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3114: Part-Time Students: Private, Home-Based or Off-Campus

  • 3000: Students
3114: Part-Time Students: Private, Home-Based or Off-Campus

Adoption Date: Sept. 18, 2012

Part-time students are permitted to enroll and receive ancillary services, provided that such students are otherwise eligible for full-time enrollment in the school district and such courses or services are not available in the student's private school or an approved extension. Part-time status also includes any student, not enrolled in a private school, who is receiving home-based instruction and taking courses at or receiving ancillary services from the district or both, or any student involved in an approved work training program.

Home-based instruction will consist of instructional and related educational activities, including the basic skills of occupational education, science, mathematics, language, social studies, history, health, reading, writing, spelling, and the development of an appreciation of art and music. Such instruction will be equivalent, as liberally construed, to the total annual program hours per grade level as established for public schools.

Home-based instruction may be provided by a parent who has filed a declaration of intent with the superintendent by September 15, or within two (2) weeks of the beginning of any quarter, trimester or semester. Parents may file their declaration of intent with the school district in which they reside or in a school district that has accepted their student pursuant to RCW 28A.225.225. All decisions relating to philosophy or doctrine, selection of books, teaching materials and curriculum, and methods, timing, place, and provision for the evaluation of home-based instruction will be the responsibility of the parent. Failure of a parent to comply with the standards as specified in the law will constitute a violation of the compulsory attendance law.

A student may be enrolled in an off-campus instruction program provided that such experiences have been approved by the superintendent, or designee.

The superintendent will establish procedures that define the district's responsibilities for homebased and off-campus instruction, and that allow part-time students to enroll in classes that are contiguous or non-contiguous.


Legal References

  • RCW 28A.150.350 Part-time students — Defined — Enrollment authorized — Reimbursement for costs--Funding authority recognition — Rules
  • RCW 28A.195.010 Private schools — Extension programs for parents to teach children in their custody RCW 28A.200.010 Home-based instruction — Duties of parents
  • RCW 28A.200.020 Home-based instruction — Certain decisions responsibility of
  • RCW 28A.225.010 Attendance mandatory — Age — Exceptions
  • RCW 28A.225.220 Adults, children from other districts, agreements for attending school — Tuition
  • RCW 28A.225.225 Applications from nonresident students or students receiving home-based
  • WAC 392-121-182 Enrollment time credit-off-campus — Alternative Learning Experiences — Study time off-campus Instruction Requirements
  • WAC 392-134-010 Attendance rights of part-time public school students