WSSDA is recommending revisions to the following policies:
Policy 2411- High School Equivalency Certificate of Educational Competency
WSSDA updated and re-titled this policy to reflect House Bill (HB) 1686 (2013), which included replacing the term “certificate of educational competence” with “high school equivalency certificate.” The policy was also updated to better reflect current regulations. For instance, the policy now includes the eligibility requirements to take the high school equivalency test found in WAC 131- 48-100 and clarifying the application and decision process for determining whether an individual has a substantial and warranted reason for leaving the regular high school program found as prescribed in WAC 180-96-045-048.
Policy 3230- Searches of Students and Student Privacy and Searches
This is an Encouraged policy. The revisions update, clarify and reorganize the language. The revisions also confine detailed information about conducting searches to the procedure. This not only maintains the proper distinction between policy and procedure, but it also eliminates the risk that the policy and procedure might conflict. The revisions also move information about students’ privacy rights to the end of the policy as the main thrust of the policy relates to searches of students, with students’ privacy rights being secondary. This is detailed on Pages 3-5 of the WSSDA Legal and Policy News
Policy 3421- Child Abuse and Neglect and Exploitation Prevention
To support the district and to clarify the requirements of mandatory reporting, WSSDA has revised Model Policy and Procedure 3421 – Child Abuse and Neglect. This is an Encouraged policy. This is detailed on Pages 6-7 of the WSSDA Legal and Policy News