24 : 55 : 07 : 16 . Special considerations . For accountability purposes, students are assigned as follows:

1. (1) If a student is placed at any of the following, with tuition paid by an entity other than the resident district, the student is counted only at the state level:

   1. (a) An attendance center or program other than an attendance center in the district;
   2. (b) A private, nonprofit facility;
   3. (c) A state or privately-operated school, and the placement was made by the Unified Judicial System, Department of Corrections, Department of Social Services, or another state agency authorized to place students; or
   4. (d) Out-of-state students placed in a South Dakota facility to serve the special needs of the student;
2. (2) If a student is placed at an alternative school as an academic extension of the public school, the student is counted at the resident school; or
3. (3) If a student attends the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the South Dakota School for the Deaf, the student is counted at the resident district and the state level, but not at the school level.

Source: 39 SDR 51, effective October 3, 2012; 41 SDR 218, effective July 1, 2015 ; transferred from § 24:55:07:14, 44 SDR 95, effective December 6, 2017.

General Authority: SDCL 13-3-51 , 13-3-69.

Law Implemented: SDCL 13-3-51 , 13-3-69.