(1) General. The superintendent of public instruction shall recommend to the state board of education that a school district be released from designation as a required action district after the district implements a required action plan for a period of three years if the district no longer has a school on the persistently lowest achieving list.

(2) Request for accelerated release.

(a) A school district may request that the superintendent of public instruction recommend an accelerated release from required action status if the district has met the following criteria:

(i) The district must be designated as a required action district for two years;

(ii) The district must operate no school that has been prioritized as a persistently lowest achieving school under WAC 392-503-130.

(b) The request must be made in writing and provided to the superintendent of public instruction by February of the second year after the district's designation as a required action district.

(3) Request to extend required action district designation.

(a) A school district meeting the requirements for release from required action designation may request that the superintendent of public instruction allow the district to continue under required action designation for another three-year cycle.

(b) The request must be made in writing and provided to the superintendent of public instruction by February of the third year after designation as a required action district.