WSR 98-09-043
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
[Filed April 14, 1998, 3:55 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: State funding for vocational secondary education including required staff/student ratios and a limit on indirect charges to vocational programs.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 28A.150.290 and Section 502 (a)(c)(iii).
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Rules are necessary to implement changes to state funding as required by the 1997-99 Operating Appropriations Act. Indirect charges to vocational programs are limited. A minimum staff/student ratio is required for enhanced staff allocations.
Process for Developing New Rule: Early solicitation of public comments and recommendations respecting new, amended or repealed rules, and consideration of the comments and recommendations in the course of drafting rules.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 Allen H. Jones, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504, (360) 753-6708. Send written comments to Rules Coordinator, Legal Services, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200, FAX (360) 753-4201, TDD (360) 664-3631.
April 14, 1998
Dr. Terry Bergeson
Superintendent of
Public Instruction