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44 NSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2021-22 2.5.6.2. The person receiving the appeal shall not be the same official who issued the original denial 2.5.6.3. The completed written appeal must be presented within five (5) working days after the denial was issued. 2.5.6.4. The appeal shall state specifically facts that, if proven, would demonstrate 2.5.6.4.1. That the denial was based upon an incorrect assessment of material fact or 2.5.6.4.2. That it involved a misinterpretation, misapplication or violation of the requirements of Board or institutional policy. Mere conclusions, general allegations and speculative statements cannot establish a factual ground for the claim that Board or institutional policy has been misinterpreted, misapplied or violated. 2.5.6.5. The institution will respond to such appeals via email within two (2) working days after their receipt by the institution. Should the institution deny the appeal, it shall provide in its response the procedure for appealing the decision to the institutional chief executive officer. 2.5.6.6. If the private party remains dissatisfied, the private person may appeal to the institutional chief executive officer by filing a written appeal on the same approved form within five working days after the institution issued its response. 2.5.6.7. The institutional chief executive officer shall have ten (10) working days after receipt of such an appeal to conduct such an investigation as may be warranted under the circumstances and to issue a written decision addressing the concerns raised by the private party, determining whether denial was proper under §2.5.3, and, if the appeal is denied, informing the private party of the discretionary appeal to the Executive Director of the Board of Regents. 2.5.6.8. After exhausting institutional appeals, the private party may appeal the determination of the institutional chief executive officer by submitting a written appeal to the Executive Director of the Board of Regents within ten (10) working days from the effective date in the institutional chief executive officer decision. Such an appeal shall include the application, the denial, the appeals and decisions exchanged at the institutional level, and the required appeal form. 2.5.6.9. The Executive Director of the Board of Regents shall have ten (10) working days after receipt of such an appeal to review the appeal and its documentation and to determine whether to attempt to mediate a resolution. Within five (5) working days thereafter, the Executive Director shall either issue a preliminary recommendation or refer the matter to a hearing examiner to determine whether the matter presents contested issues of material fact warranting a hearing or whether denial was proper under § 2.5.3, as a matter of law. 2.5.6.9.1. If the Executive Director issues a preliminary recommendation that would deny the private party relief, the private party shall be allowed ten (10) working days from the transmission or deposit in the mails of the Executive Director’s written response to provide reasons why that response should not become final. The recommendation of the Executive Director and any responses by the private party will be forwarded to the Board at the next regularly scheduled meeting 2.5.6.9.2. If the Executive Director appoints a hearing examiner using the contested case proceedings pursuant to SDCL ch. 1-26, the hearing examiner shall contact the institution and the private party within ten (10) working days from the date of appointment to schedule any necessary exchanges of authorities, hearings or