Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-502 - Online learning - Approval of multidistrict online providers › Section 392-502-030 - Approval assurances, criteria, and performance targets

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) This section sets forth the assurances,
			 criteria, and performance targets that online providers must meet to be
			 approved under this chapter.
(a) To be
			 approved, online providers must provide the following assurances to the
			 superintendent of public instruction:
(i) The
			 online provider is accredited through an accrediting body as defined in WAC
			 392-502-010 and agrees to
			 maintain accredited status for the duration of the approval period. Online
			 providers may be candidates for accreditation at the time of application for
			 approval provided that the provider earns full accreditation on the standard
			 timeline. Online school programs, single-district providers, and affiliate
			 providers are exempt from (a)(i) of this subsection.
(ii) Each course and program the online
			 provider offers is aligned with at least eighty percent of the current
			 applicable grade/subject area of Washington state standards. For courses with
			 content that is not included in state standards, the online provider's courses
			 are aligned with at least eighty percent of nationally accepted content
			 standards set for the relevant subjects. Online providers must submit
			 information to the superintendent regarding the standards alignment and the
			 standards aligned.
(iii) All
			 instruction delivered to Washington state students is delivered by Washington
			 state certificated teachers who:
(A) Are
			 properly endorsed in the subject area taught; and
(B) Are evaluated annually using the revised
			 evaluative criteria and four-level rating system established in
			 RCW
			 28A.405.100.
(iv) For online providers that offer high
			 school courses, the courses offered by the online provider must be eligible for
			 high school credit pursuant to WAC
			 180-51-050.
(v) All of the online provider's current and
			 future courses in the applicable areas meet the credit/content requirements in
			 chapter 392-410 WAC.
(vi) All
			 advanced placement courses offered by the online provider have been approved in
			 accordance with the college board advanced placement course audit. For advanced
			 placement courses not yet offered at the time of application, the online
			 provider must assure that those courses will be approved by the college board
			 prior to offering those courses to students.
(vii) The online provider's data management
			 systems ensure all student information remains confidential, as required by the
			 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended.
(viii) The online provider's web systems and
			 content meet accessibility conformance levels specified in the list of approved
			 provider assurances on the office of superintendent of public instruction's web
			 site.
(ix) The online provider
			 provides all information as directed or as requested by the office of
			 superintendent of public instruction, the secretary for the department of
			 education, and other federal officials for audit, program evaluation
			 compliance, monitoring, and other purposes and to maintain all records for the
			 current year and three previous years.
(x) The online provider informs the office of
			 superintendent of public instruction in writing of any significant changes to
			 the program including, but not limited to, changes in assurances, program
			 description, fiscal status, or ownership.
(xi) The online provider upholds any
			 pertinent federal or state laws, rules or regulations, in the delivery of the
			 online courses or programs.
(xii)
			 The online provider retains responsibility for the quality of courses, web
			 systems, and content offered, regardless of any third-party contractual
			 arrangements, partnerships or consortia, contributing to the content or
			 delivery of the online courses or programs.
(xiii) The online school program complies
			 with the state assessment requirements including, but not limited to, the
			 requirements of chapter 28A.655 RCW and WAC
			 392-121-182, as
			 applicable.
(xiv) All of the
			 provider's current and future career and technical education (CTE) courses are
			 aligned to Washington state CTE program standards and have been approved by the
			 office of superintendent of public instruction's CTE office. CTE courses must
			 be taught by a Washington certificated teacher who is also CTE-certificated in
			 the subject area of the course.
(xv) The online provider agrees to abide by
			 any additional assurances required by the superintendent of public
			 instruction.
(xvi) The online
			 school program agrees that all programs delivered as alternative learning
			 experiences comply with the requirements of WAC
			 392-121-182. The online course
			 provider agrees to disclose to OSPI the manner in which it supports the
			 requirements of WAC
			 392-121-182 for online courses
			 delivered outside of an online school program.
(xvii) Instructional materials used by online
			 school programs in online courses or course work must be approved pursuant to
			 school board policies adopted in accordance with
			 RCW
			 28A.320.230.