</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> universi</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">ty</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> accredited at the time the applicant's degree was received by virtue of membership in one of the following accrediting agencies:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8ea000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    (1)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Higher Learning Commission</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    (2)  Middle States </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Commission on Higher Education</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    (3)  New England Association of </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Schools and </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Colleges;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    (4)  Northwest Commission o</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">n</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> Colleges and Universities;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    (5)  Western Association of </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Schools and </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Colleges</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    (6)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Western Association of </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Schools and </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Colleges</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> Senior College and University Commission; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    (</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">7</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">)  Southern Association of Colleges and Schools</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> Commission on Colleges</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8ea000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    If an applicant's degree was received at an accredited college or university, but the education program used to qualify the applicant included courses taken at either a two-year or a four-year non-accredited institution either before or after graduation, </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">the board must deem the</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> courses to have been taken at the accredited institution from which the applicant's baccalaureate degree was received, if the courses were accepted by virtue of inclusion in an official transcript of the accredited college or university.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8ea000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    However, an applicant whose degree was received from a non-accredited college or university may qualify under the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:75:02:13"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000002">20:75:02:13</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8ea000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP1"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000001">Source:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> 29 SDR 16, effective August 14, 2002; 36 SDR 216, effective July 6, 2010; 39 SDR 33, effective September 5, 2012</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">; 50 SDR 67, effective December 5, 2023</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-20B-12"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000002">36-20B-12</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">(3).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-20B-15"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000002">36-20B-15</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8ea000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>