24 : 55 : 05 : 04 . Graduation rate progress goals and targets. For each public school and school district, the department shall calculate a unique graduation rate progress goal that result s in all students meeting the graduation rate by the 203 2 -203 3 school year. T o achieve that long-term goal the department shall set interim goals at the five-year mark and ten - year mark. The interim goals must be set so that, by the 202 4 -202 5 school year, each school and each subgroup of students attains the same graduation rate as the fiftieth percentile school from the 201 7 -201 8 school year. T he department shall set unique graduation rate progress goals for each school and each subgroup to attain the 201 7 -201 8 school year graduation rates of the seventy - fifth percentile school by the 202 9 -20 30 school year. Following the 202 4 -202 5 school year, the department shall reset goals and targets to reach the performance level of the seventy-fifth percentile school from the 201 7 -201 8 school year. Following the 202 9 -20 30 school year, the department shall again set annual targets to reach one hundred percent of students meeting the graduation rate.

Source: 44 SDR 95, effective December 6, 2017 ; 49 SDR 35, effective October 10, 2022 .

General Authority: SDCL 13-3-69 (1)(5).

Law Implemented: SDCL 13-3-62 to 13-3-65 , inclusive, 13-3-69 .

Prior versions effective: 2017-12-06.