Pursuant to
RCW
28A.600.290, state funded subsidies may be
available to pay the cost of college in the high school fees for specific
eligible eleventh or twelfth grade students only enrolled in college in the
high school courses provided by institutions of higher education that meet the
definition in
RCW
28B.10.016, or a public tribal college
located in Washington as noted in
RCW
28A.600.290(7)(a), and for
the limited amount provided in subsection (2) of this section. Public
institutions of higher education that are outside of the state of Washington or
private institutions of higher education do not qualify for the state funded
subsidies.
(1) Prioritization of the
available college in the high school state-funded subsidies will be allocated
as provided under
RCW
28A.600.290.
(2) Limitation of college in the high school
state-funded subsidies are provided under
RCW
28A.600.290.
(3) The office of superintendent of public
instruction will provide an application process that districts, charter
schools, and tribal compact schools will use to apply annually for the college
in the high school state-funded subsidies.
(a) Districts, charter schools, and tribal
compact schools will apply by July 1st for the new school year's
subsidies.
(b) The office of
superintendent of public instruction will notify districts, charter schools,
and tribal compact schools by September 1st the amount of subsidies awarded for
the new school year.
(c) Through
the application process, districts, charter schools, and tribal compact schools
will provide a list of college in the high school courses per high school for
the new school year. The award of subsidies will be limited to the courses
provided in the application and subsequent course/enrollment updates.
(d) The list of college in the high school
courses will contain the amount of college quarter credits awarded for each
course. For this section only, college semester credits will be converted into
quarter credits by multiplying the semester credits by 1.5 and rounding up to
the nearest whole credit.
(e)
Districts, charter schools, and tribal compact schools will provide an estimate
of eligible students expected to receive the subsidies within the per student
credit limitation provided in the Omnibus Appropriations Act.
(4) High schools may submit
changes to the course offering list, and/or update estimate of eligible
eleventh and twelfth grade students expected to qualify for subsidy. A school
may submit no more than three updates per academic year.
(a) Updated requests cannot exceed original
subsidy award.
(b) Additional funds
may be awarded to a school that has reached its maximum award only if other
schools have failed to use their original subsidy amount.
(5) High schools participating in the college
in the high school subsidy will report actual student participation counts at
the midpoint of each high school term to the office of superintendent of public
instruction. Failure to provide participant counts may result in the school's
loss of future subsidies for the current academic year.
(6) Reimbursement of the college in the high
school state-funded subsidies will occur as follows:
(a) College in the high school state-funded
subsidies for college in the high school will be allocated at minimum
sixty-five dollars per quarter credits.
(b) Starting with the 2019 calendar year, and
every four years after, the funding level for the college in the high school
state-funded subsidies will be reviewed by the office of superintendent of
public instruction, the student achievement council, the state board for
community and technical colleges, and the council of presidents representing
the public baccalaureate institutions and a recommendation will be made to the
legislature when an increase to the funding level of the college in the high
school state funded subsidies is warranted.
(c) The college in the high school
state-funded subsidies will be paid after the completion of the
course.
(d) Districts, charter
schools, and tribal compact schools with high schools eligible for the college
in the high school state-funded subsidies will submit a request for payment of
subsidies form to the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The
request for payment will include the actual number of completed credits for
eligible eleventh and twelfth grade students who have not exceeded the credit
limitation pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
(e) The office of the superintendent of
public instruction will review the request for payment of subsidies form and
fund the reporting district, charter school, and tribal compact school one
hundred percent of the approved college in the high school subsidies on the
following monthly apportionment payment.
(f) One hundred percent of the subsidies
generated will be forwarded to the participating institution of higher
education that provided the college in the high school program.