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PDFWAC 180-17-020

Process for submittal and approval of required action plan.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in WAC 180-17-030, the school and school district improvement plans required under WAC 180-16-220 shall be amended to ensure all the requirements listed in RCW 28A.657.050(2) are met according to the following schedule: Within forty calendar days of designation by the state board of education a school district shall submit amended school and school district improvement plans approved by the superintendent of public instruction to the state board of education for approval.
(2) At the next regularly scheduled meeting, or at a special board meeting if no meeting is scheduled within a reasonable time, the state board of education shall either:
(a) Approve the school district's required action plan; or
(b) Notify the school district that the required action plan has not been approved stating the reasons for the disapproval.
(3) A school district notified by the state board of education that its required action plan has not been approved under subsection (2)(a) of this section shall either:
(a) Submit a new required action plan to the superintendent of public instruction and state board of education for review and approval within forty calendar days of notification that its plan was rejected. The state board of education shall approve the plan at its next regularly scheduled meeting, or at a special board meeting if it meets all of the requirements set forth in RCW 28A.657.050; or
(b) Submit a request to the required action plan review panel established under RCW 28A.657.070 for reconsideration of the state board's rejection within ten calendar days of the notification that the plan was rejected. The review panel shall consider and issue a recommendation regarding a district's request for reconsideration to the state board of education within forty calendar days. The state board of education shall consider the recommendations of the panel at its next regularly scheduled meeting, or at a special board meeting, and issue a decision in writing to the school district and the panel. If the state board of education accepts the changes to the required action plan recommended by the panel, the school district shall submit a revised required action plan to the superintendent of public instruction and state board of education within forty calendar days. The state board of education shall approve the plan by no later than at its next regularly scheduled meeting or a special board meeting if it incorporates the recommended changes of the panel.
(4) If the review panel issues a decision that reaffirms the decision of the state board of education rejecting the school district's required action plan, then the school district shall submit a revised plan to the superintendent of public instruction and state board of education within forty calendar days of the panel's decision. The state board of education shall approve the district's required action plan at its next regularly scheduled meeting, or special board meeting if it meets all of the requirements set forth in RCW 28A.657.050.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.657.120. WSR 19-08-093, § 180-17-020, filed 4/3/19, effective 5/4/19; WSR 10-23-083, § 180-17-020, filed 11/16/10, effective 12/17/10.]
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