PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Full-time equivalent enrollment for work based learning, WAC 392-121-124.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 28A.150.290.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To revise current rules in order to:
• Align the student FTE calculation for funding with the state board program calculation for credits found in WAC 180-50-315.
• To establish in rule the current limit on the number of work based learning hours that may be claimed for a student pursuing one credit.
Process for Developing New Rule: Early solicitation of public comments and recommendations respecting new, amendment or repealed rules, and consideration of the comments and recommendations in the course of drafting rules.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by sending written comments to Rules Coordinator, Legal Services, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98556, fax (360) 753-4201. For telephone assistance contact Calvin W. Brodie at (360) 725-6301.
May 29, 2003
Dr. Terry Bergeson
Superintendent of
Public Instruction