WAC 392-503-100. Authority

The authority for these rules is RCW 28A.657.020 , 28A.657.030 , and 28A.657.100 , which require the superintendent of public instruction to annually: (1) Identify challenged schools in need of improvement and a subset of such schools that are the persistently lowest-achieving schools in the state; (2) Recommend school districts for designation as required action districts to the state board of education; and (3) Make recommendations to the state board of education regarding the release of school districts from being designated as a required action district.