WSR 98-03-066

PROPOSED RULES

SUPERINTENDENT OF

PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

[Filed January 20, 1998, 3:19 p.m.]

Original Notice.

Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 97-16-095.

Title of Rule: Monthly reporting of school district vocational enrollment.

Purpose: To implement monthly reporting of vocational enrollments for the purpose of determining enhanced state funding for vocational secondary and skills center programs.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.150.290.

Statute Being Implemented: Section 502 (2)(c)(iv), chapter 149, Laws of 1997.

Summary: The full-time equivalent of vocational students shall be determined in the same manner as regular high school students based on five hours per day of twenty-five hours per week.

Reasons Supporting Proposal: Necessary to implement 1997-98 operating appropriations act proviso.

Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Richard M. Wilson, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia, 753-2298; Implementation: Allen H. Jones, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia, 753-6708; and Enforcement: Michael L. Bigelow, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia, 753-1718.

Name of Proponent: Superintendent of Public Instruction, governmental.

Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.

Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: The rule is written to convert annual reporting to monthly reporting of vocational enrollment with minimal fiscal impact.

Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: Current rules base vocational enhancement funding on a standard of 1.00 FTE for 900 annual hours of instruction. The proposed rule makes an equivalent calculation based on a standard of 1.00 FTE for five hours per day on the nine monthly count dates.

No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. The rule will have a minor or negligible economic impact.

Section 201, chapter 403, Laws of 1995, does not apply to this rule adoption.

Hearing Location: Wanamaker Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Old Capitol Building, 600 South Washington Street, Olympia, WA 98504-7200, on February 24, 1998, at 9:00 a.m.

Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Jim Rich by February 10, 1998, TDD (360) 664-3631, or (360) 753-6733.

Submit Written Comments to: Rules Coordinator, Legal Services, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504, FAX (360) 753-4201, by February 23, 1998.

Date of Intended Adoption: February 25, 1998.

January 20, 1998

Dr. Terry Bergeson

Superintendent of

Public Instruction

NEW SECTION

WAC 392-121-124 Full-time equivalent enrollment for work based learning. For work based learning provided pursuant to WAC 180-50-315, a student's full-time equivalent shall be determined as follows:

(1) Divide the student's hours of work experience for the month by two hundred twenty-five; for example: Forty-five hours of work experience equals two tenths of a full-time equivalent (45 225 = 0.20).

(2) Estimated or scheduled hours of work 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 work experience documented on the student's work records and maintained by the school district for audit purposes. Work experience during June of the regular school year shall be included in the May enrollment count.

(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.

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AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 95-01-013, filed 12/8/94, effective 1/8/95)

WAC 392-121-138 Full-time equivalent enrollment of vocational education students. For the purpose of enhanced funding for vocational education, full-time equivalent enrollment ((of students enrolled)) in vocational secondary and skills center((s)) programs shall be based upon the actual hours of enrollment in state approved vocational courses. ((Nine hundred hours of approved vocational instruction shall equal one annual average full-time equivalent student.)) Vocational full-time equivalent enrollment shall be determined pursuant to WAC 392-121-122 and shall be reported on the same monthly basis as the enrollment for students eligible for basic support.