South Dakota Codified Laws 13-37-1.2. Department as agency responsible for special education–Regulatory and coordinating authority
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The Department of Education is hereby designated as the state agency with responsibility for the education of children in need of special education or special education and related services. In accordance with § 13-37-1.1, the department has regulatory and coordinating authority over any program within any state agency insofar as such programs pertain to the special education of children in need of special education or special education and related services.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 13-37-1.2
- Children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
- children in need of special education or special education and related services: means any person under the age of twenty-one years who is a resident of the State of South Dakota and who, because of his educational needs as defined by the South Dakota Board of Education Standards in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 and this chapter, is not adequately provided for through the usual facilities and services of the school and requires special education. See South Dakota Codified Laws 13-37-1
- special education: means educational services and auxiliary services provided children in need of special education or special education and related services pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and shall include school instruction conforming as nearly as possible to the school program as defined in accreditation rules under duly qualified special education teachers to the extent that the child in need of special education or special education and related services is capable of profiting. See South Dakota Codified Laws 13-37-2
Source: SL 1976, ch 120; SL 1988, ch 134, § 6; SL 1990, ch 195, § 1; SL 1996, ch 8, § 28; SL 2003, ch 272, § 63; SL 2010, ch 77, § 12.