RCW 28A.715.005 Findings—Intent—Purpose. (1) The legislature finds that: (a) American Indian and Alaska Native students make up 2.5 percent of the total student population in the state and twenty-five percent or more of the student population in fifty-seven schools across the state. (b) American Indian students in Washington have the highest annual dropout rate at […]
RCW 28A.715.010 Authority to enter into compacts—Process—Rules—Retirement systems. (1) The superintendent of public instruction is authorized to enter into state-tribal education compacts. (2) No later than six months after July 28, 2013, the superintendent of public instruction shall establish an application and approval process, procedures, and timelines for the negotiation, approval or disapproval, and execution […]
RCW 28A.715.020 Operation of schools. (1) A school that is the subject of a state-tribal education compact must operate according to the terms of its compact executed in accordance with RCW 28A.715.010. (2) Schools that are the subjects of state-tribal education compacts are exempt from all state statutes and rules applicable to school districts and […]
RCW 28A.715.030 Tuition—Fees—Admission—Enrollment priorities. (1) A school that is the subject of a state-tribal education compact may not charge tuition except to the same extent as school districts may be permitted to do so with respect to out-of-state and adult students pursuant to chapter 28A.225 RCW, but may charge fees for participation in optional extracurricular […]
RCW 28A.715.040 Student enrollment reporting—Funding apportionment and allocations—Retention of moneys in accounts. (1) A school that is the subject of a state-tribal education compact must report student enrollment. Reporting must be done in the same manner and use the same definitions of enrolled students and annual average full-time equivalent enrollment as is required of school […]
RCW 28A.715.050 Student transportation allocation—Additional uses under emergency. RCW 28A.160.185 governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.715.020 and applies to state-tribal compact schools established under this chapter. [ 2021 c 234 § 5.] NOTES: Intent—Effective date—2021 c 234: See notes following RCW 28A.160.185.
RCW 28A.715.060 Office of the education ombuds—Notification. RCW 28A.600.510 (1) and (2), related to provision of information about the office of the education ombuds, governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.715.020 and apply to state-tribal education compact schools established under this chapter. [ 2022 c 222 § 5.] NOTES: Intent—2022 c 222: See note […]
RCW 28A.715.070 Arts instruction. RCW 28A.230.305, related to arts instruction, governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.715.020 and applies to state-tribal education compact schools with more than 200 enrolled students established under this chapter. [ 2022 c 250 § 5.] NOTES: Intent—2022 c 250: See note following RCW 28A.230.020.
RCW 28A.715.800 Modifications to school requirements—Pilot project. (Expires September 1, 2023.) (1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall establish a pilot project for one or more schools that are the subject of a state-tribal education compact, schools also known as “tribal compact schools,” to implement modifications to requirements governing school attendance, school […]
RCW 28A.715.810 Modifications to school requirements—Pilot project—Exemptions. (Expires September 1, 2023.) (1) Students in a school that is the subject of a state-tribal education compact and that is participating in the pilot project established in RCW 28A.715.800 are exempt from the obligation to earn: (a) A certificate of academic achievement as a prerequisite for graduating […]
