The authority for this chapter is RCW 28A.225.230 which authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to review through formal adjudication school district decisions to not release resident students and to not accept nonresident students. This authority is buttressed by RCW 34.05.220(4) which authorizes the state agency charged with the adjudication of individual cases, in this case the superintendent of public instruction, to adopt rules formalizing the general principles applicable to deciding such cases.