Attendance Guidelines

Per Washington Administrative Code, all students are to meet weekly with a certificated staff member for the purposes of instruction, review of assignments, testing, reporting of student progress, or other learning activities.  Attending a class taught by a certificated staff member meets this purpose.  Direct contact may be accomplished in person, through telephone call, email, instant messaging, interactive video or other means of digital communication.

 WAC 392-550-025 - Alternative Learning Experience - Rule text (filed 7/10/20, effective 8/10/20)

An attendance week is defined as SUNDAY through SATURDAY

(2) Contact. Each student enrolled in an alternative learning experience must have one of the following methods of contact with a certificated teacher at least once a school week until the student completes all course objectives or otherwise meets the requirements of the learning plan:

(a) Direct personal contact must:

(i) Be for the purposes of instruction, review of assignments, testing, evaluation of student progress, or other learning activities or requirements identified in the written student learning plan;

(ii) Be related to an Alternative Learning Experience course or course work identified in the written student learning plan; and

(iii) At minimum include a two-way exchange of information between a certificated teacher and the student. All required direct personal contact must be documented.

(b) In-person instructional contact must be:

(i) For the purposes of actual instruction, review of assignments, testing, evaluation of student progress, or other learning activities or requirements identified in the written student learning plan; and

(ii) Related to an Alternative Learning Experience course identified in the written student learning plan.

(c) Synchronous digital instructional contact may be accomplished in a group setting between the teacher and multiple students. The synchronous digital contact must be:

(i) For the purposes of actual instruction, review of assignments, testing, evaluation of student progress, or other learning activities or requirements identified in the written student learning plan; and

(ii) Related to an Alternative Learning Experience course or course work identified in the written student learning plan.