CHAPTER 87

(SB 23)

Special education state aid, criteria for inclusion
for certain children changed.

         ENTITLED, An Act  allow certain children to be included as a level two, three, four, or five disability for the purpose of calculating special education state aid.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  That § 13-37-36.2 be amended to read as follows:

     13-37-36.2.   For the purpose of calculating state aid pursuant to this chapter, a level five disability must shall meet criteria for at least two disability categories in levels two and three, excluding the disability of deaf-blindness. Any child reported on the child count between ages three to five years old, inclusive, may not be included as either a level two, three, four, or five disability.

     Signed February 28, 2000.

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