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Chapter 392-134 WAC

FINANCE -- APPORTIONMENT FOR PART-TIME PUBLIC SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

Last Update: 7/19/90

WAC SECTIONS

392-134-002

Authority.

 

392-134-003

Purpose.

 

392-134-005

Definitions.

 

392-134-010

Attendance rights of part-time public school students.

 

392-134-015

Enrollment practices and conditions.

 

392-134-020

Provision of educational program to part-time public school students -- Reports -- Sites.

 

392-134-025

State funding procedures.

 

392-134-030

Compliance with rules as a condition of state funding.

 

DISPOSITIONS OF SECTIONS FORMERLY CODIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER

392-134-001

Purposes. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.145. 80-05-035 (Order 80-6), § 392-134-001, filed 4/15/80.]  Repealed by 86-01-020 (Order 85-15), filed 12/9/85.  Statutory Authority: RCW 28.41.140 [28A.41.140] and 28A.41.145.



WAC 392-134-002   Authority.  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.

[Statutory Authority: 1990 c 33. 90-16-002 (Order 18), § 392-134-002, filed 7/19/90, effective 8/19/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 28.41.140 [28A.41.140] and 28A.41.145. 86-01-020 (Order 85-15), § 392-134-002, filed 12/9/85.]

WAC 392-134-003   Purpose.  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. 86-01-020 (Order 85-15), § 392-134-003, filed 12/9/85.]

WAC 392-134-005   Definitions.  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 school. The term shall include, but not be limited to, counseling, psychological services, testing, remedial instruction, speech and hearing therapy, health care services, tutorial services such as home or hospital instruction for the physically disabled, and sports activities;
     (2) "Course" shall mean any instructional curricular service or activity in which preschool through twelfth grade students are enrolled by a public school;
     (3) "Part-time public school student" shall mean a student who is enrolled in a public school for less time than a "full-time equivalent student" as defined in chapter 392-121 WAC, as now or hereafter amended, and shall include:
     (a) Private school students to the extent they are also enrolled in a public school as a student thereof for the purpose of taking any course or receiving any ancillary service, or any combination of courses and ancillary services which is not available in the student's private school of attendance;
     (b) Any student who is enrolled exclusively in a public school for the purpose of taking courses or receiving ancillary services and/or participating in a work training program approved by the board of directors of the district; and
     (c) Any student who is participating in home-based instruction to the extent that the student is also enrolled in a public school for the purpose of taking any course or receiving any ancillary service, or any combination of courses and ancillary services.
     (4) "Private school" shall mean any nonpublic vocational school and any nonpublic school which provides instruction in any of the grades kindergarten through twelve inclusive of nonpublic sectarian (religious) schools;
     (5) "Private school student" shall mean a student who is enrolled in a private school "full time" as defined by the private school of attendance; and
     (6) "Home-based instruction" shall mean an instructional program established pursuant to RCW 28A.225.010(4).

[Statutory Authority: 1990 c 33. 90-16-002 (Order 18), § 392-134-005, filed 7/19/90, effective 8/19/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 28.41.140 [28A.41.140] and 28A.41.145. 86-01-020 (Order 85-15), § 392-134-005, filed 12/9/85. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.145. 80-05-035 (Order 80-6), § 392-134-005, filed 4/15/80.]

WAC 392-134-010   Attendance rights of part-time public school students.  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 or her attendance area tuition free on a part-time basis. An eligible part-time public school student shall be entitled to take any course, receive any ancillary service, and take or receive any combination of courses and ancillary services which is made available by a public school to full-time students. Eligible nonresident part-time public school students may be enrolled at the discretion of a public school district pursuant to the terms and procedures established for nonresident student attendance in chapter 392-137 WAC, as now or hereafter amended.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.145. 80-05-035 (Order 80-6), § 392-134-010, filed 4/15/80.]

WAC 392-134-015   Enrollment practices and conditions.  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 conditioned upon the certification by the student or by the student's parent(s) or guardian(s) as may be required by the public school, that:
     (1) The student is a private school student; and
     (2) The course and/or ancillary service for which enrollment is requested is not available at the private school of attendance.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28.41.140 [28A.41.140] and 28A.41.145. 86-01-020 (Order 85-15), § 392-134-015, filed 12/9/85. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.145. 80-05-035 (Order 80-6), § 392-134-015, filed 4/15/80.]

WAC 392-134-020   Provision of educational program to part-time public school students -- Reports -- Sites.  (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 of courses and ancillary services shall be provided to part-time public school students upon public school grounds or on sites which are controlled by a public school district and at the home or hospital where the student may be confined by reason of a physician [physical] disability or sickness. Courses and ancillary services shall not be provided upon or within any private sectarian (religious) school site or facility: Provided, That field trips and special events incident to the public school program which include participation by both full-time and part-time public school students may be conducted by a public school upon or within private sectarian school facilities;
     (3) No test result, grade, or other evaluation of a part-time public school student's abilities, needs, and/or performance which is generated by a public school in connection with the student's attendance may be transmitted or communicated by a public school to a private school except upon the written request of a minor student's parent(s) or guardian(s) or upon the written request of the student if the student is eighteen years of age or older; and,
     (4) Transportation between a part-time public school student's private school and a public school in which he/she is enrolled may not be provided to the student at the expense of a public school district in whole or part: Provided, That the following interschool transportation may be provided at the expense of a public school district:
     (a) Transportation which is provided in connection with a part-time student's participation in field trips and special events permitted by subsection (2) of this section; and
     (b) The transportation of part-time public school students which:
     (i) Is necessary to comply with a condition to the receipt of federal funds; and
     (ii) Is paid or reimbursed for with the federal funds to which the condition is attached, not state or local tax funds or revenues.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28.41.140 [28A.41.140] and 28A.41.145. 86-01-020 (Order 85-15), § 392-134-020, filed 12/9/85. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.145. 80-05-035 (Order 80-6), § 392-134-020, filed 4/15/80.]

WAC 392-134-025   State funding procedures.  (1) Public school districts shall maintain a record of the number of hours each part-time public school student is enrolled.
     (2) Each district shall report to the superintendent of public instruction as required the number of hours that courses and/or ancillary services, or any combination of courses and ancillary services, are provided to part-time students in the basic enrollment data for state funding purposes.
     (3) The information required by subsections (1) and (2) above shall be provided to the superintendent of public instruction on forms provided by and at such times as are designated by the superintendent.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.145. 80-05-035 (Order 80-6), § 392-134-025, filed 4/15/80.]

WAC 392-134-030   Compliance with rules as a condition of state funding.  Each public school district 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 or recovered in whole or part through reduction in future entitlements of a district as necessary to enforce the provisions and intent of this chapter.

[Statutory Authority: 1990 c 33. 90-16-002 (Order 18), § 392-134-030, filed 7/19/90, effective 8/19/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.145. 80-05-035 (Order 80-6), § 392-134-030, filed 4/15/80.]

 

 

 

 

 

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