WSR 16-10-116
PERMANENT RULES
SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
[Filed May 4, 2016, 11:13 a.m., effective June 4, 2016]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This rule-making order amends WAC 392-122-107 and 392-122-710. The purpose of the amendments is to address the additional June count day that went into effect for the 2012-13 school year and changed the special education and transitional bilingual funding to a nine month average of reported enrollment.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 392-122-107 and 392-122-710.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-07-151 on March 23, 2016.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: May 2, 2016.
Randy Dorn
Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 15-18-078, filed 8/28/15, effective 9/28/15)
WAC 392-122-107 Definition-Report 1220.
"Report 1220" means the school district's and charter school's special education allocation report calculated and prepared by the superintendent of public instruction using the district's or charter school's ((eight-month)) nine-month average annual headcount enrollment as submitted on Form P-223H for the school year and for the 1994-95 school year the ratios and percentages established in the LEAP document for state special education program allocation as defined in WAC 392-122-105. For the purpose of special education allocations, the district's or charter school's ((eight-month)) nine-month average annual headcount enrollment shall be the average of the enrollments for the first school day of ((the second reporting month and the subsequent seven months)) October through June.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 15-18-078, filed 8/28/15, effective 9/28/15)
WAC 392-122-710 Distribution of state moneys for the transitional bilingual program.
The superintendent of public instruction shall apportion to districts or charter schools for the state transitional bilingual program the amount calculated per district in WAC 392-122-705 according to the apportionment schedule provided in RCW
28A.510.250. Monthly payments to districts and charter schools shall be adjusted during the year to reflect changes in the district's or charter school's reported eligible students as reported on the P223, monthly report of school district enrollment form. For the purpose of transitional bilingual allocations, the district's or charter school's
((eight-month)) nine-month average annual headcount enrollment of eligible students as defined in WAC 392-160-005(3) and 392-160-015 shall be the average of such enrollment for the first school day of
((the second reporting month and the subsequent seven months)) October through June.
