PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Establishing standards for delivery of education services to juvenile inmates in restricted or segregated adult corrections settings.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 28A.193.080(2).
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: This filing is intended to generate discussion regarding the possible standards of education to juvenile inmates incarcerated in adult correctional facilities particularly assigned to restricted or segregated settings.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making; agency study; and to include agency representatives and interested parties including but not limited to the Department of Corrections, local school districts, parents, and other interested parties. The superintendent welcomes public participants in the development of these rules. Anyone interested in participating should contact the staff person indicated below.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by sending written comments to Rules Coordinator, Legal Services, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200, fax (360) 753-4201, TTY (360) 664-3631.
November 8, 2002
Dr. Terry Bergeson
Superintendent of
Public Instruction