WSR 15-16-059

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed July 30, 2015, 9:22 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: State need grant, chapter 250-20 WAC.

(1) Comprehensive technical and administrative changes and corrections to align WAC with RCW and other recent legislative direction, as well as codifying current practice in various operational areas.

(2) Clarifying institutional participation rules for active, prospective, and former institutional participants.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapters 28B.76, 28B.77, 28B.92 RCW.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: (1) Program WAC requires updates to align with recent legislative changes and to codify existing practice in areas where the WAC is no longer accurate or incomplete.

(2) Clarifying institutional participation rules will improve transparency and codify current practice.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study; and technical corrections and additions aligning program operations with legislative direction and current practice. Clarification of institutional participation rules. Both in collaboration with affected partners.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by submitting written comments to Jeffrey Powell, Student Achievement Council, 917 Lakeridge Way, P.O. Box 43430, Olympia, WA 98504-3430.

July 30, 2015

Jeffrey N. Powell

Program Administrator