<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000000">20:75:02:12</span></a><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000001">.  Recognized colleges and universities.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> For the purpose of evaluating the education </span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">requirements</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> of </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">an </span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">applicant for</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> certificate under SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-20B-15"><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000002">36-20B-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">, the board shall recognize </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">a </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">junior college, college, </span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">or</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> universi</span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">ty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> accredited at the time the applicant's degree was received by virtue of membership in one of the following accrediting agencies:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8ea000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    (1)  </span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Higher Learning Commission</span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    (2)  Middle States </span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Commission on Higher Education</span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    (3)  New England Association of </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Schools and </span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Colleges;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    (4)  Northwest Commission o</span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">n</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> Colleges and Universities;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    (5)  Western Association of </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Schools and </span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Colleges</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges</span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    (6)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Western Association of </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Schools and </span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">Colleges</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> Senior College and University Commission; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    (</span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">7</span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">)  Southern Association of Colleges and Schools</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> Commission on Colleges</span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8ea000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    If an applicant's degree was received at an accredited college or university, but the education program used to qualify the applicant included courses taken at either a two-year or a four-year non-accredited institution either before or after graduation, </span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">the board must deem the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> courses to have been taken at the accredited institution from which the applicant's baccalaureate degree was received, if the courses were accepted by virtue of inclusion in an official transcript of the accredited college or university.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8ea000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    However, an applicant whose degree was received from a non-accredited college or university may qualify under the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:75:02:13"><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000002">20:75:02:13</span></a><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8ea000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    </span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> 29 SDR 16, effective August 14, 2002; 36 SDR 216, effective July 6, 2010; 39 SDR 33, effective September 5, 2012</span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">; 50 SDR 67, effective December 5, 2023</span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    </span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-20B-12"><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000002">36-20B-12</span></a><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">(3).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">    </span><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-20B-15"><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0-000002">36-20B-15</span></a><span class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca39e300-f73e-4dba-891e-592b19c8a8ea000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>