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Washington Administrative
Codes
Definition of Terms
WAC 392-169-015 Running start program
-- Definition. As used in this chapter, the terms
"running start" and "running start program" mean
the part-time to full-time equivalent enrollment under this chapter
of eligible eleventh and twelfth grade high school students in an institution
of higher education for the purpose of earning at least high school
credit to be awarded by a school district, and such additional college
level or university level credit as may be awarded by the institution
of higher education.
WAC 392-169-020 Eligible student
-- Definition. As used in this chapter, the term
"eligible student" means any person, including a person who
is otherwise attending a private school or receiving home-based instruction,
who meets each of the following conditions:
- The person is under the age of twenty-one years of
age as of September 1 of the school year.
- The person is eligible by reason of his or her residence
or other criterion established by law to enroll in the school district
through which the person seeks to obtain the award of running start
program high school credit. See RCW 28A.225.160 (residents of a school
district), RCW 28A.225.170 (residents of the United States and Indian
Reservations), RCW 28A.225.210 (residents of "nonhigh" school
districts), and RCW 28A.225.220 ("choice" students). Note:
A running start student who changes his or her school district of
residence, following enrollment in running start, solely for the purpose
of attending an institution of higher education under this chapter
shall be deemed to have retained his or her residence in the school
district of initial running start enrollment for high school graduation,
funding and other purposes under this chapter.
- The person is eligible under the grade placement policies
of the school district through which the person seeks to obtain running
start program high school credit to be in the eleventh or the twelfth
grade.
- The person has not as of the beginning of the school
year earned the credits required for the award of a high school diploma
by the school district through which the person seeks to obtain the
award of running start program high school credit.
- The person has not as of the beginning of the school
year received a high school diploma or its equivalent. Note: A general
education development certificate is not considered to be the equivalent
of a high school diploma for purposes of this subsection.
- The person's running start program enrollment to date
is below the applicable eleventh or twelfth grade running start enrollment
limitations established under WAC 392-169-055.
WAC 392-169-022 Running start student -- Definition. For
the purposes of this chapter and chapter 392-121 WAC, the term "running
start student" means an eligible student:
- Who is enrolled in the running start program in accordance
with this chapter;
- Whose enrollment has not been suspended or terminated
by withdrawal, transfer, suspension or expulsion; and
- Who has participated in one or more instructional activities
conducted by college or university staff (e.g., classroom or laboratory
instruction, course work testing, post enrollment/registration academic
counseling, and similar other instructional activities) on at least
one college or university day during the current quarter
or semester since the last enrollment count date.
WAC 392-169-023 College or
university day -- Definition. For the purposes of this chapter,
the term "college or university day" means a day on which
running start students are afforded the opportunity to be engaged in
instructional activity which is planned and conducted by or under the
supervision of college or university instructional staff, and on which
day all or any portion of the enrolled running start students
actually participate in such instructional activity.
WAC 392-169-025 Full-time equivalent
(FTE) running start enrollment -- Definition. For the purposes
of this chapter and chapter 392-121 WAC, "full-time equivalent
(FTE) running start enrollment" (i.e., college or university enrollment)
means the FTE of running start students on an enrollment count date
when each student's FTE is determined subject to the
limitations of WAC 392-169-022, 392-169-055 and 392-169-115 as follows:
- For college or university courses denominated in quarter
credits, the quotient of an eligible student's quarter credits of
running start enrollment divided by fifteen.
- For college or university courses denominated in semester
credits, the quotient of an eligible student's semester credits of
running start enrollment divided by fifteen.
- For college or university courses not denominated in
quarter or semester credits, the quotient of an eligible student's
average hours of running start enrollment per week divided by twenty-five.
Hours of enrollment shall be determined pursuant to WAC 392-121-106
through 392-121-183.
- The sum of the results of running start enrollment
under subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section shall not exceed
1.00 FTE per student on any count day or in any school year.
WAC 392-169-030 Annual average
full-time equivalent (AAFTE) running start enrollment -- Definition.
For purposes of this chapter and chapter 392-121 WAC, "annual average
full-time equivalent (AAFTE) running start enrollment" means the
sum of the AAFTE of all running start students for a school year when
each running start student's AAFTE equals the sum of the student's running
start FTE enrollment
on the nine running start count dates divided by nine.
WAC 392-169-033 Institution
of higher education -- Definition. As used in this chapter, the
term "institution of higher education"
means:
- A Washington community college established
under chapter 28B.50 RCW;
- A Washington technical college established under chapter
28B.50 RCW;
- Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University
and Washington State University if:
(a) The
university has decided to participate in the running start program;
and
(b) The
board of directors of the school district through which an eligible
student seeks to obtain running start program high school credit has
decided to participate in the universities' running start program.
WAC 392-169-040 School district
-- Definition. As used in this chapter, the term "school
district" means a Washington public school district established
under Title 28A RCW.
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