PERMANENT RULES
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: These rule revisions will provide greater consistency in the optional reporting of staff changes and enrollment changes, for purposes of calculating the state-required certificated instructional staff ratio (46:1000) compliance.
The removal of September 30 as the deadline for optional reporting of staff and enrollment changes will better align these optional reporting processes with the required S-275 staff reporting and required P-223 enrollment reporting processes.
For the 2011–12 school year and thereafter, limiting the school district to the selection of a different enrollment month, other than the default month of October, when all basic education instructional programs are operating will provide a more valid staff ratio calculation.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 392-127-085 and 392-127-090.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.150.290(1).
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 10-08-024 on March 30, 2010.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Delayed limiting the school district to the selection of a different enrollment month when all basic education instructional programs are operating, from the 2010-11 school year to the 2011-12 school year to accommodate school districts' requests for more time to implement this change.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: May 11, 2010.
Randy Dorn
State Superintendent
OTS-2986.3
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 00-02-064, filed 1/3/00,
effective 2/3/00)
WAC 392-127-085
School district reporting -- Optional
report -- Staff changes.
At any time prior to ((September 30
following the end of a school year)) completion of audit of
data by the state auditor, school districts may report to the
superintendent of public instruction supplemental full-time
equivalent staff for the school year pursuant to WAC 392-127-065 and instructions provided by the superintendent.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.290(2) and 28A.150.200(2). 00-02-064, § 392-127-085, filed 1/3/00, effective 2/3/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.170(1). 90-12-078 (Order 10), § 392-127-085, filed 6/1/90, effective 7/2/90.]
(1) Through the 2010-11 school year, the full-time
equivalent enrollment for any one month during the current
school year((; or)).
(2) ((The annual average full-time equivalent enrollment
for the current school year.)) For the 2011-12 school year and
thereafter, the full-time equivalent enrollment for any one
month during the current school year when all basic education
instructional programs are operating.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.290. 96-05-022 (Order 96-03), § 392-127-090, filed 2/13/96, effective 3/15/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.170(1). 90-12-078 (Order 10), § 392-127-090, filed 6/1/90, effective 7/2/90.]