"Institutional education full-time equivalent (FTE) students" means the sum of FTE students on an enrollment count date determined as follows:
(1) Prior to the 2018-19 school year, FTE shall be calculated as follows:
(a) An enrolled institutional education program student who is three to eight years of age and scheduled to engage in a minimum of twenty hours of educational activity per week shall be counted as one FTE.
(b) An enrolled institutional education program student who is nine years of age or older and scheduled to engage in a minimum of twenty-five hours of educational activity per week shall be counted as one FTE.
(2) Beginning with the 2018-19 school year, an enrolled institutional education program student scheduled to engage in a minimum of twenty-seven hours and forty-five minutes of educational activity per week shall be counted as one FTE.
(3) An enrolled institutional education program student who is scheduled to engage in less than the minimum hours for one FTE shall be counted as a partial FTE, determined by dividing the scheduled hours of educational activity by the minimum hours for one FTE.
(4) In determining a student's FTE, educational activity may include up to ten minutes of class transition time between classes but shall not include time for meals.
(5) No student shall be counted as more than one FTE.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
28A.150.290. WSR 17-16-162, § 392-122-225, filed 8/2/17, effective 9/2/17. Statutory Authority: 1998 c 244 § 9(2) and RCW
28A.150.290. WSR 98-21-065 (Order 98-09), § 392-122-225, filed 10/20/98, effective 11/20/98. Statutory Authority: RCW
28A.150.290. WSR 92-03-045 (Order 92-03), § 392-122-225, filed 1/10/92, effective 2/10/92.]