PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES
Subject of Possible Rule Making: The running start program, chapter 131-46 WAC.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 28B.50 RCW.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Changes in tuition and clarifying language related to administration of the program.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: This is a jointly-administered program involving the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, the Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Process for Developing New Rule: Any hearings and subsequent emergency rule filings, and permanent rule adoptions will be jointly collaborated and agreed upon by the three agencies involved.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Ron Crossland, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Associate Director, Educational Services Division, P.O. Box 42495, Olympia, WA 98504-2495, (360) 753-2000, and fax (360) 586-6440.
March 31, 1999
Claire C. Krueger
Executive Assistant
and Rules Coordinator