Washington Administrative Code

As used in this chapter, "district-wide emergency closure" means that all school buildings in the school district or charter school are unsafe, unhealthy, inaccessible, or inoperable due to one or more unforeseen natural events, mechanical failures, or actions or inactions by one…

As used in this chapter, "school emergency closure" means a school in the school district, or a charter school, comprised of more than one school that is unsafe, unhealthy, inaccessible, or inoperable due to one or more unforeseen natural events, mechanical failures, or actions o…

As used in this chapter, "reasonable effort" means the:(1) Extension of the school year to and through June 14th; and(2) Use of scheduled vacation days and foreseeable school closure days, to attain the minimum number of school days and district-wide annual average total instruct…

As used in this chapter, "annual average full-time equivalent students" means the same as defined in WAC 392-121-133.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.170(2). WSR 90-01-141 (Order 22), § 392-129-110, filed 12/20/89, effective 1/20/90.]

For the purpose of computing compliance with minimum school days, program hour offerings, or both resulting in a loss of allocations of state moneys, the kindergarten and the first through twelfth grade programs shall be considered separately.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.170(…

In the event a school district offers both a morning and afternoon kindergarten program and cancels either but not both the morning or afternoon session due to one or more unforeseen natural events, mechanical failures, or actions or inactions by one or more persons, the school d…

A school district or charter school applying for continuation of state support during a district-wide emergency closure will submit the following information:(1) The name of the school district or charter school;(2) The name of the superintendent of the school district or lead ad…

The superintendent of public instruction shall review each application submitted for a district-wide closure to determine if a reasonable effort has been made to make up all school days and program hour offerings, teacher contact hours, and course mix percentages required by law …

If the superintendent of public instruction determines that the school district has made a reasonable effort to make up all school days and program hour offerings, teacher contact hours, and course mix percentages required by law, the school district or charter school shall recei…

A school district or charter school applying for continuation of state support during a school emergency closure will submit the following information:(1) The name of the school district or charter school;(2) The name of the superintendent of the school district or lead administr…

The superintendent of public instruction shall review each application submitted for a school closure to determine if the application provides a conclusive demonstration that one or more unforeseen natural events, mechanical failures, or actions or inactions by one or more person…

[(1)] If the superintendent of public instruction determines that the school district or charter school has provided a conclusive demonstration that one or more unforeseen natural events, mechanical failures, or actions or inactions by one or more persons prevented the school dis…

This chapter is adopted pursuant to authority vested in the superintendent of public instruction by RCW 28A.545.110 and 84.52.0531(10). RCW 28A.545.110 provides that the superintendent of public instruction may adopt rules and regulations for the payments to high school districts…

The purposes of this chapter are to provide the annual procedure that the superintendent of public instruction shall use for:(1) Determining the amount due from nonhigh school districts for educating and transporting nonhigh district students; and(2) Transferring maintenance and …

(1) "Estimated amount due" for a school year shall mean the result of the following calculation:The high school district's maintenance and operations excess levy that was certified as collectible for the calendar year in which the school year ends is divided by the estimated numb…

Pursuant to WAC 392-139-340, annually, the superintendent of public instruction shall make the necessary determinations and calculate (1) the excess maintenance and operation levy transfer from the high school district to the nonhigh school district, and (2) the amount due to the…

During the month of May of the school year for which the amount is due, each served nonhigh district shall pay by warrant to each serving high school district fifty percent of the total estimated amount due for the school year. During the following November, each served nonhigh d…

A high school district board of directors may elect to assess a nonhigh school district an amount which is less than the amount calculated in WAC 392-132-050 or waive the entire amount. In the event a high school district elects to do so, it shall notify both the superintendent o…

Unless otherwise agreed to by the board of directors of a nonhigh school district, the amounts established as due by WAC 392-132-050 shall be the entire amount due from a nonhigh school district for the school year for the education and transportation of any and all handicapped a…

When determining a nonhigh school district's capital fund payments to a serving high school district, a serving high school district may not:(1) Bill the nonhigh school district an amount which is greater than the sum of the calculation determined by the superintendent of public …

The authority for this chapter is RCW 28A.150.350 which authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to adopt rules and regulations regarding part-time public school attendance. This chapter is further authorized under RCW 28A.710.040(5), which provides that public charter…

The purpose of this chapter is to implement the part-time public school attendance law.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28.41.140 [28A.41.140] and 28A.41.145. WSR 86-01-020 (Order 85-15), § 392-134-003, filed 12/9/85.]

As used in this chapter the term:(1) "Ancillary service" shall mean any cocurricular service or activity, any health care service or activity, and any other services or activities, except "courses," for or in which preschool through twelfth grade students are enrolled by a public…

An eligible part-time public school student who qualifies as a resident of a public school district pursuant to the definition of a "resident student" set forth in chapter 392-137 WAC, as now or hereafter amended, shall be entitled to attend the schools of the district within his…

Requests for part-time attendance shall be processed by a public school only when made by the student, the student's parent(s), or the student's guardian(s).In addition, the enrollment of a part-time public school student who otherwise attends a private school shall be conditione…

(1) Courses, ancillary services, and any combination of courses and ancillary services shall be provided to part-time public school students at the same level and quality as provided by the public school to full-time students;(2) Courses, ancillary services, and any combination o…

(1) Public school districts and charter schools shall maintain a record of the number of hours each part-time public school student is enrolled.(2) Each district and charter school shall report to the superintendent of public instruction as required the number of hours that cours…

Each public school district and charter school shall certify compliance with this chapter as a condition to the reimbursement of costs pursuant to RCW 28A.150.250, 28A.150.260 and 28A.150.350, as now or hereafter amended. State and federal funds shall be withheld in whole or part…

The purposes of this chapter are to implement RCW 28A.335.160(2) and 28A.225.250 and establish the conditions pursuant to which school districts may cooperate in interdistrict tuition-free educational programs, including but not limited to vocational and handicapped programs.[Sta…

As used in this chapter, the term:(1) "Residence," "resident student," and "resident district" shall mean the same as defined in WAC 392-137-010.(2) "Serving district" shall mean the Washington state school district which operates a tuition-free interdistrict cooperation program …

Any school district may cooperate with one or more other school districts in the joint maintenance and operation of educational programs or services:(1) As a part of the operation of a joint facility, or otherwise; and(2) On a full- or part-time attendance basis, or a regular 180…

(1) An interdistrict cooperation contract shall be agreed upon by each participating school district and include and set forth at least the following:(a) A description of the services and program.(b) The number of students to be served from each district.(c) The estimated amount …

(1) Each school district shall provide, upon request of the superintendent of public instruction, such data as the superintendent deems appropriate to identify the resident school district of all nonresident students enrolled in a school district cooperative program who are atten…

Cooperative financing involving the construction of any educational facility and arrangements therefor pursuant to RCW 28A.335.160(1) shall be in compliance with regulations established by the office of superintendent of public instruction in chapters 392-345 and 392-346 WAC, as …

No arrangement pursuant to this chapter shall alter a nonhigh school district's obligation to a high school district pursuant to chapter 28A.545 RCW.[Statutory Authority: 1990 c 33. WSR 90-16-002 (Order 18), § 392-135-035, filed 7/19/90, effective 8/19/90; Order 7-75, § 392-135-0…

The authority for this chapter as applied to educational service districts is RCW 28A.310.490 which authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to adopt rules and regulations related to a mandatory attendance incentive program for all employees of educational service dist…

The purpose of this chapter is to implement RCW 28A.400.210 and 28A.310.490 which provide for compensating school district and educational service district employees for accumulated sick leave. The rules set forth in this chapter are not intended to govern the leave policies of a…

As used in this chapter:(1) The term "month of employment" shall mean each calendar month during which an individual is considered by a school or educational service district to be an employee of the district by virtue of the existence of an oral or written contractual relationsh…

(1) Commencing in January 1981, and each January thereafter, each eligible, current employee of a school district and educational service district may elect to convert excess sick leave to monetary compensation as provided in this section.(2) Eligible employees, excess sick leave…

(1) Eligible employees: Upon separation from district employment the following employees may personally, or through their estate in the event of death, elect to convert all eligible, accumulated, unused sick leave up to a maximum of one hundred eighty days to monetary compensatio…

School districts and educational service districts may, in lieu of monetary compensation, as provided for in WAC 392-136-020, make payment to an organization for postretirement medical benefits when each of the following conditions have been met:(1) The organization is authorized…

The provisions of this chapter as applied to school districts are applicable only to school district employees included within an incentive attendance program established pursuant to WAC 392-136-065. The provisions of WAC 392-136-060 through 392-136-085 are applicable only to sch…

Every school district board of directors may establish an attendance incentive program as provided for in this chapter for any or all certificated and noncertificated employees: Provided, That the terms and conditions of an attendance incentive program for employees represented b…

Sick leave for buy out purpose shall be earned, used, and converted to monetary compensation on a last-in first-out (LIFO) basis in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The reduction to one hundred eighty days on December 31, 1983 and each year thereafter, as provided …

The maximum accumulated sick leave balance for buy out purpose shall be controlled as follows:(1) Commencing at midnight December 31, 1983 and on each midnight December 31 thereafter, and prior to the addition of sick leave earned for January, but after the transactions for sick …

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring or allowing, on account of a previous accumulation of sick leave in excess of one hundred eighty days, the recovery of payments for either used or converted sick leave made during the period of June 13, 1980, through July 23…

The authority for this chapter is RCW 28A.400.380, which authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to adopt rules promulgating standards governing the administration of the shared leave program which permits sharing of leave by qualified school district and educational …