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Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-600 - Washington state skill center rules › Section 392-600-050 - Enrollment

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A skill center core campus shall submit a plan to the
				superintendent of public instruction, career and technical education that
				demonstrates they will meet the following conditions within three years from
				the date programs begin.
(1) A skill
			 center must serve a minimum of one hundred fifty full-time equivalent students
			 in a minimum of three different programs. A district must partner with an
			 established skill center as a branch campus until the proposed skill center
			 reaches one hundred fifty full-time equivalent students; exemptions include
			 existing skill centers as of the date of formal adoption of skill center
			 rules;
(2) No more than seventy
			 percent of full-time equivalent students served by the skill center consortium
			 may be resident students of the host district, except for single school
			 district skill centers;
(3) The
			 skill center will enter a two year probation period if a skill center is not
			 able to meet enrollment requirements as set forth in this section. During this
			 period, the superintendent of public instruction, career and technical
			 education, will provide guidance and assistance to the skill center to help
			 meet the enrollment requirements. Skill centers unable to meet the enrollment
			 requirements at the end of the two year probation period will begin dissolution
			 procedures as described in WAC
			 392-600-120;
(4) Skill center academic courses not
			 approved as skill center career and technical education courses shall only
			 report as basic education enrollment;
(5) Exemptions may be granted by OSPI career
			 and technical education for start-up and existing skill centers operating prior
			 to the 2010-11 school year.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.245.030. 10-04-010, §
				  392-600-050, filed 1/22/10, effective
				  2/22/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-600 - Washington state skill center rules › Section 392-600-060 - Enrollment apportionment

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(1) A skill
			 center shall only receive the enhanced skill center funding for its programs
			 after the date on which program approval is issued by the superintendent of
			 public instruction, career and technical education.
(2) The core or branch campus district hiring
			 the instructional staff and providing skill center programs to the student
			 shall report the monthly student enrollment to the superintendent of public
			 instruction, school apportionment and financial services, for state funding
			 purposes, unless otherwise provided for by the interlocal agreement.
(3) Satellite programs shall not provide a
			 monthly count of students directly to the superintendent of public instruction,
			 for apportionment purposes and shall not be direct funded.
(4) Exemptions may be granted by the
			 superintendent of public instruction, career and technical education, for
			 start-up and existing skill centers operating prior to the 2010-11 school
			 year.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.245.030. 10-04-010, §
				  392-600-060, filed 1/22/10, effective
				  2/22/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-600 - Washington state skill center rules › Section 392-600-070 - Single school district skill centers

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(1) A single school district's board of
			 directors shall be the skill center administrative council and shall operate in
			 accordance with WAC
			 392-600-030.
(2) It shall have an advisory committee
			 comprised of the district superintendent and representatives from
			 business/industry reflective of the proposed programs.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.245.030. 10-04-010, §
				  392-600-070, filed 1/22/10, effective
				  2/22/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-600 - Washington state skill center rules › Section 392-600-080 - Skill center feasibility study procedures

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(1) Two or more school districts, through a
			 joint resolution designating a lead district, may request funding to conduct a
			 feasibility study for a skill center core or branch campus to the
			 superintendent of public instruction, school facilities and organization. The
			 lead district will be the primary contact for the superintendent of public
			 instruction, and will be responsible for disseminating information to member
			 districts.
(2) In the case of
			 branch campuses, the existing skill center host district and administrative
			 council shall be the applicant or co-applicant.
(3) In addition:
(a) Feasibility study funding requests
			 received before May 1st of each year will be submitted in OSPI's capital budget
			 request.
(b) Two or more school
			 districts, through a joint resolution, may request a waiver to the feasibility
			 study requirement by demonstrating an existing skill center cooperative
			 relationship and addressing the required elements of a feasibility study set
			 forth by the superintendent of public instruction, school facilities and
			 organization. Waivers may be granted by the state superintendent of public
			 instruction.
(c) After legislative
			 approval to fund the feasibility study, the superintendent of public
			 instruction, school facilities and organization, shall issue a grant
			 notification letter to the lead district for the appropriated funding to
			 complete the feasibility study. The grant notification letter shall include the
			 required elements of the study.
(d)
			 The lead district shall return a completed feasibility study to the
			 superintendent of public instruction, school facilities and organization,
			 within one year from the grant notification letter.
(e) Participating school districts wanting to
			 proceed with the creation of a skill center shall submit a written application
			 to the superintendent of public instruction, school facilities and organization
			 which shall include, but not be limited to, the interdistrict cooperative
			 agreement requirements as prescribed in WAC
			 392-600-020. The application for
			 the interdistrict cooperative shall be received within two school years of
			 submitting the feasibility study.
(f) The superintendent of public instruction
			 shall have final approval of the interdistrict cooperative agreement and the
			 designation for the interdistrict cooperative to become an emerging skill
			 center. The lead district shall receive a letter from the superintendent of
			 public instruction regarding the outcome of the superintendent of public
			 instruction review.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-600 - Washington state skill center rules › Section 392-600-090 - Emerging skill centers

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Emerging skill centers, as defined in WAC
				392-600-010, shall:
(1) Develop policies and procedures to ensure
			 cooperation and avoid unnecessary duplication of programs within the skill
			 center member districts.
(2) Follow
			 the superintendent of public instruction, career and technical education,
			 course approval application process.
(3) All career and technical education course
			 offerings provided by the skill center must be submitted for approval by the
			 skill center and not by the participating districts.
(4) Apply for a school entity code through
			 the superintendent of public instruction, information technology.
All existing skill centers must meet the rules herein set forth
				by June 30, 2014.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.245.030. 10-04-010, §
				  392-600-090, filed 1/22/10, effective
				  2/22/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-600 - Washington state skill center rules › Section 392-600-100 - Branch campuses

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(1) The
			 superintendent or designee from the branch campus shall serve on the core
			 campus host district council.
(2)
			 The branch campus shall:
(a) Receive
			 interdistrict cooperative approval from the superintendent of public
			 instruction as described in WAC
			 392-600-020;
(b) Have programs reviewed and approved by
			 the core campus host district before submitting to the superintendent of public
			 instruction, career and technical education.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-600 - Washington state skill center rules › Section 392-600-110 - Satellite programs

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(1) Existing core
			 skill centers may request approval through the superintendent of public
			 instruction, career and technical education, for satellite programs. If a
			 satellite program is located at a comprehensive high school, written approval
			 from district career and technical education director and superintendent is
			 required.
(2) A satellite program
			 shall not report the monthly student enrollment directly to the superintendent
			 of public instruction, apportionment financial services. State apportionment
			 funding shall be paid only through the core campus host district.
(3) Program approvals will be submitted to
			 the superintendent of public instruction, career and technical education,
			 through the core campus.
(4)
			 Interlocal agreements shall be developed as necessary with:
(a) School districts;
(b) Private or other entities.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-600 - Washington state skill center rules › Section 392-600-120 - Dissolution of skill centers

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(1) A skill
			 center administrative council, as defined in WAC
			 392-600-010, seeking to dissolve
			 the operation of a skill center campus shall request prior approval from the
			 superintendent of public instruction before dissolution and shall conform to
			 the following:
(a) Skill centers receiving
			 state funding for construction or major modernization shall not initiate
			 procedures for the dissolution of the operation of a skill center prior to the
			 end of the useful life of the facility or thirty years after the state funded
			 facility's construction completion date, whichever is less.
(b) Any skill center facilities which were
			 constructed, or have received major modernization, with state funding shall
			 revert to the school district in which the facility is physically located and
			 shall be counted as instructional space in the district's inventory.
(c) Request for dissolution outside the terms
			 of the interdistrict cooperative agreement may be approved when, in the
			 judgment of the superintendent of public instruction, there is substantiation
			 of sufficient cause.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-700 - Dropout reengagement › Section 392-700-001 - Purpose and authority

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(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.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100 and
				  2010 c
				  20. 11-17-045, § 392-700-001, filed 8/11/11,
				  effective 9/11/11.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-700 - Dropout reengagement › Section 392-700-015 - Definitions

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The following definitions in this section apply throughout this
				chapter:
(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. In-person face-to-face interaction is required for the
			 month that the student was claimed for the first time. Thereafter, the
			 interaction may include an option for digital-synchronous interaction when a
			 student:
(a) Requests digital-synchronous
			 options; or
(b) Requires
			 digital-synchronous access as determined by program staff.
(c) If, after each three months of claimed
			 enrollment, the student has not earned an indicator of academic progress
			 through the utilization of digital-synchronous interaction, then the
			 interaction must return to in-person face-to-face until an indicator of
			 academic progress is earned.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-700 - Dropout reengagement › Section 392-700-042 - Program operating agreements and OSPI approval

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(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.
(2) A district,
			 tribal compact school, or charter school may enter into one of the following
			 models of operations through the OSPI approval process:
(a) Directly operate a program where the
			 services are provided by the district, tribal compact school, or charter school
			 resources;
(b) Enter into a
			 partnership with an agency or college that will provide the services through a
			 defined scope of work or contracted services agreement; or
(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.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-700 - Dropout reengagement › Section 392-700-065 - Instruction

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(1) All program
			 instruction will meet the following criteria:
(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.
(b) Instruction will be
			 provided in accordance with the skills level and learning needs of individual
			 students and not the student's chronological age or associated grade level.
			 Therefore:
(i) Instruction that is at the
			 ninth grade level or higher shall generate credits that can be applied to a
			 high school diploma; and
(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.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-700 - Dropout reengagement › Section 392-700-085 - Case management and student support

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(1) Case management staff will be employed or
			 assigned to the program to provide accessible, consistent support to students,
			 as well as, academic advising, career guidance information, employment
			 assistance or referrals, and referrals to social and health services.
(2)The program will maintain a case
			 management staff to student ratio not to exceed 1:75 (one case manager to
			 seventy-five enrolled students) on a full-time continuous basis throughout the
			 school year.
(3)Only the percent of
			 each staff member's time that is allocated to fulfilling case management
			 responsibilities for reengagement students will be included in the calculation
			 of a program's case management staff to student ratio.
(4)Even though the provision of case
			 management services may require case management staff to work in the community
			 to meet client needs, case management staff will be primarily based at the
			 program's instructional site(s).
(5) The program will ensure that case
			 management services and instruction are integrated and coordinated and that
			 procedures are in places that facilitate timely relevant communication about
			 student progress.
(6)Case
			 management staff will be assigned to provide services to students on a
			 continuous basis throughout the school year.
(7)All case management staff will have at
			 least a bachelor's degree in social work, counseling, education, or a related
			 field
or
at least two years' experience providing case management,
			 counseling, or related direct services to at-risk individuals or sixteen to
			 twenty-one year old youth.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28A.175.100 and
				  2010 c
				  20. 11-17-045, § 392-700-085, filed 8/11/11,
				  effective 9/11/11.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-700 - Dropout reengagement › Section 392-700-137 - Award of credit

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(1) For programs
			 operated by districts, tribal compact schools, charter schools, and agencies,
			 high school credit will be awarded for all course work in which students are
			 enrolled, including high school equivalency certificate preparation, in
			 accordance with the following:
(a)
			 Determination of credit will take place on a quarterly basis with quarters
			 defined as follows:
(i) September through
			 December;
(ii) January through
			 March;
(iii) April through June;
			 and
(iv) July through
			 August.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-700 - Dropout reengagement › Section 392-700-147 - Provision of special education, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 accommodations, and transitional bilingual instructional program

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(1) The resident
			 district is responsible for the provision of special education services in a
			 properly formulated individualized education program (IEP) for students aged
			 sixteen and older who have been determined eligible for special educational
			 services, and are otherwise qualified for participation in the program. The
			 provision of special education services by the resident district must be
			 consistent with state and federal law pursuant to WAC
			 392-172A-01190, and includes the
			 identification, evaluation, education, and placement of eligible students
			 consistent with chapter 392-172A WAC.
(2) The resident district is responsible for
			 the provision of accommodations in a properly formulated 504 plan for students
			 who have been determined eligible for services related to Section 504 of the
			 Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and are otherwise qualified for participation in
			 the program.
(3) The resident
			 district is responsible for the provision of services to students who are
			 eligible for transitional bilingual services, and are otherwise qualified for
			 participation in the program.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28A.175.100. WSR 13-13-005, §
				  392-700-147, filed 6/6/13, effective
				  7/7/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-700 - Dropout reengagement › Section 392-700-152 - Statewide student assessment

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(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
			 eachenrolled 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.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28A.175.100. WSR 13-13-005, §
				  392-700-152, filed 6/6/13, effective
				  7/7/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-700 - Dropout reengagement › Section 392-700-155 - Annual reporting calendar

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(1)
			 For programs operated by districts, tribal compact schools, charter schools or
			 agencies and for below one hundred level classes offered in a college-operated
			 program, the following requirements will be met in relation to the school
			 calendar:
(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.
(c) The school year calendar must meet the
			 following criteria:
(i) The specific planned
			 days of instruction will be identified; and
(ii) There must be a minimum of ten
			 instructional months.
(d) The number of hours of instruction as
			 defined in WAC
			 392-700-065 must meet the
			 following criteria:
(i) The calculation for
			 standard instructional day may not exceed six hours per day even when
			 instruction is provided for more than six hours per day; and
(ii) The standard instructional day may not
			 be less than two hours per day.
(e) The total planned hours of instruction
			 for the school year:
(i) Is the sum of the
			 instructional hours for all instructional months of the school year;
			 and
(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.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-700 - Dropout reengagement › Section 392-700-160 - Reporting of student enrollment

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(1)
			 For all programs, the following will apply when reporting student enrollment
			 for each monthly count day:
(a) Met all
			 eligibility criteria pursuant to WAC
			 392-700-035;
(b) Been accepted for enrollment by the
			 reporting district, tribal compact school, charter school, or the direct-funded
			 technical college;
(c) Enrolled in
			 an approved program pursuant to WAC
			 392-700-042;
(d) For continuing students, met the
			 attendance period requirement pursuant to WAC
			 392-700-015(3);
(e) For continuing students, met the weekly
			 status check requirement pursuant to WAC
			 392-700-015(25);
(f) Has not withdrawn or been dropped from
			 the program on or before the monthly count day;
(g) Is not enrolled in course work that has
			 been reported by a college for postsecondary funding;
(h) Is not enrolled in a high school class,
			 including alternative learning experience, college in the high school, or
			 another reengagement program, excluding Jobs for Washington's Graduates,
			 special education and/or transitional bilingual instructional
			 program;
(i) If concurrently
			 enrolled in a special education, transitional bilingual instruction, skills
			 center, running start, or institutional education programs, does not exceed the
			 FTE limitation under WAC
			 392-121-136; and
(j) A student's enrollment in the program is
			 limited to the following:
(i) May not exceed
			 1.0 FTE in any month (including nonvocational and vocational FTE). If
			 concurrently enrolled in Jobs for Washington's Graduates, special education or
			 transitional bilingual instructional programs, the combined FTE does not exceed
			 1.0 FTE in any month.
(ii) May not
			 exceed 1.00 AAFTE in any school year as defined in WAC
			 392-700-015(2).
			 If concurrently enrolled in Jobs for Washington's Graduates, special education
			 or transitional bilingual instructional programs, the combined AAFTE does not
			 exceed 1.0 AAFTE for the school year.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-700 - Dropout reengagement › Section 392-700-165 - Funding and reimbursement

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(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 nonvoca-tional 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.
(a) The basic education allocation funded to
			 districts, tribal compact schools, and charter schools will be as follows:
(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.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-700 - Dropout reengagement › Section 392-700-175 - Required documentation and reporting

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(1) Student documentation:
(a) The program shall submit to the reporting
			 district, tribal compact school, charter school, or direct funded technical
			 college monthly the program's enrollment and maintain and make available upon
			 request the following documentation to support the monthly enrollment claimed:
(i) Each student's eligibility pursuant to
			 WAC 392-700-035;
(ii) Evidence of each student's enrollment
			 requirements under WAC 392-700-160 to include:
(A) Enrollment in district, tribal compact
			 school, charter school, or direct funded technical college;
(B) Evidence of minimum attendance period;
			 and
(C) Earned indicators of
			 academic progress.
(D) Evidence of
			 weekly status check.
(iii) Case management support pursuant to WAC
			 392-700-085.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-700 - Dropout reengagement › Section 392-700-195 - Longitudinal performance goals

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(1)
			 Longitudinal performance data for the program and the statewide reengagement
			 system as a whole will be reported through the Washington's P-20 (preschool to
			 postsecondary and workforce) longitudinal data system maintained by the
			 ERDC.
(2) The district, tribal
			 compact school, or charter school will work with the agency or college to
			 collect and report student data requested by the ERDC in order to accomplish
			 the longitudinal follow-up of reengagement students.
(3) At the end of each school year, the ERDC
			 will identify the cohort of students for each program for whom longitudinal
			 tracking will be done. Standard criteria to determine when students will be
			 included in a longitudinal study cohort will be developed by the ERDC, with
			 input from OSPI, the district, the tribal compact school, the charter school,
			 and program representatives and will apply to all programs.
(4) The ERDC will collect longitudinal data
			 for each specific program cohort on an annual basis for five years. The ERDC
			 will work with the OSPI administrator responsible for programs to prepare
			 annual program specific reports for each cohort and an annual system-wide
			 report for the entire reen-gagement system including data for the cohorts of
			 all programs.
(5) The ERDC and OSPI
			 will work with the district, tribal compact school, or charter school so that
			 the district, tribal compact school, or charter school, and the agency or
			 college will have the opportunity to review data about the program prior to the
			 release of the annual reports in December of each year. The ERDC and OSPI will
			 develop procedures by which the district, tribal compact school, charter
			 school, or agency can provide supplemental information and backup documentation
			 for review and inclusion as it relates to postsecondary or workforce engagement
			 of specific students in the cohort.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28A.175.100 and
				  2010 c
				  20. 11-17-045, § 392-700-195, filed 8/11/11,
				  effective 9/11/11.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-725 - College in the high school rules › Section 392-725-005 - Authority

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The authority for this chapter is
				RCW
				28A.600.290, which authorizes the
				superintendent of public instruction to adopt rules governing
				RCW
				28A.600.290, with the state board of
				community and technical colleges, the student achievement council, and the
				public baccalaureate institutions to jointly develop rules, and with the
				association of Washington school principals to be consulted. The rules set
				forth in this chapter have been jointly developed and agreed upon by the four
				organizations with the council of presidents representing the public
				baccalaureate institutions. The rules may be modified only by agreement of the
				superintendent of public instruction, state board of community and technical
				colleges, the student achievement council, and an organization representing the
				interest of the public baccalaureate institutions.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-725 - College in the high school rules › Section 392-725-015 - Definitions

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The following definitions in this section apply throughout this
				chapter.
(1)
"College in the
			 high school course"
means a dual credit course provided on a high school
			 campus or in a high school environment in which an eligible student is given
			 the opportunity to earn high school credit to be awarded by a district, charter
			 school, or tribal compact school and college credit awarded by the
			 participating institution of higher education by completing a college course
			 with a passing grade. College in the high school courses may be either academic
			 or career and technical (vocational) education.
(2)
"College in the high school
			 program"
means the subset of dual credit courses meeting NACEP quality
			 standards and provided on a high school campus or in a high school environment
			 in which an eligible student is given the opportunity to earn high school
			 credit to be awarded by a district, charter school, or tribal compact school
			 and college credit awarded by the participating institution of higher education
			 by completing a college course with a passing grade.
(3)
"Eligible student"
means any
			 student who meets the following conditions:
(a) The student meets the definition of an
			 enrolled student pursuant to WAC
			 392-121-106.
(b) The student under the grade placement
			 policies of the district, charter school, or tribal compact school through
			 which the high school credits will be awarded has been deemed to be a tenth,
			 eleventh, or twelfth grade student.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-725 - College in the high school rules › Section 392-725-050 - Local agreement requirement

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Prior to the start of the college in the high school
				program(s), a local agreement between the district, charter school, or tribal
				compact school and the participating institution of higher education must be
				developed and in place. The agreement shall be for no more than one school
				year, meet the district, charter school, or tribal compact school's board
				policies and the policies of the institution of higher education regarding
				contracting agreements, and address the following requirements:
(1) List of college in the high school
			 courses.
(2) College in the high
			 school student standards pursuant to WAC 392-725-130 will be met.
(3) College in the high school curriculum and
			 assessment standards pursuant to WAC 392-725-140 will be met.
(4) College in the high school faculty
			 standards pursuant to WAC 392-725-150 will be met.
(5) College in the high school evaluation
			 standards pursuant to WAC 392-725-160 will be met.
(6) College in the high school partnership
			 standards pursuant to WAC
			 392-725-170 will be
			 met.
(7) Award of high school
			 credits pursuant to WAC 392-725-200 will be met.
(8) District, charter school, or tribal
			 compact school's responsibilities for offering college in the high school
			 program.
(9) Institution of higher
			 education's fee amount per college credit or per college course and a
			 description and amount of other associated college in the high school
			 fees.
(10) Course materials
			 including, but not limited to, textbooks for each college in the high school
			 course, and which party will be responsible to provide.
(11) Provide an explanation of how any
			 compensation paid to the instructor for work performed beyond their contract
			 with the district, charter school, or tribal compact school will be calculated
			 and provide details of what duties the compensation represents.
(12) Method and collection of college in the
			 high school fee and other associated college in the high school fees.
(13) Districts, charter schools, tribal
			 compact schools, and institutions of higher education shall as necessary assure
			 compliance with their respective duties under federal and state law.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-725 - College in the high school rules › Section 392-725-120 - Demonstration and reporting of evidence of required college in the high school standards

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(1)
			 Participating institutions of higher education shall, unless exempt under
			 subsection (3) of this section, provide evidence that they meet the current
			 NACEP student, curriculum, assessment, faculty, partnership, and evaluation
			 standards as described in WAC 392-725-130 through
			 392-725-170.
(2) Upon program completion, participating
			 institutions of higher education shall submit to the college in the high school
			 standards report review committee evidence that the required standards were
			 met, or receive accreditation, no later than the subsequent July 1st.
(3) Participating institutions of higher
			 education that are accredited by the NACEP for the current year of enrollment
			 will be exempt from the reporting requirement outlined in subsection (2) of
			 this section.
(4) Institutions of
			 higher education in the process of applying for NACEP accreditation are
			 required to provide evidence in accordance with subsection (2) of this
			 section.
(5) The Washington student
			 achievement council shall be the convener of a college in the high school
			 standards report review committee. This review committee will consist of a
			 representative from the state board of community and technical colleges, the
			 council of presidents, and the student achievement council. Additional members
			 may be included at the discretion of college in the high school standards
			 report review committee.
(6) By the
			 subsequent August 15th, the review committee will complete a review of
			 participating institutions of higher education. The review committee will
			 advise the institution of higher education whether the required standards have
			 been met.
(7) Institutions of
			 higher education that meet the required standards:
(a) Are eligible to offer the college in the
			 high school program the following two academic years; and
(b) Must provide evidence in accordance with
			 this section every other year beginning with the year in which they first meet
			 the standards as determined by the review committee.
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(1) Participating institutions of higher
			 education shall:
(a) Ensure registration and
			 transcription policies and practices for students are consistent with those on
			 campus.
(b) Ensure there is a
			 process to meet the course prerequisites of the institution of higher
			 education.
(c) Ensure students are
			 advised about the benefits and implications of taking college courses, as well
			 as the institution of higher education's policies and expectations.
(d) Provide, in conjunction with secondary
			 partners, students with suitable access to learning resources and student
			 support services.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-725 - College in the high school rules › Section 392-725-140 - College in the high school curriculum and assessment standards

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(1) Participating
			 institutions of higher education shall :
(a)
			 Ensure college in the high school courses are catalogued courses with the same
			 departmental designations, course descriptions, numbers, titles, and
			 credits.
(b) Ensure college in the
			 high school courses reflect the learning objectives, and the pedagogical,
			 theoretical and philosophical orientation of the respective institution of
			 higher education discipline.
(c)
			 Faculty liaisons conduct site visits to observe course content and delivery,
			 student discourse and rapport to ensure the course offered through the college
			 in the high school program are equivalent to the courses offered on campus.
(d) Ensure students' proficiency
			 of learning outcomes is measured using comparable grading standards and
			 assessment methods to on campus sections.
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(1) Participating institutions of higher
			 education shall require that:
(a) Instructors
			 providing the college in the high school instruction in the high school
			 classroom are approved by the appropriate college/university academic
			 leadership and meet the minimum qualifications for instructors teaching the
			 course on the college campus.
(b)
			 Faculty liaisons at the institution of higher education provide all new
			 instructors with course-specific training in course philosophy, curriculum,
			 pedagogy and assessment prior to the instructor teaching the course.
(c) Instructors participate in
			 college/university provided annual discipline-specific professional development
			 and ongoing collegial interaction to further enhance instructors' pedagogy and
			 breadth of knowledge in the discipline.
(d) Instructors are informed of and adhere to
			 program policies and procedures.
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(1) Participating institutions of higher
			 education shall:
(a) Conduct an end-of-term
			 student course evaluation for each college in the high school course section
			 offered through the institution of higher education to provide instructors with
			 student feedback.
(b) Conduct and
			 report regular and ongoing evaluations of the college in the high school
			 program effectiveness and use the results for continuous improvement.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-725 - College in the high school rules › Section 392-725-170 - College in the high school partnership standards

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(1) Participating institutions of higher
			 education shall:
(a) Ensure alignment with the
			 college/university mission and support by the institution's administration and
			 academic leadership.
(b) Show
			 ongoing collaboration with the secondary school partners.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-725 - College in the high school rules › Section 392-725-200 - Confirmation of high school credit

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The eligibility of the college in the high school courses
				which the student intends to take for the award of high school credit and the
				amount of such credit shall be established, as follows:
(1) The district, charter school, or tribal
			 compact school shall establish on a course by course basis the amount of high
			 school required or elective credit, or combination thereof, that shall be
			 awarded for each college in the high school course . Successful course
			 completion by the student based upon the conversion rate set forth in
			 RCW
			 28A.230.090(6) which states
			 "At the college or university level, five quarter or three semester hours
			 equals one high school credit." This conversion rate holds true for all college
			 in the high school classes regardless of whether or not the student elects to
			 earn the available college credit.
(2) If a college in the high school course is
			 not comparable to a district, charter school, or tribal compact school's
			 specific course required for high school graduation, the district, charter
			 school, or tribal compact school superintendent shall determine the amount of
			 required high school credit which shall be awarded following consultation with
			 a representative of the institution of higher education designated for that
			 purpose. The difference between the amount of credit required ascribed to that
			 course and the amount of credit earned at the conversion rate set forth in
			 RCW
			 28A.230.090(6) shall be
			 awarded as elective credit.
(3)
			 Within five school days of a student's request for confirmation of credit, the
			 district, charter school, or tribal compact school superintendent or other
			 designated representative shall confirm in writing the amount of high school
			 required or elective credit, or combination thereof, which shall be awarded
			 upon successful completion of the college in the high school course.
(4) Upon confirmation by the college in the
			 high school instructor of a student's successful completion of a college in the
			 high school course under this chapter, the district, charter school, or tribal
			 compact school shall record on the student's secondary school records and
			 transcript the high school credit previously confirmed under the section with a
			 notation that the courses were taken at an institution of higher education
			 pursuant to WAC
			 392-415-070.
(5) Each district, charter school, or tribal
			 compact school and institution of higher education shall independently have and
			 exercise exclusive jurisdiction over academic and discipline matters involving
			 a student's enrollment and participation in courses of, and the receipt of
			 services and benefits from the district, charter school, tribal compact school
			 or the institution of higher education.
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(1) Participating districts, charter schools,
			 or tribal compact schools must provide general information about the college in
			 the high school program to all students in grades nine through twelve and to
			 the parents and guardians of those students.
(2) The enrollment of a student who meets the
			 definition of WAC
			 392-725-015(2) 
			 in the college in the high school program shall be governed as follows:
(a) An eligible student seeking to earn
			 college credit is responsible for enrolling into an institution of higher
			 education on or before the deadline established by the institution of higher
			 education.
(b) An eligible student
			 is entitled to enroll in an institution of higher education for college in the
			 high school program purposes subject to each of the following conditions and
			 limitations:
(i) Enrollment is limited to
			 college courses.
(ii) Prior
			 confirmation pursuant to WAC 392-725-200 by the district, charter school, or
			 tribal compact school of the amount of high school credit to be awarded for a
			 college in the high school course on or before the deadline for enrollment
			 established by the institution of higher education.
(iii) Acceptance of the student by the
			 institution of higher education subject to enrollment requirements and
			 limitations established by the institution.