South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 24 - EDUCATION
Article 24:05 - Special education
Chapter 24:05:24.01 - Eligibility criteria
Section 24:05:24.01:28 - Criteria for language disorder
Current through Register Vol. 51, page 43, September 23, 2024
A student may be identified as having a language disorder as a primary disability if:
(1) Through age eight, performance falls 1.5 standard deviations below the mean on standardized evaluation instruments; beginning at age nine, a difference is present of 1.5 standard deviations between performance on an individually administered standardized language assessment instrument and measured expected potential as measured by an individually administered intelligence test; and
(2) The student's pragmatic skills, as measured by checklists, language samples, or observation, adversely affect the student's academic and social interactions.
General Authority: SDCL 13-37-1.1.
Law Implemented: SDCL 13-37-1.1.
