Wash. Admin. Code § 392-700-015 - Definitions
The following definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter:
(1)
"Agency"
means an educational service district, nonprofit community-based organization,
or public entity other than a college.
(2)
"Annual average full-time
equivalent (AAFTE)" means the total monthly full-time equivalent (FTE)
reported for each enrolled student in a school year divided by ten.
(3)
"Attendance period
requirement" is defined as, at minimum, two hours of face-to-face
interaction with a designated program staff for the purpose of instruction,
academic counseling, career counseling, or case management contact aggregated
over the prior month. In-person face-to-face interaction is required for the
month that the student was claimed for the first time. Thereafter, the
interaction may include an option for digital-synchronous interaction when a
student:
(a) Requests digital-synchronous
options; or
(b) Requires
digital-synchronous access as determined by program staff.
(c) If, after each three months of claimed
enrollment, the student has not earned an indicator of academic progress
through the utilization of digital-synchronous interaction, then the
interaction must return to in-person face-to-face until an indicator of
academic progress is earned.
(4)
"CEDARS" refers to
comprehensive educational data and research system, the statewide longitudinal
data system of educational data for K-12 student information.
(5)
"College" means college or
technical college pursuant to chapters 28B.20 through 28B.50 RCW.
(6)
"College level class" is a
class provided by a college that is 100 level or above.
(7)
"Consortium" means a
regional group of organizations that consist of districts, tribal compact
schools, charter schools and agencies and/or colleges who agree to work
together to create and operate a program that will serve students from multiple
districts, tribal compact schools, and charter schools and reduce the
administrative burden.
(8)
"Consortium agreement" means the agreement that is signed by the
authorized consortium lead and all district, tribal compact school, and charter
school superintendents or their authorized officials which are part of the
consortium and agree to refer eligible students to the consortium's program.
This agreement will clearly outline the responsibilities of the consortium lead
and those of the referring districts, tribal compact schools, and charter
schools.
(9)
"Consortium
lead" means the lead organization in a consortium that will assume the
responsibilities outlined in WAC
392-700-042(3).
(10)
"Count day" is the
instructional day that is used to claim a program's enrollment for state
funding pursuant to WAC
392-121-033. For September, the
count day is the fourth instructional day. For the remaining months, the count
day is the first instructional day.
(11)
"Credential" is identified
as one of the following:
(a) High school
diploma; or
(b) Associate
degree.
(12)
"Enrolled student" is an eligible student whose enrollment and
attendance meets the criteria outlined in WAC 392-700-035 and
392-700-160, and is reported as
an FTE for state funding. An enrolled student can be further defined as one of
the following:
(a)
New student
is an enrolled student who is being claimed for state funding for the first
time by the program.
(b)
Continuing student is an enrolled student who has continuously
been enrolled in the program and claimed for state funding on at least one
count day.
(c)
Returning
student is an enrolled student who has returned to the program after not
receiving program services for a period of at least one count day and not more
than 10 count days.
(d)
Reenrolling student is an enrolled student who has reenrolled in
the program after not receiving program services for a period of 11 count days
or more.
(13)
"ERDC" refers to education research and data center, which
conducts analyses of early learning, K-12, and higher education programs and
education issues across the P-20 system that collaborates with legislative
evaluation and accountability program and other statutory partner
agencies.
(14)
"Full-time
equivalent (FTE)" is the measurement of enrollment that an enrolled
student can be claimed on a monthly basis with the maximum being 1.0 FTE per
month for each student enrolled in a program.
(15)
"Indicator of academic
progress" means a standard academic benchmark that demonstrates academic
performance which is attained by a reengagement student. These indicators will
be tracked and reported by the program and district, tribal compact school, or
charter school for each student and for programs as a whole using definitions
and procedures outlined by OSPI. Indicators of academic progress will be
reported when a student does one of the following:
(a) Earns at minimum a 0.25 high school
credit;
(b) Earns at minimum a
whole college credit;
(c) Receives
a college certificate after completion of a college program requiring at least
40 hours of instruction;
(d)
Receives an industry recognized certificate of completion of training or
licensing received after completion of a program requiring at least 40 hours of
instruction;
(e) Passes one or more
tests or benchmarks that would satisfy the state board of education's
graduation requirements as provided in chapter 180-51 WAC;
(f) Passes one or more high school
equivalency certificate measures (each measure may only be claimed once per
enrolled student), or other state assessment;
(g) Makes a significant gain in a core
academic subject based on the assessment tool's determination of significant
gain (may be claimed multiple times in a year per enrolled student);
(h) Successfully completes a grade level
curriculum in a core academic subject that does not earn high school or college
credit;
(i) Successfully completes
college readiness course work with documentation of competency
attainment;
(j) Successfully
completes job search and job retention course work with documentation of
competency attainment;
(k)
Successfully completes a paid or unpaid cooperative work based learning
experience of at least 45 hours. This experience must meet the requirements of
WAC 392-410-315(2);
(l) Enrolls in a college level class for the
first time (limited to be claimed once per enrolled student);
(m) Successfully completes an English as a
second language (ESL) class;
(n)
Successfully completes an adult basic education (ABE) class; or
(o) Successfully completes a series of
short-term industry recognized certificates equaling at least 40
hours.
(16)
"Institutional education program" means a program that meets a
definition under WAC
392-122-205.
(17)
"Instructional staff" means
the following:
(a) For programs operated by a
district, tribal compact school, charter school, or agency, the instructional
staff is a certificated instructional staff pursuant to WAC
392-121-205; and
(b) For programs operated by a college, the
instructional staff is one who is employed or appointed by the college whose
required credentials are established by the college.
(18)
"Letter of intent" means
the document signed by the district, tribal compact school, charter school,
college or lead agency authorized official that specifically outlines to OSPI
the required elements of a program that the district, tribal compact school,
charter school, college, or agency agree to implement.
(19)
"Noninstructional staff" is
any person employed in a position that is not an instructional staff as defined
under subsection (17) of this section.
(20)
"OSPI" means the office of
superintendent of public instruction.
(21)
"Program" means a statewide
dropout reengagement program approved by OSPI, pursuant to
RCW
28A.175.105.
(22)
"School year" is the
12-month period that begins September 1st and ends August 31st during which
instruction is provided and FTE is reported.
(23)
"Scope of work" means the
document signed by district, tribal compact school, or charter school
superintendent or their authorized official and the authorized official of a
program to be included in a contracted services agreement when the program is
operated by a provider on behalf of the district, tribal compact school, or
charter school, and will receive compensation in accordance with WAC
392-700-165. The scope of work
will specifically outline all the required elements of a program that the
provider and the district, tribal compact school, or charter school agree to
implement.
(24)
"Resident
district" means the district where the student resides or a district
that has accepted full responsibility for a student who lives outside of the
district through the choice transfer process pursuant to
RCW
28A.225.200 through
28A.225.240. For students
enrolled in a tribal compact school or charter school, the tribal compact
school or charter school is the student's resident district.
(25)
"Weekly status check" means
individual communication from a designated program staff to a student. Weekly
status check:
(a) Can be accomplished in
person or through the use of telephone, email, instant messaging, interactive
video communication, or other means of digital communication;
(b) Must be for the purposes of instruction,
academic counseling, career counseling, or case management;
(c) Must be documented; and
(d) Must occur at least once every week that
has at least three days of instruction.
(26)
"Tribal compact school"
means a school that is the subject of a state-tribal education compact operated
according to the terms of its compact executed in accordance with
RCW
28A.715.010.
(27)
"Charter school" means a
public school that is established in accordance with chapter 28A.710 RCW,
governed by a charter school board, and operated according to the terms of a
charter contract executed under chapter 28A.710 RCW.
Notes
Statutory Authority:
RCW
28A.175.100 and
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