Washington Administrative Code

(1) School districts must ensure that their policies and procedures for protection of confidential information comply with WAC 392-172A-05180 through 392-172A-05240.(2) OSPI reviews compliance through targeted monitoring activities, and state complaints.(3) If school districts do…

As a condition of receipt and expenditure of federal special education funds, a school district or other public agency shall annually submit a request for federal funds to the OSPI, and conduct its special education and related services program in compliance with the requirements…

The school district or other public agency, in providing for the education of students eligible for special education services must have in effect policies, procedures, and programs that are consistent with the state policies and procedures established in this chapter.[Statutory …

(1) Part B funds provided to school districts:(a) Must be expended in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter;(b) Must be used only to pay the excess costs of providing special education and related services to students eligible for special education services, c…

(1)(a) Eligibility standard. For purposes of establishing the school district's eligibility for an award for a fiscal year, the OSPI must determine that the school district budgets, for the education of students eligible for special education services, at least the same amount, f…

A school district or other public agency may reduce the level of expenditures made by it under Part B of the IDEA below the level of those expenditures for the preceding fiscal year if the reduction is attributable to:(1) The voluntary departure, by retirement or otherwise, or de…

(1) Notwithstanding WAC 392-172A-06010 and 392-172A-06015(2) and except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, for any fiscal year for which the allocation received by a school district exceeds the amount the school district received for the previous fiscal year, the scho…

(1) A school district may use funds received under Part B of the act for any fiscal year to carry out a school wide program under 20 U.S.C. Section 6314, except that the amount used in any school wide program may not exceed:(a) The amount received by the school district under Par…

(1) Funds provided to a school district under Part B of the act may be used for the following activities:(a) For the costs of special education and related services, and supplementary aids and services, provided in a general education class or other education-related setting to a…

The OSPI has elected to coordinate with the National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC). School districts have the option of coordinating with NIMAC.(1) Not later than December 3, 2006, a school district that chooses to coordinate with NIMAC, when purchasing print inst…

(1) The school district must provide the OSPI with information that is necessary to enable the OSPI to carry out its duties under Part B of the act and state law including, but not limited to, child count, least restrictive environment, suspension and expulsion rates, disproporti…

The school district must make available to parents of students eligible for special education services and to the general public all documents relating to the eligibility of the school district under Part B of the act.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.155.090. WSR 21-19-065, § 392-17…

The school district must cooperate in the secretary's efforts under 20 U.S.C. Section 6398 to ensure the linkage of records pertaining to migratory students eligible for special education services for the purpose of electronically exchanging, among the states, health and educatio…

(1) If a school district has policies and procedures on file with the OSPI that demonstrate that the school district meets the requirements of WAC 392-172A-06000, including any policies and procedures filed under Part B of the act as in effect before December 3, 2004, the OSPI mu…

(1) In the event the OSPI determines that a school district is not eligible under Part B of the act, or is not complying with corrective actions as a result of monitoring, state complaints, or due process decisions and the OSPI intends to withhold or recover funds in whole or in …

(1) If the OSPI, after reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing, finds that a school district determined to be eligible under this subpart is failing to comply with any requirement described in WAC 392-172A-06000 through 392-172A-06060, the OSPI must reduce or must not …

(1) The OSPI may require districts to submit a collaborative request for payments under Part B of the act if it is determined that a single district would be disapproved because the district is unable to establish and maintain programs of sufficient size and scope to effectively …

(1) School districts that establish joint eligibility under this section must:(a) Adopt policies and procedures that are consistent with the state's policies and procedures under WAC 392-172A-06005; and(b) Be jointly responsible for implementing programs that receive assistance u…

(1) A school district may use up to fifteen percent of the amount the school district receives under Part B of the act for any fiscal year, less any amount reduced by the school district pursuant to WAC 392-172A-06015 if any, in combination with other amounts (which may include a…

(1) OSPI must use the payments that would otherwise have been available to a school district to provide special education and related services directly to students eligible for special education services in the area served by that school district, if the OSPI determines that the …

Any state agency that desires to receive a subgrant for any fiscal year for Part B funding must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the OSPI that:(1) All children with disabilities who are participating in programs and projects funded under Part B of the act receive FAPE, and that…

(1) The OSPI must ensure that an interagency agreement or other mechanism for interagency coordination is in effect between each noneducational public agency described in this section and the OSPI, in order to ensure that all services that are needed to ensure FAPE are provided, …

(1) A school district may use the medicaid or other public benefits or insurance programs in which a student participates to provide or pay for services required under Part B of the act, as permitted under the public benefits or insurance program, except as provided under subsect…

(1) The OSPI monitors school districts' special education programs to:(a) Improve educational results and functional outcomes for all students eligible for special education services;(b) Ensure that school districts meet the program requirements under Part B of the act with a par…

(1) The OSPI annually reviews the data it obtains from school districts through monitoring, submission of other required data reports, required by the district, and other public information provided by the district. Based on the data and information provided, OSPI determines if t…

(1) The OSPI has established goals for the performance of students eligible for special education services that promote the purposes of the act, and are consistent, to the maximum extent appropriate, with the state's learning goals for all students under section 1111 (b)(2)(C) of…

(1) The OSPI has established and provided to the United States Department of Education a performance plan that evaluates the state's efforts to implement the requirements and purposes of Part B of the act, and describes how the state will improve such implementation. The plan is …

(1) The OSPI uses the targets established in the state's performance plan and the priority areas to analyze the performance of each school district.(2)(a) The OSPI reports annually to the public on the performance of each school district on the indicators in the state's performan…

If the OSPI determines that a school district is not meeting the requirements of Part B of the act, including the targets in the state's performance plan, OSPI must prohibit the school district from reducing the school district's maintenance of effort under WAC 392-172A-06015 for…

The OSPI reports to the Secretary of the United States Department of Education annually as required by the office of special education programs the number of students aged three through twenty-one residing in the state who are receiving special education and related services. Thi…

(1) The state collects and examines data annually from school districts to determine if significant disproportionality based on race or ethnicity is occurring in the state with respect to:(a) The identification of children as students eligible for special education services;(b) T…

(1) School districts shall report to the state all incidents of disciplinary removals of students eligible for special education services and nondisabled students. The state shall examine this data, including data disaggregated by race and ethnicity, to determine if significant d…

The OSPI reserves funds for state-level activities, including state administration and other state-level activities, in accordance with the provisions of 34 C.F.R. Sec. 300.704. OSPI makes distributions of unreserved or unused grant funds, that it receives pursuant to section 611…

(1) The state has established a special education safety net fund for students eligible for special education services. The rules for applying for reimbursement for the fund are contained in WAC 392-140-600 through 392-140-685 or as may be amended.(2) Part B funding is available …

(1) The superintendent of public instruction and districts shall keep records that show:(a) The amount of funds under the grant;(b) How the funds were used;(c) The total cost of the project;(d) The share of that cost provided from other sources; and(e) Other records to facilitate…

(1) The state special education advisory council (SEAC) is established in order to help facilitate the provision of special education and related services to meet the unique needs of students receiving special education services.(2)(a) The membership of the council is appointed b…

The state provides opportunities for public hearings, including adequate notice of the hearings and opportunity for written and oral comment prior to the adoption of any policies and procedures needed to comply with Part B of the act, or the submission of a state plan.[Statutory …

The authority for this chapter is RCW 28A.210.150 which requires the superintendent of public instruction to "provide procedures for schools to quickly verify the immunization of records of students transferring from one school to another before the immunization records are recei…

The purpose of this chapter is to implement RCW 28A.210.150 and provide for quick verification of immunization records of students transferring from one school to another before the immunization records are received.[Statutory Authority: 1990 c 33. WSR 90-16-002 (Order 18), § 392…

This chapter is intended to supplement rules of the state board of education in chapter 180-38 WAC. Definitions within chapter 180-38 WAC are incorporated herein by reference.[Statutory Authority: 1985 c 50 § 5. WSR 85-21-077 (Order 85-10), § 392-182-015, filed 10/21/85.]

In the event the records of a student transferring from one school to another have not been received before or on the student's first day of attendance at the new school, the chief administrator or administrator's designee of the new school shall attempt to verify the immunizatio…

The authority for this chapter is RCW 69.41.340 which authorizes the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the Washington Interscholastic Activity Association to adopt rules and regulations regarding loss of eligibility to participate in school-sponsored athl…

The purpose of this chapter is to set forth policies and procedures to implement due process procedures and discipline relating to violations of chapter 69.41 RCW.[Statutory Authority: RCW 69.41.340. WSR 90-09-039 (Order 90-05), § 392-183A-010, filed 4/12/90, effective 5/13/90.]

Any student found by the school district to have violated chapter 69.41 RCW by virtue of a criminal conviction or otherwise insofar as it prohibits the possession, use or sale of legend drugs, including anabolic steroids, will be disqualified from participation in WIAA sponsored …

The Washington Interscholastic Activity Association shall adopt, publish, and make available to all students and parents, written rules which state with reasonable clarity the types of misconduct for which loss of eligibility may occur under the provisions of this chapter. In add…

The Washington Interscholastic Authority Association shall adopt, publish, and make available to all students and parents, written rules which state with reasonable clarity the form of discipline imposed for violation of this chapter. Such rules shall include the following:(1) Th…

The WIAA shall present any policies or procedures developed as a result of this chapter for the approval of the state board of education prior to their adoption and implementation by the WIAA.[Statutory Authority: RCW 69.41.340. WSR 90-09-039 (Order 90-05), § 392-183A-030, filed …