WSR 15-16-060

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

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

Subject of Possible Rule Making: State work study, chapter 250-40 WAC, minor technical and administrative changes to align WAC with RCW and other recent legislative direction; and codifying current operational practice where necessary.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapters 28B.76, 28B.77, 28B.12 RCW.

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

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study; and technical corrections aligning program operations with legislative direction and current practice 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