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SD School Business Official Certification

The South Dakota Department of Education offers school business official certification if you meet the requirements as outlined in the following Administrative Rule:

24:15:06:38. Business official endorsement. A business official endorsement requires:

  1. A bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university; and
  2. The completion of one of the following:
    (a) Two years of experience as a school business official in a local education agency; or
    (b) A minimum of two semester hours of undergraduate or graduate level coursework in each of the areas of accounting, school finance, school law, and school business administration;
  3. A stand alone school service specialist lifetime certificate is non-renewable.

If you meet the requirements, complete the initial certification application available on the DOE website at https://doe.sd.gov/certification.

Follow the online application instructions. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Accreditation & Teacher Quality at (605) 773-3134.