WSR 16-03-091
PROPOSED RULES
SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
[Filed January 20, 2016, 11:37 a.m.]
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 15-15-105.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 392-121-124 Full-time equivalent enrollment for work based learning.
Hearing Location(s): Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Old Capitol Building, 600 South Washington, Olympia, WA, on February 25, 2016, at 9:30 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: February 29, 2016.
Submit Written Comments to: Becky McLean, Old Capitol Building, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200, e-mail becky.mclean@k12.wa.us, fax (360) 664-3683, by February 25, 2016.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Kristin Murphy by February 18, 2016, TTY (360) 664-3631 or (360) 725-6133.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: Proposed revision to the WAC would allow work based learning provided by a state approved skill center program to be claimed for enhanced skill center vocational funding.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Skill centers providing work based learning currently cannot claim students who are enrolled in a work based learning for state funding skill center vocational funding. This revision would allow work based learning enrollment to be claimed for this enhanced funding. Additionally, this change would allow the host district of the skill center to claim nonresident students who reside in a district that is part of the skill center cooperative without having to complete an interdistrict agreement for each nonresident student.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.150.305.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Becky McLean, Old Capitol Building, 600 South Washington, Olympia, WA, (360) 725-6306; Implementation: T. J. Kelly, Old Capitol Building, 600 South Washington, Olympia, WA, (360) 725-6301; and Enforcement: JoLynn Berge, Old Capitol Building, 600 South Washington, Olympia, WA, (360) 725-6292.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. Not applicable - no small business impact, no school district fiscal impact.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. The superintendent of public instruction is not subject to RCW 34.05.328 per subsection (5)(a)(i). Additionally, this rule is not a significant legislative rule per subsection (5)(c)(iii).
January 20, 2016
Randy Dorn
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 13-02-004 [15-18-078], filed 12/19/12 [8/28/15], effective 1/19/13 [9/28/15])
WAC 392-121-124 Full-time equivalent enrollment for work based learning.
For work based learning provided pursuant to WAC 392-410-315, a student's full-time equivalent shall be determined as follows:
(1) For cooperative work based learning experience, in accordance with WAC 392-410-315 (1)(g), divide the student's hours of work experience for the month by two hundred; for example: Forty hours of cooperative work experience equals two tenths of a full-time equivalent (40 ÷ 200 = 0.20). For instructional work based learning experience, in accordance with WAC 392-410-315 (1)(f) and 296-125-043(4), divide the student's enrolled hours of work experience for the month by one hundred; for example: Twenty hours of instructional work experience equals two tenths of a full-time equivalent (20 ÷ 100 = 0.20). Enrollment exclusions in WAC 392-121-108 apply to instructional work based learning enrolled hours.
(2) Estimated or scheduled hours of cooperative work based learning experience may be used in determining a student's full-time equivalent on an enrollment count date: Provided, That the combined monthly hours reported for the school year shall not exceed the student's actual hours of cooperative work based learning experience documented on the student's work records and maintained by the school district for audit purposes.
(3) Work based learning provided as part of a state-approved vocational education program qualifies for enhanced vocational funding and may be included in determining a student's vocational full-time equivalent enrollment.
(4) Work based learning provided as part of a state-approved skill center program qualifies for enhanced skill center vocational funding and may be included in determining a student's skill center vocational full-time equivalent enrollment.
(5) No more than three hundred sixty hours of cooperative work based learning may be claimed for funding for each credit a student pursues as reported on the student's transcript. No more than one hundred eighty hours of instructional work based learning may be claimed for funding for each credit a student pursues as reported on the student's transcript.
(((5))) (6) Funding may be claimed only for work based learning hours that occur after the work based learning plan, work based agreement, program orientation and new employee orientation, as defined in WAC 392-410-315, are completed.
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use of these markings.
Reviser's note: The bracketed material preceding the section above was supplied by the code reviser's office.