Washington Administrative Code › Title 180 - Education, State Board of › Chapter 180-51 - High school graduation requirements › Section 180-51-220 - High school and beyond plan

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Each
			 student must have a high school and beyond plan informed by a career interest
			 and skills inventory administered by seventh grade to inform eighth grade
			 course-taking. By the end of the eighth grade, each student will have begun a
			 high school and beyond plan that includes a plan for course-taking in the first
			 year of high school that aligns with graduation requirements and the student's
			 high school and post-high school goals.
(2) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year,
			 each school district must have an electronic high school and beyond plan
			 platform available to all students who are required to have a high school and
			 beyond plan. Within two years of completion of a universal online high school
			 and beyond plan platform in alignment with the requirements in
			 RCW
			    28A.230.215, school districts must provide
			 students with access to the adopted universal platform.
(3) Required elements of all high school and
			 beyond plans must at minimum include:
(a)
			 Identification of career goals and interests aided by a skills and interest
			 assessment.
(b) Identification of
			 secondary and postsecondary education and training goals.
(c) A four-year plan for courses taken in
			 high school that satisfies state and local graduation requirements and aligns
			 with students' secondary and postsecondary goals that may include education,
			 training, and career preparation.
(d) Identification of options for satisfying
			 state and local graduation requirements, including:
(i) Available advanced course sequences per
			 the school district's academic acceleration policy, as described in
			 RCW
			    28A.320.195.
(ii) Dual credit courses.
(iii) Career and technical education courses
			 and programs, including career and technical education equivalency courses that
			 can satisfy core subject area graduation requirements under
			 RCW
			    28A.230.097.
(iv) Work-based learning opportunities that
			 can lead to technical college certifications and apprenticeships.
(v) Mastery-based credit opportunities,
			 including options for earning the Seal of Biliteracy.
(vi) If applicable, opportunities for credit
			 recovery and acceleration, including partial and mastery-based credit accrual
			 to eliminate barriers for on-time grade level progression and graduation per
			 RCW
			    28A.320.192.
(e) A current resume or activity log that
			 provides a written compilation of the student's education, any work experience,
			 and any community service, and how the district recognizes community service
			 pursuant to
			 RCW
			    28A.320.193.
(f) Evidence that the student has received
			 information on federal and state financial aid programs that help pay for the
			 costs of post-secondary programs, including evidence that the student has
			 received information about the following:
(i)
			 The college bound scholarship program established in chapter 28B.118 RCW, the
			 Washington college grant created in
			 RCW
			    28B.92.200, and other scholarship
			 opportunities.
(ii) Documentation
			 necessary for completing financial aid applications, including at a minimum the
			 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the Washington application
			 for state financial aid (WASFA).
(iii) Application and submission
			 deadlines.
(iv) The importance of
			 submitting applications early.
(v)
			 Information specific to students who are or have been the subject of a
			 dependency proceeding pursuant to chapter 13.34 RCW.
(vi) Information specific to students who
			 are, or are at risk of, experiencing homelessness.
(vii) Information specific to students whose
			 family member or guardians will be required to provide financial and tax
			 information necessary to complete the application.
(viii) Opportunities to participate in
			 sessions that assist students and, when necessary, their family members or
			 guardians, in filling out financial aid applications.
(ix) A sample financial aid letter and a link
			 to the financial aid calculator created in
			 RCW
			    28B.77.280.
(x) Information provided on the Washington
			 student achievement council website concerning each of the state and federal
			 financial aid applications in this subsection, in accordance with
			 RCW
			    28A.300.815.
(g) As established by
			 RCW
			    28A.230.097, if a student completes a career
			 and technical education equivalency course that is transcribed as a core
			 subject area course to meet graduation requirements, then a record showing that
			 the career and technical education course was used to meet a core course must
			 be retained in the student's high school and beyond plan. This record may be
			 useful if the student pursues education, training, or a career in the same or
			 related field as the career and technical education course.