WSR 16-19-082

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed September 20, 2016, 12:16 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 392-141 WAC, Transportation—State allocation for operations.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 28A.150.290.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Revisions need to be made to this chapter that will allow school districts to include midday home-to-school student counts. These students would be included in the reports submitted using the student transportation allocation reporting system.

Process for Developing New Rule: Early solicitation of public comments and recommendations respecting new, amended, or repealed rules, and consideration of the comments and recommendations in the course of drafting rules.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Glenn Gorton, Director, Student Transportation, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200, (360) 725-6121, or e-mail glenn.gorton@k12.wa.us.

September 20, 2016

Randy Dorn

State Superintendent

of Public Instruction