By December 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, the superintendent of public instruction shall identify persistently lowest-achieving Title I and Title I eligible schools based on the following criteria:
(1) A Title I school that has been identified as being in improvement, corrective action or restructuring in accordance with the 2001 reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act that:
(a) Is among the lowest-achieving five percent in the all students group in reading and mathematics combined for the past three consecutive years; or
(b) Is a high school that has a weighted-average graduation rate that is less than sixty percent based on the past three years of data.
(2) A secondary school that is eligible for, but does not receive, Title I funds that:
(a) Is among the lowest-achieving five percent of secondary schools in the all students group in reading and mathematics combined for the past three consecutive years; or
(b) Is a high school that has a weighted-average graduation rate that is less than sixty percent based on the past three years of data.
(3) However, the superintendent of public instruction may exclude specific schools from the list based on a case-by-case analysis. The case-by-case analysis shall consider the percentage of overage and under-credited students, whether including the school on the list would be invalid or unreliable due to the small number of students on whom the identification would be based, and on other reasonable contextual conditions that would make it inappropriate for the school to be included on the list.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.657.020, 28A.657.030, and 28A.657.100. 10-24-057, § 392-501-720, filed 11/29/10, effective 12/1/10.]