24 : 55 : 05 : 06 . English language proficiency rate progress goals and targets. For each public school and school district, the department shall calculate a unique English language proficiency goal that result s in all students meeting English language proficiency rates 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 attains the same English language proficiency rate as the fiftieth percentile school from the 201 7 -201 8 school year. T he department shall set unique English language proficiency goals for each school to attain the English language proficiency rate of the seventy-fifth percentile school from the 201 7 -201 8 school year 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 that result in all schools meeting the English language proficiency 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.