Original Notice.

     Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 13-01-096.

     Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 392-410-117 Temporary exemption from credit requirements. This rule allowed the office of superintendent of public instruction (OSPI) to grant waivers to high schools whose programs did not meet one hundred fifty hours of instruction (definition of a high school credit).

     Hearing Location(s): OSPI, 600 Washington Street S.E., Wanamaker Conference Room, Olympia, WA 98504, on April 10, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.

     Date of Intended Adoption: April 10, 2013.

     Submit Written Comments to: Dan Newell, Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education and Student Support, OSPI, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200, e-mail dan.newell@k12.wa.us, fax (360) 664-3575, by April 10, 2013.

     Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Wanda Griffin by April 5, 2013, TTY (360) 664-3631 or (360) 725-6133.

     Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: We are repealing WAC 392-410-117 Temporary exemption from credit requirements, as the Washington state board of education has redefined a high school credit not to include the one hundred fifty hours of instruction (performance or successful completion based on written district policy).

     Since the Washington state board of education has changed the rule, the exemption allowed in WAC 392-410-117 is no longer needed.

     Reasons Supporting Proposal: This WAC is no longer needed since the adoption of a change to the definition of a high school credit by the Washington state board of education.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.655.180.

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

     Name of Proponent: OSPI, governmental.

     Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation and Enforcement: Dan Newell, 600 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA, (360) 725-6175.

     No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. There is no fiscal impact on small business or school districts with the repeal of this WAC.

     A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. A cost-benefit analysis is not needed.

February 28, 2013

Randy Dorn

Superintendent of

Public Instruction

OTS-5223.1

REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:

WAC 392-410-117

Temporary exemption from credit requirements.