Purpose: The revision aligns state board policy with legislation passed in the 2005 session.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 180-27-035.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.525.020.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-15-058 on July 12, 2005.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: August 26, 2005.

Larry Davis

Executive Director

OTS-8195.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-19-044, filed 9/14/01, effective 10/15/01)

WAC 180-27-035   Space allocations.   (1) State assistance in the construction of school facilities for grades kindergarten through twelve and classrooms planned for the exclusive use of students with disabilities shall be based on a space allowance per enrolled student and for state matching purposes shall be computed in accordance with the following table:

	Through June 30, 2006		Beginning July 1, 2006
Grade or Area	Maximum Matchable Area Per Student		Maximum Matchable Area Per Student
Grades kindergarten through six	80 square feet		90 square feet
Grades seven and eight	110 square feet		117 square feet
Grades nine through twelve	120 square feet		130 square feet
Classrooms for students with disabilities	140 square feet		144 square feet

For purposes of this subsection, students with disabilities shall be counted as one student for each such student assigned to a specially designated self-contained classroom for students with disabilities for at least one hundred minutes per school day, calculated on actual headcount enrollment submitted to the superintendent of public instruction.

     (2) State assistance for construction of vocational skill centers shall be based on one-half of students enrolled on October 1 and computed as follows:

Type of Facility	Maximum Matchable Area Per One-Half Enrolled Student
Skill Centers	140 square feet

     (3) Space allowance for state matching purposes for districts with senior or four-year high schools with fewer than four hundred students shall be computed in accordance with the following formula:

Number of Headcount Student-Grades 9-12		Maximum Matchable Area Per Facility
0-100		37,000 square feet
101-200		42,000 square feet
201-300		48,000 square feet
301-or more		52,000 square feet

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.525.020. 01-19-044, § 180-27-035, filed 9/14/01, effective 10/15/01; 98-19-143, § 180-27-035, filed 9/23/98, effective 10/24/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.47.830. 84-11-047 (Order 6-84), § 180-27-035, filed 5/17/84; 83-21-066 (Order 11-83), § 180-27-035, filed 10/17/83.]

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