Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-700 - Dropout reengagement › Section 392-700-035 - Student eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) A student is
			 eligible to enroll in a program when they meet the following criteria:
(a) Under 21 years of age at the beginning of
			 the school year but whose 16th birthday occurs on or before September
			 1st;
(b) Has not yet met the high
			 school graduation requirements of either the district, tribal compact school,
			 charter school, or the college under
			 RCW
			 28B.50.535; and
(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.
(i) A student who is more than 24 months from
			 their cohort graduation date and has earned less than 65 percent of the high
			 school credits expected to be earned by their cohort or has a ratio of earned
			 credits to attempted credits that is less than 65 percent. A cohort is the
			 group of students that enter the ninth grade in the same school year;
(ii) A student who is between 12 and 24
			 months from their cohort graduation date and has earned less than 70 percent of
			 the high school credits expected to be earned by their cohort or has a ratio of
			 earned credits to attempted credits that is less than 70 percent;
(iii) A student who is less than 12 months
			 from their cohort graduation date or who has passed their cohort graduation
			 date by less than 12 months and has earned less than 75 percent of the high
			 school credits expected to be earned by their cohort or has a ratio of earned
			 credits to attempted credits that is less than 75 percent;
(iv) A student who is passed their cohort
			 graduation date by 12 months or more and has not met their district, tribal
			 compact school, or charter school graduation requirements; or
(v) A student who has never attended the
			 ninth grade and has earned zero high school credits.
(d) If determined not to be credit deficient
			 as outlined in (c) of this subsection, has been recommended for enrollment by
			 case managers from the department of social and health services, the juvenile
			 justice system, a district, tribal compact school, or charter school designated
			 school personnel, or staff from community agencies which provide educational
			 advocacy services;
(e) Are not
			 currently enrolled in any high school classes that receive state basic
			 education funding, excluding an approved skill center program, a Jobs for
			 Washington's Graduates program, running start program, or institutional
			 education program under WAC
			 392-122-205;
(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(24) 
			 becomes the district operating the program.