Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-550 - Alternative learning experience requirements › Section 392-550-030 - Program requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) School
			 districts or charter schools that offer alternative learning experience courses
			 or course work must ensure that they are accessible to all students, including
			 students with disabilities. Alternative learning experience courses or course
			 work for special education students must be provided in accordance with chapter
			 392-172A WAC.
(2) Contracting for
			 alternative learning experience courses or course work is subject to the
			 provisions of WAC
			 392-121-188.
(3) It is the responsibility of the school
			 district or school district contractor, or charter school or charter school
			 contractor, to ensure that students have all curricula, course content,
			 instructional materials and learning activities that are identified in the
			 alternative learning experience written student learning plan.
(4) School districts and charter schools must
			 ensure that no student or parent is provided any compensation, reimbursement,
			 gift, reward, or gratuity related to the student's enrollment or participation
			 in, or related to another student's recruitment or enrollment in, an
			 alternative learning experience course or course work unless otherwise required
			 by law. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, funds provided to
			 parents or students for the purchase of educational materials, supplies,
			 experiences, services, or technological equipment.
(5) School district employees are prohibited
			 from receiving any compensation or payment as an incentive to increase student
			 enrollment of out-of-district students in an alternative learning experience
			 course or course work.
(6)
			 Curricula, course content, instructional materials, learning activities, and
			 other learning resources for alternative learning experience courses or course
			 work must be consistent in quality with those available to the district's or
			 charter school's overall student population.
(7) Instructional materials used in
			 alternative learning experience courses or course work must be approved
			 pursuant to school board policies adopted in accordance with
			 RCW
			 28A.320.230.
(8) A district or charter school may purchase
			 educational materials, equipment, or other nonconsumable supplies for students'
			 use in alternative learning experience courses or course work if the purchase
			 is consistent with the district's or charter school's approved instructional
			 materials or curriculum, conforms to applicable laws and rules, and is made in
			 the same manner as such purchases are made for students in the district's or
			 charter school's regular instructional program. Items so purchased remain the
			 property of the school district or charter school upon program
			 completion.
(9)
(a) School districts and charter schools are
			 prohibited from purchasing or contracting for instructional or cocurricu-lar
			 experiences and services that are included in an alternative learning
			 experience written student learning plan including, but not limited to,
			 lessons, trips, and other activities, unless substantially similar experiences
			 or services are also made available to students enrolled in the district's or
			 charter school's regular instructional program.
(b) This prohibition extends to a district's
			 or charter school's contracted providers of alternative learning experience
			 programs, and each district and charter school shall be responsible for
			 monitoring the compliance of its contracted providers.
(c) Nothing in this subsection shall:
(i) Prohibit school districts or charter
			 schools from contracting with school district or charter school employees to
			 provide services or experiences to students; or
(ii) Prohibit school districts or charter
			 schools from contracting with online providers approved by the office of
			 superintendent of public instruction pursuant to chapter 28A.250 RCW;
			 or
(iii) Require school districts
			 or charter schools that contract with school district or charter school
			 employees to provide services or experiences to students, or with online
			 providers approved by the office of superintendent of public instruction
			 pursuant to chapter 28A.250 RCW, to provide substantially similar experiences
			 and services under this chapter.