No student who has an unexcused absence of 15 consecutive school days may be included in the count of the attendance center for state aid purposes, retroactive to the last day the student attended school or had an excused absence. An excused absence, for purposes of this section, includes medical illness and enrollment in a short-term group care education program for up to 90 consecutive school days. Nothing in this section supersedes the student due process requirements referenced in SDCL chapter 13-32, article 24:07, or other applicable law.

Source: 28 SDR 19, effective August 19, 2001; 36 SDR 215, effective July 6, 2010 ; 43 SDR 176, effective July 3, 2017 .

General Authority: SDCL 13-3-51, 13-13-37.4.

Law Implemented: SDCL 13-3-51 , 13-13-10.1 , 13-13-37.4.

Prior versions effective: 2010-07-06.