SDCL 13-37-35.1 Definitions

• Library: South Dakota Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: SDCL 13-37-35.1

Terms used in chapter 13-37 mean:

(1) "Level one disability," a mild disability;

(2) "Level two disability," cognitive disability or emotional disorder;

(3) "Level three disability," hearing impairment, deafness, visual impairment, deaf-blindness, orthopedic impairment, or traumatic brain injury;

(4) "Level four disability," autism;

(5) "Level five disability," multiple disabilities;

(5A) "Level six disability," prolonged assistance;

(6) "Index factor," is the annual percentage change in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers as computed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor for the year before the year immediately preceding the year of adjustment or three percent, whichever is less;

(7) "Local effort," shall be calculated for taxes payable in 2023 and thereafter using a special education levy of one dollar and thirty-nine and nine-tenths cents per one thousand dollars of valuation;

(8) "Allocation for a student with a level one disability," for the school fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, is $6,532.00. For each school year thereafter, the allocation for a student with a level one disability shall be the previous fiscal year's allocation for such child increased by the index factor;

(9) "Allocation for a student with a level two disability," for the school fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, is $15,411.00. For each school year thereafter, the allocation for a student with a level two disability shall be the previous fiscal year's allocation for such child increased by the index factor;

(10) "Allocation for a student with a level three disability," for the school fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, is $19,682.00. For each school year thereafter, the allocation for a student with a level three disability shall be the previous fiscal year's allocation for such child increased by the index factor;

(11) "Allocation for a student with a level four disability," for the school fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, is $15,981.00. For each school year thereafter, the allocation for a student with a level four disability shall be the previous fiscal year's allocation for such child increased by the index factor;

(12) "Allocation for a student with a level five disability," for the school fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, is $34,293.00. For each school year thereafter, the allocation for a student with a level five disability shall be the previous fiscal year's allocation for such child increased by the index factor;