This section adds a new section to an existing chapter 28A.600. Here is the modified chapter for context.
At the beginning of each school term, each public school that serves students in any of grades nine through 12 must provide all students and their parents or legal guardians with: Information about each available dual credit program and any financial assistance available to reduce dual credit course costs for students and their families, including fee waivers for running start program courses under RCW 28A.600.310. The information must be provided via email and other communication methods, and, to the extent feasible, must be translated into the primary language of each parent or legal guardian.
A public school may consolidate the notification required under subsection (1) of this section with the notifications required under RCW 28A.320.195, 28A.600.287, and 28A.600.320.
As used in this section, "public school" has the same meaning as in RCW 28A.150.010.
This section adds a new section to an existing chapter 28A.600. Here is the modified chapter for context.
Students participating in running start programs may be funded up to a combined maximum enrollment of 1.6 full-time equivalents, including school district and institution of higher education enrollment.
In calculating the combined full-time equivalents, the office of the superintendent of public instruction:
Must adopt rules to fund the participating student's enrollment in running start courses provided by the institution of higher education during the summer academic term; and
May average the participating student's September through June enrollment to account for differences in the start and end dates for courses provided by the high school and the institution of higher education.
Running start programs as a service delivery model, associated funding levels beyond 1.0 full-time equivalent per student, and funding for high school graduates enrolled in running start courses under RCW 28A.600.310(1)(b), are not part of the state's statutory program of basic education under chapter 28A.150 RCW.
The office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the state board for community and technical colleges, the participating institutions of higher education, the student achievement council, and the education data center, must annually track, and report to the fiscal committees of the legislature, the combined full-time equivalent experience of students participating in running start programs, including course load analyses and enrollments by high school and participating institutions of higher education.
If specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 2022, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and void.