Wash. Admin. Code § 180-16-212 - Continuity of operations plan
By the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, each school district shall develop, maintain and, if necessary, implement a continuity of operations plan that ensures delivery of basic education services during disruptions to basic education delivery resulting from an "emergency or disaster" as defined in RCW 38.52.010. "Emergency" may also include a national declaration of emergency by an authorized federal official.
(1) The continuity of operations plan shall
describe the following:
(a) The process for
the school district to decide how to transition to modalities other than
in-person instruction if needed in the event of an emergency or disaster in
order to ensure equitable delivery of the program of basic education to all
students;
(b) The roles of school
district staff responsible for executing the continuity of operations plan
during an emergency;
(c) The
process for the school district to decide how to transition to offering each
student in-person instruction when the disruptions to basic education delivery
due to the emergency have ended; and
(d) The schedule for routine review of the
continuity of operations plan by the district.
(2) The following apply during implementation
of the continuity of operations plan:
(a) Days
in which instructional hours are offered shall count as school days for the
purpose of meeting the requirements of
RCW
28A.150.220; and
(b) Nothing in this section supersedes other
applicable law.
(3) Each
school district that implements its continuity of operations plan shall notify
the state board of education and the office of superintendent of public
instruction within five days of the decision to implement the continuity of
operations plan by email and postal mail of the following:
(a) Date that the disruptions to basic
education delivery began or will begin if there is an impending emergency
situation and the estimated duration of the emergency or disaster;
(b) Documentation of the emergency or
disaster, such as a declaration of emergency, and information that describes
the disruption to basic education delivery due to the emergency;
(c) Contact information for school district
staff who are responsible for executing the continuity of operations plan;
and
(d) Further information or
assurances upon request, at the discretion of the state board of education or
the office of superintendent of public instruction staff.
(4) At the discretion of state board of
education staff, each school district's compliance with the requirements of the
program of basic education is subject to review under WAC
180-16-195.
(5) This continuity of operations plan may be
used as a component of the comprehensive emergency management plan under
RCW
38.52.030.
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