Section 392-330-050. Eligibility.

(1) Applicant eligibility for magnet school project funding shall be based on magnet program enrollment numbers and percentages for minority and nonminority group students, for each magnet school/program for which funding is sought and each feeder school for the:

(a) School year prior to the creation of each magnet school;

(b) School year in which the application is submitted and for each of the school years of the proposed grant cycle;

(c) District-wide enrollment numbers and percentages for minority group students in the local school district's schools, for grade levels involved in the applicants' magnet schools; and

(d) Calculation that, but for the establishment of a magnet pilot program, or for the continuation of a magnet pilot program or other student assignment efforts the enrollment of the school/program would be racially imbalanced as defined in WAC 180-26-025.

(2) Funds shall be awarded by the superintendent of public instruction or designee based on the ranking of the applicant districts evaluated on the following criteria:

(a) Degree of racial imbalance in the proposed project school, or for racial imbalance but for magnet and other student assignment efforts - Fifteen points;

(b) Nature of the proposed program and extent to which it meets goals set forth in WAC 392-330-040 - Forty-five points;

(c) Elements of the proposed program which support interaction among students of diverse minority and ethnic groups - Twenty-five points;

(d) Strength of the evaluation component for the pilot project - Ten points;

(e) Nature and extent of local resources committed to the project - Five points.

A district must receive a minimum of sixty-five points to be eligible for funding consideration.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.290 and 28A.150.370. WSR 94-12-019 (Order 94-06), § 392-330-050, filed 5/23/94, effective 6/23/94.]

RCW 28A.150.290 and 28A.150.370. WSR 94-12-019 (Order 94-06), § 392-330-050, filed 5/23/94, effective 6/23/94.

Rules

180-26-025,392-330-040,