(1) Kindergarten total instructional hour
requirement An annual minimum one thousand instructional hours according to an
implementation schedule under
RCW
28A.150.315.
(2) Grades 1-12 total instructional hour
requirement - District-wide annual average of at least:
(a) A district-wide average of one thousand
eighty instructional hours for students enrolled in grades nine through twelve
and a district-wide annual average of one thousand instructional hours in
grades one through eight; or
(b) A
district-wide annual average of one thousand twenty-seven instructional hours
in grades one through twelve.
(3) For nonhigh school districts, a
district-wide annual average of one thousand instructional hours in such grades
as are offered by the district.
(4)
Instructional hours are defined in
RCW
28A.150.205.
(a) Instructional hours are delivered
"in-person," as defined in
RCW
28A.232.010(1)(b), except as
provided in
RCW
28A.232.010(4)(b).
(b) School districts may deliver
instructional hours through learning modalities other than in-person
instruction which may include, but are not limited to, distance learning,
hybrid classrooms, rotating schedules, or other methods that allow for delivery
of basic education services under the following:
(i) Funding allocation models established by
the legislature or the superintendent of public instruction in chapter
392-121
WAC, chapters 28A.232 and 28A.250 RCW that allow for modalities other than
in-person instruction;
(ii)
Districts may provide the opportunity for individual students to engage in the
program of basic education through modalities other than in-person instruction
if so agreed upon by the district and the student due to health or safety needs
of the student;
(iii) During
implementation of the school district's continuity of operations plan under WAC
180-16-212; and
(iv) Under any
other applicable law that would allow for modalities other than in-person
instruction to be delivered.
(5) Nothing in this section supersedes other
applicable law.
Notes
Wash. Admin. Code §
180-16-200
Amended by
WSR
14-19-032, Filed 9/8/2014, effective
10/9/2014
Amended by
WSR
21-05-015, Filed 2/5/2021, effective
3/8/2021
Amended by
WSR
21-16-044, Filed 7/27/2021, effective
8/27/2021
Reviser's note: The typographical error in the
above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the
Register pursuant to the requirements of
RCW
34.08.040.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 28A.630 RCW. 01-24-092, §
180-16-200, filed 12/4/01,
effective 1/4/02. Statutory Authority: Chapter 28A.630 RCW and 1995 c 208.
95-20-086, §
180-16-200, filed 10/4/95,
effective 11/4/95. Statutory Authority:
RCW
28A.410.010. 94-03-104 (Order 5-94), §
180-16-200, filed 1/19/94,
effective 2/19/94. Statutory Authority:
RCW
28A.150.220, 28A.320.200,
28A.150.260 and 1992 c 141.
92-17-053, §
180-16-200, filed 8/17/92,
effective 9/17/92. Statutory Authority:
RCW
28A.150.220 and [28A.150.]260. 92-05-047,
§
180-16-200, filed 2/13/92,
effective 3/15/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.04.127 and 28A.41.140.
86-21-020 (Order 15-86), §
180-16-200, filed 10/7/86.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.754(6). 84-11-043 (Order 2-84), §
180-16-200, filed 5/17/84.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.01.010, 28A.04.120, 28A.41.130, 28A.41.140,
28A.58.754, 28A.58.758, and 1979 ex.s. c 250. 79-10-033 (Order 10-79), §
180-16-200, filed 9/12/79.
Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.130 and 28A.58.754. 78-06-097 (Order 3-78),
§
180-16-200, filed
6/5/78.
