WAC 180-105-060   High school graduation.  (1) Each school district board of directors shall by December 15, 2005, revise district-wide graduation rate goals for 2006 and each year thereafter and shall direct each high school in the district to revise graduation rate goals for 2006 and each year thereafter, subject to approval by the board.

     (2) The minimum graduation rate goals through 2013 shall be as follows for each of the nine groups of students listed in WAC 180-105-040(4):

     (a) Sixty-six percent in 2005, one percentage point above the previous year's goal from 2006 through 2009, and three percentage points above the previous year's goal in 2010 through 2013; or

     (b) For any student group whose graduation rate falls below sixty-six percent in 2005, the minimum goal for 2005 is two percentage points above that group's graduation rate in 2004, an additional two percentage points per year above the previous year's goal in 2006 through 2009, and an additional four percentage points per year above the previous year's goal in 2010 through 2013, until the rate for that group meets or exceeds the goal described in (a) of this subsection.

     (3) Graduation rate goals in 2014 and each year thereafter for each group of students listed in WAC 180-105-040(4) shall be not less than eighty-five percent.

     (4) School district boards of directors are authorized to adopt district-wide graduation rate goals and to approve high school graduation rate goals that exceed the minimum level required under this section. However, district-wide and high school graduation rate goals that exceed the minimum level required under this section shall not be used for federal or state accountability purposes.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.305.130. 07-07-052, § 180-105-060, filed 3/14/07, effective 4/14/07. 05-15-036, recodified as § 180-105-060, filed 7/11/05, effective 7/11/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.655.030 (1)(a). 05-11-046, § 3-20-400, filed 5/12/05, effective 6/13/05.]