Skill center administrative councils shall:

(1) Establish policies and procedures;

(2) Be responsible for equipment replacement, facility maintenance, and ongoing operation of the skill center, including a branch campus/satellite program, to meet current industry and educational standards;

(3) Offer programs that are approved by the superintendent of public instruction for career and technical education enhancement as defined in WAC 392-121-138, or provide basic support to students enrolled in skill center programs: Programs that are approved by the superintendent of public instruction for vocational enhancement shall provide a minimum of five hundred forty hours of instruction per year;

(4) Skill center programs may be less than the equivalent of three consecutive fifty-minute periods if offered as an extension of the student's one whole full-time equivalent-funded school year;

(5) Submit an application to the superintendent of public instruction, career and technical education, requesting approval to operate a satellite program eligible for skill center funding;

(6) Select an official name to be submitted to the superintendent of public instruction, career and technical education, which will include the phrase "skill center" modified by the specific unique name given locally. The specific name given should be different than the name of any school district participating in the skill center cooperative;

(7) Have three years from the date of approval to establish a financial plan, including the operation and capital funds which will contribute to the ongoing site, facility, equipment, and maintenance and operation of the skill center to be reviewed annually;

(8) Serve the majority of student enrollment at its core campus.

Skill centers that serve or intend to serve less than a majority of students at the core campus must submit a waiver request to the superintendent of public instruction, career and technical education.