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Enrollment Rights, Requirements and Limitations

WAC 392-169-045 Enrollment -- General requirements and conditions. The enrollment of an eligible student in the running start program shall be governed as follows:

1. An eligible student is responsible for applying for and pursuing admission to an institution of higher education on or before the deadline for enrollment established by the college or university.
   
   
2. It shall not be necessary for an eligible student to obtain a release of attendance from his or her resident school district in order for the student to enroll in an institution of higher education.
   
   
3. An eligible student is entitled to enroll in an institution of higher education for running start program purposes subject to each of the following conditions and limitations:
   
   (a) Enrollment is limited to college and university level courses.
   
   (b) Prior confirmation pursuant to WAC 392-169-050 by the school district through which the student seeks to obtain the award of running start program high school credit of the amount of high school credit to be awarded on or before the deadline for enrollment established by the institution of higher education.
   
   (c) Acceptance of the student by the institution of higher education subject to generally applicable admission and enrollment requirements and limitations established by the institution, including a determination that the student is competent to profit from the college or university level course(s)
   the student seeks to enroll in: Provided, That a technical college shall not deny admission or continued attendance to a person under twenty-two years of age with a disability based upon impaired competency or the creation of a disruptive atmosphere associated with the person's disability.
   
   (d) The limitations upon the duration and extent of institution of higher education course enrollment set forth in WAC 392-169-055 and 392-169-057.

 

WAC 392-169-050 Enrollment -- High school credit -- Prior confirmation. As a condition to an eligible student's enrollment in college or university courses under this chapter, the eligibility of the courses which the studentintends to take for the award of high school credit and the amount of such credit shall first be established, as follows:

1. The student shall notify the school district through which the student seeks to obtain the award of running start program high school credit of the specific college or university courses he or she intends to take and shall request confirmation of the amount of high school credit that will be awarded upon successful completion of the courses.
   
   
2. The school district shall establish on a course by course basis the amount of high school required or elective credit, or combination thereof, that shall be awarded for each college or university course
   successfully completed by the student based upon the conversion rate set forth in WAC 180-51-050.
   
   
3. If a college or university course is not comparable to a school district course required for high school graduation, the school district superintendent shall determine the amount of required high school credit which shall be awarded following consultation with a representative of the institution of higher education designated for that purpose. The difference between the amount of required credit and the amount of credit earned at the conversion rate set forth in WAC 180-51-050 shall be awarded as elective credit.
   
   
4. Within twenty school district business days of a student's request for confirmation of credit the school district superintendent or other designated school district representative shall confirm in writing the amount of high school required or elective credit, or combination thereof, which shall be awarded upon successful completion of the courses.

WAC 392-169-055 Enrollment -- Extent and duration of running start enrollment. Running start program enrollment under this chapter is limited as follows (and as may be further limited for academic reasons under WAC 392-169-057):

1. An eligible student who enrolls in grade eleven may enroll in an institution of higher education while in the eleventh grade for no more than the course work equivalent to one academic year of enrollment as an annual average full-time equivalent running start student (i.e., three college or university quarters as a fulltime equivalent college or university student, or two semesters as a full-time equivalent college or university student or nine months as a full-time equivalent technical college student).
   
   
2. An eligible student who enrolls in grade twelve may enroll in an institution of higher education while in the twelfth grade for no more than the course work equivalent to one academic year of enrollment as an annual average full-time equivalent running start student (i.e., three college or university quarters as a full-time equivalent community college or university student, or two semesters as a full-time equivalent college or university student and nine months as a full-time technical college student).
   
   
3. Enrollment in an institution of higher education is limited to the fall, winter and spring quarters, and the fall and spring semesters.
   
   
4. As a general rule a student's eligibility for running start program enrollment terminates at the end of the student's twelfth grade regular academic year, notwithstanding the student's failure to have enrolled in an institution of higher education to the full extent permitted by subsections (1) and (2) of this section: Provided, That a student who has failed to meet high school graduation requirements as of the end of the student's twelfth grade regular academic year (September-June) due to the student's absence, the student's failure of one or more courses, or another similar reason may continue running start program enrollment for the sole and exclusive purpose of completing the particular course or courses required to meet high school graduation requirements, subject to the enrollment limitation established by subsection (2) of this section.

WAC 392-169-057 Enrollment -- Extent of combined high school and running start enrollment. Concurrent or combined regular high school program and running start program enrollment by a student may exceed the equivalent of full-time enrollment as follows:

1. An eligible student's concurrent enrollment in both the regular high school program, and in running start or an institution of higher education under this chapter, may exceed the equivalent of full-time enrollment: Provided, That a designated school district representative and a designated college or university representative may jointly limit a student's concurrent high school and institution of higher education enrollment, but not to less than the equivalent of full-time enrollment, for bona fide academic reasons based upon a joint evaluation of the student's capabilities and the total course work the student seeks to enroll in.
   
   
2. For purposes of limiting a student's combined regular high school and running start program enrollment for bona fide academic reasons under subsection (1) of this section thirty hours per week shall constitute full-time high school or technical college enrollment, and fifteen quarter credit hours or fifteen semester hours shall constitute full-time college or university enrollment. Thus, for example, a student enrolled in the regular high school program for ten hours per week (one-third FTE) and in a college for ten quarter credit hours (two-thirds FTE) is enrolled the equivalent of full-time.

WAC 392-169-060 Enrollment -- Exception from tuition and fees. A running start student shall not be required by an institution of higher education to pay any tuition or other fee as a condition to the student's full participation in running start college or university course work and related activities, or as a condition to the award of credit therefor: Provided, That requiring a running start student to provide and pay for consumable supplies, textbooks, and other materials to be retained by the student does not constitute the assessment of tuition or a fee for purposes of this section: Provided further, That this limitation on the assessment of tuition and fees does not apply to a student's enrollment above and beyond running start program enrollment
limitations under this chapter (i.e., college and university enrollment in excess of one FTE and college and university summer enrollment may be conditioned upon the payment of regular tuition and fees).

WAC 392-169-065 Enrollment -- Continuing eligibility. Once an eligible student has been enrolled in one or more running start or institution of higher education courses under this chapter, the student shall not be displaced by another student: Provided, That a student's continued enrollment in a course or program and enrollment in other courses or programs shall be subject to generally applicable enrollment requirements and limitations established by the institution of higher education: Provided further, That a technical college shall not deny continued attendance to a person under twenty-two years of age with a disability based upon impaired competency or the creation of a disruptive atmosphere associated with the person's disability.

 

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