14-04-004

WSR 14-04-004

PROPOSED RULES

SUPERINTENDENT OF

PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

[Filed January 22, 2014, 3:57 p.m.]

Original Notice.

Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 13-24-061.

Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 392-343-035(3) Space allocations.

Hearing Location(s): Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Old Capitol Building, Wanamaker, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200, on March 18, 2014, at 10:00 a.m.

Date of Intended Adoption: March 18, 2014.

Submit Written Comments to: Scott Black, OSPI, Old Capitol Building, P.O. Box 47200, 600 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98504-7200, e-mail [e-mail], fax [phone].

Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Wanda Griffin by March 15, 2014, TTY [phone] or [phone].

Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: In accordance with the proviso language in ESSB 5035, the small high school space allocation calculation changed from 0-100 student headcount to 0-200 student headcount.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.150.290.

Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.

Name of Proponent: [OSPI], governmental.

Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting and Implementation: Scott Black, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200, [phone]; and Enforcement: Gordon Beck, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200, [phone].

No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW.

A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328.

January 22, 2014

Randy Dorn

State Superintendent

of Public Instruction

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 10-09-008, filed 4/8/10, effective 5/9/10)

WAC 392-343-035 Space allocations.

(1) State funding assistance in the construction of school facilities for grades kindergarten through twelve and classrooms planned for the exclusive use of students with developmental disabilities shall be based on a space allocation per enrolled student and for state funding assistance purposes shall be computed in accordance with the following table:

	Through June 30, 2006	Beginning July 1, 2006
Grade or Area	Maximum Space Allocation Per Student	Maximum Space Allocation Per Student
Grades kindergarten through six	80 square feet	90 square feet
Grades seven and eight	110 square feet	117 square feet
Grades nine through twelve	120 square feet	130 square feet
Classrooms for students with developmental disabilities	140 square feet	144 square feet

For purposes of this subsection, students with developmental disabilities shall be counted as one student for each such student assigned to a specially designated self-contained classroom for students with developmental disabilities for at least one hundred minutes per school day, calculated on actual headcount enrollment submitted to the superintendent of public instruction.

(2) State funding assistance for construction of vocational skill centers shall be based on one-half of students enrolled on October 1 and computed as follows:

Type of Facility	Maximum Space Allocation Per One-Half Enrolled Student
Skill Centers	140 square feet

(3) Space allocation for state funding assistance purposes for districts with senior or four-year high schools with fewer than four hundred students shall be computed in accordance with the following formula:

Number of Headcount Student-Grades 9-12		Maximum Space Allocation Per Facility
((0-100		37,000 square feet))
((101)) 01-200		42,000 square feet
201-300		48,000 square feet
301-or more		52,000 square feet