Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-121 - Finance-General apportionment › ENROLLMENT › Section 392-121-107 - Definition-Course of study

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
As used in this chapter, "course of study" means those
				  activities for which students enrolled pursuant to chapters 180-16, 180-51,
				  392-169, 392-134, and 392-410 WAC may be counted as enrolled students for the
				  purpose of full-time equivalent student enrollment counts.
(1) Course of study includes:
(a) Instruction - Teaching/learning
				experiences conducted by school district staff as directed by the
				administration and the board of directors of the school district, or
				teaching/learning experiences conducted by charter school staff as directed by
				the charter school administration and charter school board, inclusive of
				intermissions for class changes, recess and teacher/parent-guardian conferences
				that are planned and scheduled by the district or charter school for the
				purpose of discussing students' educational needs or progress, and exclusive of
				time for meals.
(b) Alternative
				learning experience - Alternative learning experience provided by the school
				district or charter school in conformance with WAC
				392-121-182.
(c) Instruction provided by a contractor -
				Instruction provided by a contractor in conformance with WAC
				392-121-188 or
				392-121-1885.
(d) National guard - Participation in a
				national guard high school career training program for which credit is being
				given toward either required or elective high school credits pursuant to
				RCW
				28A.300.165 and WAC
				392-410-320.
(e) Ancillary service - Any cocurricular
				service or activity, any health care service or activity, and any other
				services or activities, for or in which enrolled students are served by
				appropriate school district or charter school staff. The term shall include,
				but not be limited to, counseling, psychological services, testing, remedial
				instruction, speech and hearing therapy, health care services, and if such
				service is provided by the district or charter school, certificated contact
				time pursuant to
				RCW
				28A.225.010(4)(a) with
				students who are in a home-based instruction program. The term shall exclude
				all extracurricular activities and all other courses of study defined in this
				section. In conformance with WAC
				392-134-025, school districts and
				charter schools report the actual number of student contact hours of ancillary
				service for part-time, private school, and home-based students to the
				superintendent of public instruction.
(f) Worksite learning - Training provided in
				accordance with WAC
				392-410-315 and reported as
				provided in WAC
				392-121-124.
(g) Running start - Attendance at an
				institution of higher education pursuant to
				RCW
				28A.600.300 through
				28A.600.400, chapter 392-169
				WAC.
(h) Transition school -
				Participation in the University of Washington's transition school and early
				entrance program pursuant to
				RCW
				28A.185.040, and chapter 392-120 WAC. Such
				participation shall be reported by the University of Washington and shall not
				be reported by a school district or charter school.
(i) Technical college direct funding -
				Enrollment at a technical college pursuant to
				RCW
				28A.150.275 and WAC
				392-121-187. Such participation
				shall be reported by the technical college and shall not be reported by a
				school district unless the technical college and the school district agree to
				have the school district report such enrollment.
(j) Dropout reengagement program - Enrollment
				in a state approved dropout reengagement program pursuant to
				RCW
				28A.175.100 and chapter 392-700
				WAC.
(k) Paid work experience -
				Training provided in accordance with WAC
				392-410-316 and reported as
				provided in WAC
				392-121-139.