(1) Any school district reporting, in any school year, an October P223 headcount of fewer than two thousand students as of January of that school year may apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver of up to two years from the provisions of RCW 28A.230.010(2) for the subsequent school year.

(2) In any application for a waiver under this section, the district shall demonstrate that students enrolled in the district do not have and cannot be provided reasonable access, through high schools, interdistrict cooperatives, skill centers or branch or satellite skill centers, or through online learning or applicable running start vocational courses, to grant academic course equivalency for at least one statewide equivalency high school career and technical education course from the list of courses approved by the superintendent of public instruction under RCW 28A.700.070.

(3) On a determination that the students enrolled in the district do not and cannot be provided reasonable access to at least one career and technical education course that is considered to grant academic course equivalency for at least one statewide equivalency high school career and technical education course under subsection (2) of this section, the superintendent of public instruction shall grant the waiver for the term of years requested.

(4) The office of superintendent of public instruction shall post on its website an application form for use by a district in applying for a waiver under this section. A completed application must be signed by the chair or president of the district's board of directors and superintendent.

(5) In order to provide sufficient notice to students, parents, and staff, the application must be submitted to the superintendent of public instruction in electronic form no later than the deadline established by the office of superintendent of public instruction. The office of superintendent of public instruction shall post a list of all approved applications on its public website.