WSR 13-21-023

PERMANENT RULES

SUPERINTENDENT OF

PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

[Filed October 7, 2013, 2:15 p.m., effective November 7, 2013]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: WAC 392-122-421 Full-day kindergarten program—Definitions, requires updating to align the poverty percentage definition with the change that was made previously to WAC 392-122-423.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 392-122-421.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.150.290(1).

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 13-17-031 on August 12, 2013.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: September 26, 2013.

Randy Dorn

Superintendent of

Public Instruction

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 09-11-018, filed 5/8/09, effective 6/8/09)

WAC 392-122-421 Full-day kindergarten program—Definitions.

As used in WAC 392-122-420 through 392-122-426, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) Full-day kindergarten (FDK) means an approved program that is eligible for state-funded full-day kindergarten program as provided for in the annual state operating budget;

(2) Full-time equivalent (FTE) has the same meaning as defined in WAC 392-121-122 (1)(a);

(3) "Poverty percentage" means the percentage of a school building's kindergarten through grade 6 students who are eligible for the federal free and reduced price lunch (FRPL) as reported to OSPI for the prior school year October 1st CEDARS reporting.