Section 13-37-55 – Coordinated early intervening services.
13-37-55. Coordinated early intervening services. Up to fifteen percent of the local need as defined in subdivision 13-37-35.1(18) may be used to develop and implement coordinated, early intervening services for students in kindergarten through grade twelve who are not currently identified as needing special education or special education and related services, but who need additional […]
Section 13-37-56 – Approval for early intervening services.
13-37-56. Approval for early intervening services. A school district seeking to use funds pursuant to §13-37-55 shall apply for approval for the use of such funds from the Department of Education on forms provided by the department. Source: SL 2013, ch 79, §2.
Section 13-37-57 – Annual report on early intervening services.
13-37-57. Annual report on early intervening services. Any school district that uses funds pursuant to §13-37-55 shall annually report to the Department of Education on: (1)The number of students who receive coordinated, early intervening services; and (2)The number of students who received early intervening services, and who subsequently receive special education or special education and […]
Section 13-37-45 – Allocation of undistributed appropriations.
13-37-45. Allocation of undistributed appropriations. Any funds appropriated as state aid for special education that are not distributed according to §13-37-36.3 shall be used to fund any shortfall of the appropriation provided for in §13-13-73. The remaining funds shall be allocated by the secretary of the Department of Education for the purposes specified in § […]
Section 13-37-28.1 – Dyslexia defined.
13-37-28.1 . Dyslexia defined. For the purposes of this chapter, dyslexia is a learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected […]
Section 13-37-29 – Blind student defined for purposes of braille literary assessment and educational services.
13-37-29. Blind student defined for purposes of braille literary assessment and educational services. For the purposes of §13-37-30, a blind student is any individual who is eligible for special education services and who has a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting lenses or has a limited field of vision […]
Section 13-37-30 – Braille literary assessment and educational services for blind students.
13-37-30. Braille literary assessment and educational services for blind students. In developing an individualized written education program for each blind student the presumption shall be that proficiency in braille reading and writing is essential for the student to achieve satisfactory educational progress. The assessment required for each such student shall include a braille skills inventory, […]
Section 13-37-31 – Competency of braille instructors–Promulgation of rules.
13-37-31. Competency of braille instructors–Promulgation of rules. The South Dakota Board of Education Standards shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 governing the determination of the competency of braille instructors according to their education or experience. Source: SL 1991, ch 152, §3; SL 2017, ch 81, §57.
Section 13-37-35.1 – Definitions.
13-37-35.1. Definitions. Terms used in chapter 13-37 mean: (1)”Level one disability,” a mild disability; (2)”Level two disability,” cognitive disability or emotional disorder; (3)”Level three disability,” hearing impairment, deafness, visual impairment, deaf-blindness, orthopedic impairment, or traumatic brain injury; (4)”Level four disability,” autism; (5)”Level five disability,” multiple disabilities; (5A)”Level six disability,” prolonged assistance; (6)”Index factor,” is the […]
Section 13-37-35.2 – Department to recalculate allocations for disability levels biennially.
13-37-35.2. Department to recalculate allocations for disability levels biennially. The Department of Education shall recalculate the amounts of the allocations for the disability levels defined in §13-37-35.1. The recalculation shall be based on statewide average expenditures as reported to the Department of Education in school district annual reports by disability for the previous three school […]