PDFWAC 192-210-010
What are the objective criteria used to define "academic year"?—See RCW 50.44.050(6).
Summer term will be considered part of the academic year for an educational institution unless:
(1) Total enrollment of full-time equivalent students during the previous summer term is less than one third of the average academic year enrollment of full-time equivalent students for the fall, winter, and spring terms of the preceding two years; or
(2) Total full-time equivalent staff during the previous summer term is less than fifty percent of the academic year average of the full-time equivalent staff during the fall, winter, and spring terms during the preceding two years.