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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 10:29:52+00:00

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392-700-042 Program operating agreements and OSPI approval.
392-700-085 Case management and student support.
392-700-147 Provision of special education, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 accommodations, and transitional bilingual instructional program.
392-700-160 Reporting of student enrollment.
392-700-175 Required documentation and reporting.
392-700-025 Interlocal agreements. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100 and 2010 c 20. WSR 11-17-045, § 392-700-025, filed 8/11/11, effective 9/11/11.] Repealed by WSR 13-13-005, filed 6/6/13, effective 7/7/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100.
392-700-045 Enrollment. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100 and 2010 c 20. WSR 11-17-045, § 392-700-045, filed 8/11/11, effective 9/11/11.] Repealed by WSR 13-13-005, filed 6/6/13, effective 7/7/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100.
392-700-055 Student documentation. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100 and 2010 c 20. WSR 11-17-045, § 392-700-055, filed 8/11/11, effective 9/11/11.] Repealed by WSR 13-13-005, filed 6/6/13, effective 7/7/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100.
392-700-075 Instructional staff to student ratio. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100 and 2010 c 20. WSR 11-17-045, § 392-700-075, filed 8/11/11, effective 9/11/11.] Repealed by WSR 13-13-005, filed 6/6/13, effective 7/7/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100.
392-700-095 District administrative responsibilities. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100 and 2010 c 20. WSR 11-17-045, § 392-700-095, filed 8/11/11, effective 9/11/11.] Repealed by WSR 13-13-005, filed 6/6/13, effective 7/7/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100.
392-700-105 Reporting of student data. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100 and 2010 c 20. WSR 11-17-045, § 392-700-105, filed 8/11/11, effective 9/11/11.] Repealed by WSR 13-13-005, filed 6/6/13, effective 7/7/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100.
392-700-120 Statewide student assessment. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100 and 2010 c 20. WSR 11-17-045, § 392-700-120, filed 8/11/11, effective 9/11/11.] Repealed by WSR 13-13-005, filed 6/6/13, effective 7/7/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100.
392-700-135 Provision of special education and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 accommodations. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100 and 2010 c 20. WSR 11-17-045, § 392-700-135, filed 8/11/11, effective 9/11/11.] Repealed by WSR 13-13-005, filed 6/6/13, effective 7/7/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100.
392-700-145 Award of credit. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100 and 2010 c 20. WSR 11-17-045, § 392-700-145, filed 8/11/11, effective 9/11/11.] Repealed by WSR 13-13-005, filed 6/6/13, effective 7/7/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100.
392-700-200 Other agreements. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100 and 2010 c 20. WSR 11-17-045, § 392-700-200, filed 8/11/11, effective 9/11/11.] Repealed by WSR 13-13-005, filed 6/6/13, effective 7/7/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100.
392-700-225 Operating agreements and OSPI approval. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100 and 2010 c 20. WSR 11-17-045, § 392-700-225, filed 8/11/11, effective 9/11/11.] Repealed by WSR 13-13-005, filed 6/6/13, effective 7/7/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100.
(1) The purpose of this chapter is to provide a statutory framework for a statewide dropout reengagement system and to provide appropriate educational opportunities and access to services for students age sixteen to twenty-one who have dropped out of high school or are not accumulating sufficient credits to reasonably complete a high school diploma in a public school before the age of twenty-one.
(2) Authority for this chapter is RCW 28A.175.100, which authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to adopt rules and procedures for statewide dropout reengagement programs (hereafter called program).
(1) "Agency" means an educational service district, nonprofit community-based organization, or public entity other than a college.
(2) "Annual average full-time equivalent (AAFTE)" means the total monthly full-time equivalent (FTE) reported for each enrolled student in a school year divided by ten.
(3) "Attendance period requirement" is defined as, at minimum, two hours of face-to-face interaction with a designated program staff for the purpose of instruction, academic counseling, career counseling, or case management contact aggregated over the prior month.
(4) "CEDARS" refers to comprehensive educational data and research system, the statewide longitudinal data system of educational data for K-12 student information.
(5) "College" means college or technical college pursuant to chapters 28B.20 through 28B.50 RCW.
(6) "College level class" is a class provided by a college that is one hundred level or above.
(7) "Consortium" means a regional group of organizations that consist of districts, tribal compact schools, charter schools and agencies and/or colleges who agree to work together to create and operate a program that will serve students from multiple districts, tribal compact schools, and charter schools and reduce the administrative burden.
(8) "Consortium agreement" means the agreement that is signed by the authorized consortium lead and all district, tribal compact school, and charter school superintendents or their authorized officials which are part of the consortium and agree to refer eligible students to the consortium's program. This agreement will clearly outline the responsibilities of the consortium lead and those of the referring districts, tribal compact schools, and charter schools.
(9) "Consortium lead" means the lead organization in a consortium that will assume the responsibilities outlined in WAC 392-700-042(3).
(10) "Count day" is the instructional day that is used to claim a program's enrollment for state funding pursuant to WAC 392-121-033. For September, the count day is the fourth instructional day. For the remaining months, the count day is the first instructional day.
(a) New student is an enrolled student who is being claimed for state funding for the first time by the program.
(b) Continuing student is an enrolled student who has continuously been enrolled in the program and claimed for state funding on at least one count day.
(c) Returning student is an enrolled student who has returned to the program after not receiving program services for a period of at least one count day and not more than ten count days.
(d) Reenrolling student is an enrolled student who has reenrolled in the program after not receiving program services for a period of eleven count days or more.
(13) "ERDC" refers to education research and data center, which conducts analyses of early learning, K-12, and higher education programs and education issues across the P-20 system that collaborates with legislative evaluation and accountability program and other statutory partner agencies.
(14) "Full-time equivalent (FTE)" is the measurement of enrollment that an enrolled student can be claimed on a monthly basis with the maximum being 1.0 FTE per month for each student enrolled in a program.
(o) Successfully completes a series of short-term industry recognized certificates equaling at least forty hours.
(b) For programs operated by a college, the instructional staff is one who is employed or appointed by the college whose required credentials are established by the college.
(17) "Letter of intent" means the document signed by the district, tribal compact school, charter school, college or lead agency authorized official that specifically outlines to OSPI the required elements of a program that the district, tribal compact school, charter school, college, or agency agree to implement.
(18) "Noninstructional staff" is any person employed in a position that is not an instructional staff as defined under subsection (16) of this section.
(19) "OSPI" means the office of superintendent of public instruction.
(20) "Program" means a statewide dropout reengagement program approved by OSPI, pursuant to RCW 28A.175.105.
(21) "School year" is the twelve-month period that begins September 1st and ends August 31st during which instruction is provided and FTE is reported.
(22) "Scope of work" means the document signed by district, tribal compact school, or charter school superintendent or their authorized official and the authorized official of a program to be included in a contracted services agreement when the program is operated by a provider on behalf of the district, tribal compact school, or charter school, and will receive compensation in accordance with WAC 392-700-165. The scope of work will specifically outline all the required elements of a program that the provider and the district, tribal compact school, or charter school agree to implement.
(23) "Resident district" means the district where the student resides or a district that has accepted full responsibility for a student who lives outside of the district through the choice transfer process pursuant to RCW 28A.225.200 through 28A.225.240. For students enrolled in a tribal compact school or charter school, the tribal compact school or charter school is the student's resident district.
(d) Must occur at least once every week that has at least three days of instruction.
(25) "Tribal compact school" means a school that is the subject of a state-tribal education compact operated according to the terms of its compact executed in accordance with RCW 28A.715.010.
(26) "Charter school" means a public school that is established in accordance with chapter 28A.710 RCW, governed by a charter school board, and operated according to the terms of a charter contract executed under chapter 28A.710 RCW.
(c) At the time the student enrolls, is significantly behind in credits based on the student's cohort graduation date. The cohort graduation date is established as the end of the fourth school year after a student first enrolls in the ninth grade.
(v) A student who has never attended the ninth grade and has earned zero high school credits.
(f) Students who are claimed for state funding by a district, tribal compact school, or charter school outside the district they live in, must be released by either a choice transfer or interdistrict agreement. When a choice transfer is in place, the student's resident district as defined in WAC 392-700-015(23) becomes the district operating the program.
(c) Becomes ineligible because of age which occurs when a student is twenty-one years of age as of September 1st.
(3) A student's eligibility does not guarantee enrollment or continued enrollment in specific programs if the program determines that the student does not meet the program's enrollment criteria or if, after enrollment, a student's academic performance or conduct does not meet established program guidelines.
Program operating agreements and OSPI approval.
(1) Districts, tribal compact schools, charter schools, agencies, and colleges are encouraged to work together to design programs and collaborations that will best serve students. Many models of operation are authorized as part of the statewide dropout reengagement system.
Regardless of the model of operation, the state funding is allocated to the district, tribal compact school, charter school, or direct funded technical college that is reporting the student's enrollment for the program.
(c) Become part of a consortium with other districts, tribal compact schools, charter schools, colleges, and/or agencies by executing a consortium agreement that is signed by all members.
(g) Work with the districts, tribal compact schools, and charter schools to facilitate the provision of special education, accommodations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and transitional bilingual instruction pursuant to WAC 392-700-147.
(4) A technical college receiving direct funding and authorized to enroll students under WAC 392-121-187 may directly operate a program and serve students referred from multiple districts. The technical college will assume the responsibilities of operating the program as described in this chapter and will meet all responsibilities outlined in WAC 392-121-187.
(a) If the program is run by a district, tribal compact school, charter school, agency or college, the program must be approved.
(b) If the program is run by a consortium, both the program and participating districts, tribal compact school, or charter school must be approved.
(c) Any program which meets the definition of an online school program in RCW 28A.250.010 must be approved as an online provider, pursuant to RCW 28A.250.060(2).
(6) Dependent on the model of operations, OSPI will specify the necessary documentation required for approval.
(7) OSPI will provide model documents that can be modified to include district-, tribal compact school-, charter school-, college-, or agency-specific language and will indicate which elements of these standard documents must be submitted to OSPI for review and approval.
(8) Upon initial approval, OSPI will specify the duration of the approval and indicate the necessary criteria to obtain reapproval.
(9) After receiving a notice of approval, OSPI will assign a code to be used when reporting students enrolled in the program.
(10) This chapter does not affect the authority of districts, tribal compact schools, and charter schools under RCW 28A.150.305, 28A.320.035, or any other provision of law to contract for educational services other than reengagement programs as defined by WAC 392-700-015(20).
(a) Instruction will be designed to help students acquire high school credits, acquire at least high school level skills, and be academically prepared for success in college and/or work.
(ii) Instruction that is below the ninth grade level shall not generate high school credits but will be counted as part of the program's instructional programming for the purposes of calculating FTE and will be designed to prepare students for course work that is at the ninth grade level or higher.
(c) Instruction in which each student is enrolled will not be limited to only those courses or subject areas in which they are deficient in high school credits.
(d) The program will administer standardized tests to new students, as defined in WAC 392-700-015 (12)(a), and reenrolling student, as defined in WAC 392-700-015 (12)(d), within one month of enrollment or secure test results from no more than six months prior to enrollment in order to determine a student's initial math and reading level upon entering the program.
(e) The program will provide all instruction, tuition, and required academic skills assessments at no cost to the students, but may collect mandatory fees as established by each program.
(i) Consumable supplies, textbooks, and other materials that are retained by the student do not constitute tuition or a fee.
(ii) Programs are encouraged to offer a waiver or scholarship process.
(ii) College readiness and work readiness preparation course work.
(v) Other course work approved by the district, tribal compact school, or charter school including cooperative work experience.
(c) Instruction will be scheduled so that enrolled students have the opportunity to attend and work with instructional staff during the hours of the program's standard instructional day.
(i) The scheduled teaching hours of an instructional staff will equal or exceed the hours of the program's standard instructional day plus one additional hour per every five teaching hours for planning, curriculum development, recordkeeping, and required coordination of services with case management staff.
(ii) For any one instructional session, the program will assign instructional staff as needed to maintain an instructional staff to student ratio that does not exceed 1:25.
(B) The ratio of total instructional and noninstructional staff to students may not exceed 2:50.
(a) Instruction will be provided through courses approved by the college, identifiable by course title, course number, quarter, number of credits, and, for vocational course, the classification of instructional program (CIP) code number assigned by OSPI to the approved career and technical education (CTE) course.
(iv) College and work readiness preparation course work.
(ii) Instructor to student ratio for classes designed exclusively for program students will not exceed 1:35.
(i) A maximum of 1.0 high school subject area credit will be awarded when a student passes a standardized high school equivalency certificate test in the subject matter. Additional credits may be awarded if the student has completed a course(s) of study to prepare for the test.
(B) The instructional staff has assessed student learning and determined that a course of study has been successfully completed. A maximum of 1.0 credit may be awarded for such subject gains in a quarter.
(iii) A minimum of 0.25 high school elective credits will be awarded for completion of a work readiness or college readiness curriculum in which the student has demonstrated mastery of specific competencies.
(iv) For students taking part in district-, tribal compact school-, or charter school-approved subject-specific credit recovery course work, the amount and type of credit to be awarded will be defined by the district, tribal compact school, or charter school.
(B) The instructional staff has assessed student learning and determined that the course of study has been successfully completed.
(a) The district, tribal compact school, or charter school, and the college will determine whether the high school diploma will be awarded by the district, tribal compact school, or charter school or by the college as part of the college's high school completion program.
(iii) 0.5 subject-specific credits will be awarded for successful completion of every five quarter or three semester hours of high school equivalency certificate course work which is aligned to the common core standards.
(iii) 0.5 subject-specific credits will be awarded for successful completion of every five quarter or three semester hours of high school equivalency certificate course work.
(3) The district, tribal compact school, or charter school is responsible for reporting all high school credits earned by students in accordance with OSPI regulations. College transcripts and other student records requested by the district, tribal compact school, or charter school will be provided by the college or agency as needed to facilitate this process.
(4) The district, tribal compact school, or charter school will ensure that the process for awarding high school credits under this scope of work is implemented as part of its policy regarding award of credits per WAC 180-51-050 (5) and (6).
(1) All reengagement programs will ensure that students participate in the statewide assessment of student learning to fulfill the minimum requirements for high school graduation and comply with state and federal school accountability requirements.
(2) A district, tribal compact school, charter school, direct funded technical college, or educational service district that has been assigned a school code by OSPI is required to administer the required statewide assessments for each enrolled student and cohort as defined by WAC 392-700-035 (1)(c).
(3) The program staff is not required to be direct-test administrators but may act in this capacity with the approval of the district, tribal compact school, charter school, direct funded technical college, or educational service district that has been assigned a school code, which will be responsible for the appropriate training of agency or college staff.
(4) Program students will be included when calculating school and state statistics in relation to the statewide assessments.
(a) A school year begins September 1st and ends August 31st.
(b) The program will provide the reporting district, tribal compact school, or charter school a calendar of the school year prior to the beginning of the program's start date for that school year.
(ii) There must be a minimum of ten instructional months.
(ii) The standard instructional day may not be less than two hours per day.
(ii) Prior to the 2018-19 school year, must have at a minimum of nine hundred planned hours of instruction for the school year. Beginning with the 2018-19 school year, must have at a minimum of one thousand planned hours of instruction for the school year.
(b) There must be a minimum of ten instructional months.
(1) OSPI shall apportion funding for an approved program to districts, tribal compact schools, charter schools, or direct funded technical colleges based upon the reported nonvocational and vocational FTE enrollment and the standard reimbursement rates. The standard reimbursement rates are the statewide average annual nonvocational and vocational rates as determined by OSPI pursuant to WAC 392-169-095.
(i) Monthly payments for the months September through December are based on estimated student enrollment projected by the district, tribal compact school, or charter school.
(ii) Beginning in January, monthly payments shall be adjusted to reflect actual student enrollment.
(b) Direct funded technical colleges will be paid quarterly pursuant to WAC 392-121-187 (7)(c).
(a) For programs directly operated by a district, tribal compact school, or charter school, the district, tribal compact school, or charter school will retain one hundred percent of the basic education allocation.
(b) For programs directly operated by a direct funded technical college pursuant to WAC 392-121-187, the technical college will retain one hundred percent of the basic education allocation.
(ii) The agency or college will receive the remaining basic education allocation.
(iii) The operating agency or college will receive the remaining basic education allocation.
(3) Programs and districts, tribal compact school, or charter school may provide transportation for students but additional funds are not generated or provided.
(4) Students identified as eligible for K-12 transitional bilingual instruction, enrolled in a state-approved K-12 transitional bilingual instructional program pursuant to chapter 392-160 WAC, and receiving transitional bilingual instruction services on or before the monthly count day but within the last month they were claimed for transitional bilingual instruction program enhanced funding, can be claimed by the district, tribal compact school, or charter school for transitional bilingual instruction program enhanced funding for the months of September through June.
(5) Students identified as eligible for special education services and receiving special education services on or before the monthly count day but within the last month they were claimed for special education funding, can be claimed by the district, tribal compact school, or charter school for special education funding for the months of September through June.
(C) Earned indicators of academic progress.
(D) Evidence of weekly status check.
(iii) Case management support pursuant to WAC 392-700-085.
(b) The district, tribal compact school, charter school, agency, or college operating the program shall comply with all state and federal laws related to the privacy, sharing, and retention of student records.
(c) Access to all student records will be provided in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
(2) CEDARS student reporting. Approved programs are responsible for submitting all required student information to OSPI in accordance with the CEDARS reporting guidance and reengagement operational instructions.
(a) The program will prepare and submit an annual performance report to the district, tribal compact school, charter school, agency, or college under which the program is operating no later than October 1st.
(b) The district or direct funded technical college who reports the student enrollment for state funding will review and submit the program's annual performance report to OSPI no later than November 1st. The annual performance must be completed using the designated OSPI reporting tool.
(F) The status of each enrolled student at the end of the school year (graduated, continuing, exited by student choice, exited by program choice, or turned twenty-one during the school year).

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