Section 392-700-137. Award of credit.

(1) For programs operated by districts and agencies, high school credit will be awarded for all course work in which students are enrolled, including high school equivalency certificate preparation, in accordance with the following:

(a) Determination of credit will take place on a quarterly basis with quarters defined as follows:

(i) September through November;

(ii) December through February;

(iii) March through May; and

(iv) June through August.

(b) Credit will be awarded at the end of each quarter, in accordance with the following guidelines, if the student has been enrolled for at least one month of the quarter:

(i) A maximum of 0.5 high school elective credits will be awarded when a student passes one or more standardized high school equivalency certificate pretests during the quarter and the instructional staff has assessed student learning and determined that a course of study has been successfully completed.

(ii) A 0.5 high school elective credit will be awarded when a student makes a statistically significant standardized assessment post-test gain in a specific subject area during the quarter and the following conditions are met:

(A) The student's standardized skills assessment score at the beginning of the quarter demonstrated high school level skills; and

(B) The instructional staff has assessed student learning and determined that a course of study has been successfully completed. A maximum of 1.0 credit may be awarded for such subject gains in a quarter.

(iii) High school elective credit ranging from at least 0.1 credits to no more than 0.25 credits will be awarded for completion of a work readiness or college readiness curriculum in which the student has demonstrated mastery of specific competencies. The district and the agency will determine the amount of credit to be awarded for each course of study based on the competencies to be attained.

(iv) For students taking part in district approved subject-specific credit recovery course work, the amount and type of credit to be awarded will be defined by the district.

(v) The district must award credit for other course work provided by the agency with amount of credit to be awarded determined in advance, based on the agency's instructional staff's recommendation and on a district review of the curriculum and intended learning outcomes. Credit will only be awarded when:

(A) The student's standardized skills assessment score at the start of the quarter demonstrates high school level skills; and

(B) The instructional staff has assessed student learning and determined that the course of study has been successfully completed.

(2) For programs operated by colleges, high school credit will be awarded for course work in which students are enrolled, in accordance with the following:

(a) The district and the college will determine whether the high school diploma will be awarded by the district or by the college as part of the college's high school completion program.

(b) If the college is awarding the diploma:

(i) 1.0 high school credit will be awarded for successful completion of every five quarter or three semester hours of college course work at or above the one hundred level. The college will determine the type of credit;

(ii) 1.0 high school credit will be awarded for successful completion of every five quarter or three semester hours of below one hundred level course work at a college but has been determined by the college to be at the ninth grade level or higher. The college will determine the type of credit. College based high school equivalency certificate and adult basic education (ABE) classes will not be included in this category;

(iii) 0.5 elective credits will be awarded for successful completion of every five quarter or three semester hours of high school equivalency certificate course work; and

(iv) ABE courses or other college courses that have been determined to be below the ninth grade level that does not generate high school credit will be counted as part of the program's instructional programming for the purposes of calculating FTE.

(c) If the district is awarding the diploma:

(i) 1.0 high school credit will be awarded for successful completion of every five quarter or three semester hours of below one hundred level course work at a college. The district will determine the type of credit;

(ii) 0.5 or 1.0 high school credit will be awarded for successful completion of every five quarter or three semester hours of below one hundred level course work at a college but has been determined by the district to be at the ninth grade level or higher. The district will determine the type and amount of credit for each class. College based high school equivalency certificate and ABE classes will not be included in this category;

(iii) 0.5 elective credits will be awarded for successful completion of every five quarter or three semester hours of high school equivalency certificate course work; and

(iv) ABE courses or other college courses that have been determined to be below the ninth grade level will not generate high school credit but the college credits associated with these courses will be included in the total credit count used to calculate and report student FTE.

(3) The district is responsible for reporting all high school credits earned by students in accordance with OSPI regulations. College transcripts and other student records requested by the district will be provided by the college or agency as needed to facilitate this process.

(4) The district will ensure that the process for awarding high school credits under this scope of work is implemented as part of the district's policy regarding award of credits per WAC 180-51-050 (5) and (6).

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100. WSR 15-15-115, § 392-700-137, filed 7/16/15, effective 8/16/15; WSR 14-22-073, § 392-700-137, filed 11/3/14, effective 12/4/14; WSR 13-13-005, § 392-700-137, filed 6/6/13, effective 7/7/13.]

RCW 28A.175.100. WSR 15-15-115, § 392-700-137, filed 7/16/15, effective 8/16/15; WSR 14-22-073, § 392-700-137, filed 11/3/14, effective 12/4/14; WSR 13-13-005, § 392-700-137, filed 6/6/13, effective 7/7/13.

Rules

180-51-050,