Full text of Washington Revised Code of Washington § 28A.600.385 — Running start program — Cooperative agreements with community colleges in Oregon and Idaho., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 28A.600.385. Running start program — Cooperative agreements with community colleges in Oregon and Idaho.
(1) School districts in Washington and community colleges in Oregon and Idaho may enter into cooperative agreements under chapter
39.34 RCW for the purpose of allowing eleventh and twelfth grade students who are enrolled in the school districts to earn high school and college credit concurrently.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, if a school district exercises the authority granted in subsection (1) of this section, the provisions of RCW
28A.600.310 through
28A.600.360 and
28A.600.380 through
28A.600.400 shall apply to the agreements.
(3) A school district may enter an agreement in which the community college agrees to accept an amount less than the statewide uniform rate under RCW
28A.600.310(9) if the community college does not charge participating students tuition and fees. A school district may not pay a per-credit rate in excess of the statewide uniform rate under RCW
28A.600.310(9).
(4) To the extent feasible, the agreements shall permit participating students to attend the community college without paying any tuition and fees. The agreements shall not permit the community college to charge participating students nonresident tuition and fee rates.
(5) The agreements shall ensure that participating students are permitted to enroll only in courses that are transferable to one or more institutions of higher education as defined in RCW
28B.10.016.
Notes
Explanatory note—2025 c 58: See note following RCW
1.16.050.
Finding—1998 c 63: "The legislature finds that students may have difficulty attending community college for the purpose of the running start program due to the distance of the nearest community college. In these cases, it may be more advantageous for students in border counties to attend community colleges in neighboring states. The legislature encourages school districts to pursue interagency agreements with community colleges in neighboring states when it is in the best interests of the student's educational progress." [
1998 c 63 s 1.]
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