OSPI is excited to announce a final opportunity for public input on the draft Next Generation Science Standards this month! Since Spring 2011, Washington has been a leader with 25 other states, Achieve Inc., and the National Research Council in the development of Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

• M079-12 - Memoranda

K–12 schools in Washington State have the opportunity to host visiting teachers from Spain and China for one to three years through international education programs supported by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).

• M078-12 - Memoranda

It is the intent of the Washington State-Funded Education Leadership Intern Program to provide funds to public school districts for the partial release time of district employees participating in an administrative intern program (superintendent, principal, or program administrator) with an appropriate mentor.

• M076-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - Leadership Intern Program 2013 Application Form SPI 1651
• Attach 2 - Assurances Form

The purpose of this memorandum is to request certain information on 2011–2012 fiscal year program expenditures from educational service districts (ESDs) and school districts.

• M075-12 - Memoranda

In 2009, the Washington State Legislature asked the State Board of Education (SBE) to create an accountability index to complement the federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) system.

• M074-12 - Memoranda

The Educational Technology Department at the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction will present a series of professional development (PD) opportunities in three formats: webinars, face-to-face PD workshops and online courses.

• M073-12 - Memoranda

The Washington State division of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is responsible for ensuring compliance with those federal regulations that deal with school bus operations.

• M072-12 - Memoranda

Recently, the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) requested clarification from the Attorney General’s Office if the Commission had “the authority to approve the installation of “Exempt” signs at highway-railroad grade crossings on mainline railroads, or is UTC’s authority limited to industrial and spur lines?” The answer was in the form of a memorandum, not an official Attorney General opinion and is attached to this memorandum for your reference.

• M071-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - Attorney General Memorandum

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) invites superintendents, principals, and other stakeholders to preview the new K–12 Data and Reports web site prior to its public release December 6, 2012.

• M070-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - EDS Access to K–12 Data Reports

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction needs 30 people to form a committee to develop recommendations for new performance standards for the Mathematics Collection of Evidence (COE), aligned to the mathematics learning standards adopted in 2008.

• M069-12 - Memoranda

Attached is a listing of the 2013 calendar year excess general fund maintenance and operation levy authority for those school districts headquartered in your county.

• M068-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - 2013 Maximum Levy Authority

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is announcing that applications are now open for the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Recognition Program.

• M067-12 - Memoranda

Washington's Classified School Employee of the Year program is accepting nominations.

• M066-12 - Memoranda

Nominations are open for the 2013 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

• M065-12 - Memoranda

The purpose of this memo is to notify you of changes to RCW 28A.210.260 as amended by House Bill (HB) 2247.

• M064-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - WSSDA Medication at School Policy No. 3416
• Attach 2 - WSSDA Medication at School Procedure No. 3416P
• Attach 3 - Sample Checklist for Staff Training

Recent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses such as measles and pertussis combined with the high rate of vaccine exemptions in Washington State heighten the important role of schools in controlling vaccine-preventable illness.

• M063-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - Washington State School Directors' Association Policy No. 3414
• Attach 2 - Washington State School Directors' Association Procedure 3413P

Private School Enrollment 2012–13 (Form SPI P105B)
Private School Enrollment Report: Extension Program in Home-Based Instruction 2012–13 (Form SPI P105HB)
Administrative and Instructional Staff Report 2012–13 (Form SPI 1570)

• M062-12 - Memoranda

The purpose of this memorandum is to request completion of Form SPI 1679 (10/2012), Potential Medicaid Eligible Student Worksheet, by those districts providing special education services to Medicaid eligible students.

• M061-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - Potential Medicaid Eligible Student Worksheet Instructions
• Attach 2 - Potential Medicaid Eligible Student Worksheet

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s (OSPI) Career and College Readiness Division is opening an application for grants of up to $33,333 each to three schools or skills centers interested in starting a Graduation, Reality And Dual-Role Skills (GRADS) program in the 2012–13 or 2013–14 school years.

• M060-12 - Memoranda

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) will issue a request for proposals to fund new three-year partnerships through the 2012–2015 Title II, Part B, Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) competitive grant program.

• M059-12 - Memoranda

This memorandum is to notify school districts the 2012-13 Annual Data Collection Plan is now available at http://www.k12.wa.us/DataAdmin/ under Data Collection Tools.

• M058-12 - Memoranda

This year’s National School Bus Safety Week is October 22–26, 2012. Established in 1966 by the National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT), the National Association for State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS), and the National School Transportation Association (NSTA), this important event is intended to call attention to school bus safety and promote school bus transportation.

• M057-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - School Bus Safety Week Proclamation

The Washington State Patrol (WSP) Commercial Vehicle Division conducts required inspections of all public school buses owned and operated by school districts or operated under a contract to provide student transportation services to a school district.

• M056-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - School Bus Inspection Results 2011–12 SY

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) approves online programs. In 2011, Engrossed Substitute House Bill (ESHB) 2065 broadened the requirement for OSPI approval to include all online school programs, and now there are many district programs that were previously not subject to approval and may now need to participate in this process.

• M055-12 - Memoranda

Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 392-144-160 requires school districts to annually evaluate each authorized driver for continuing compliance with the provisions of chapter 392-144 WAC.

• M054-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - Instructions
• Form 1 - Form SPI 1799

The Educational Service District Accounting Manual has been revised for the 2012–2013 school year.

• M053-12 - Memoranda
• Addendum - Addendum to Memoranda
• Second Addendum - Addendum to Memoranda

This is a reminder to middle and junior high educators of the School of the Future Competition (SOFC) opportunity for the 2012–13 school year, and an announcement of an unique opportunity to visit the new, extraordinary Marysville Getchell High School and participate in a symposium about the planning, design, and construction of this school.

• M052-12 - Memoranda

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) announces the availability of $32 million of Qualified Zone Academy Bond (QZAB) authority.

• M051-12 - Memoranda

This notice provides K–12 teachers and administrators in the state of Washington with suggested resources for observing Constitution and Citizenship Day, Veterans Day, Temperance and Good Citizenship Day, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

• M050-12 - Memoranda

OSPI has formally adopted the definition of an unexcused absence in administrative rule for implementation during the 2012–13 school year, as required in the PASS Act (E2SHB 1599) passed in the 2011 Legislative session.

• M049-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - WAC 392-400-325

This memorandum explains the changes to the state’s school accountability system that were approved by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) as part of Washington State’s Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Request.

• M048-12 - Memoranda

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has issued a limited permit to transport and possess red swamp crayfish for school science curriculum use from September 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013.

• M047-12 - Memoranda

The United State Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), formerly the Elementary and Secondary School Survey, collects information about students in public schools, including enrollment, educational services and outcomes, disaggregated by ethnicity/race, sex, limited English proficiency, and disability.

• M046-12 - Memoranda

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is pleased to accept nominations and applications for the 2012 Title I, Part A Academic Achievement Award Program.

• M045-12 - Memoranda
• Attach C - 2012 Title I, Part A Academic Achievement Award Application

Applications are currently being sought for the 2012 Washington State Title I, Part A Distinguished Schools Award.

• M044-12 - Memoranda
• Attach A - 2012 Title I, Part A Distinguished Schools Award Program Application

This memorandum informs technical colleges of the requirements for receiving direct state funding for high school students enrolled under an interlocal agreement with a school district.

• M043-12 - Memoranda

This memorandum provides instructions to community and technical colleges and to Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University, Evergreen State College, Northwest Indian College, Spokane Tribal College, and Washington State University, if participating, for reporting high school students enrolled under the Running Start program (RCW 28A.600.300 through 28A.600.400).

• M042-12 - Memoranda

This memorandum provides instructions for reporting student enrollment in the following institutional education programs:

• Residential Habilitation Centers
• State (JRA) Long-Term Juvenile Institutions
• State Operated Group Homes
• County Juvenile Detention Centers
• Department of Corrections’ Facilities
• County or City Adult Jails

• M041-12 - Memoranda

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify school districts and schools that receive state-funding for full-day Kindergarten of the requirements for obtaining the funding and changes in requirements that will occur in the 2012–13 school year.

• M040-12 - Memoranda

The purpose of this bulletin is to announce the availability of the federal 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) grants.

• M039-12 - Memoranda

Substitute House Bill 5428 (SHB 5428), which was passed during the 2011 Legislative Session, requires the Department of Corrections (DOC) to notify the last school district attended when offenders under the age of 21 are released who have been convicted of a crime of violence, a sexual nature, or stalking. Since the legislation was passed, DOC has complied with this requirement by working with OSPI to determine the last school district attended and sending a letter of notification to the district.

• M038-12 - Memoranda

This notice provides information to superintendents, teachers, principals, and other administrators regarding the application process and deadlines for the Teacher/Principal Evaluation Pilot (TPEP) ESD Regional Implementation Consortia Grant Program created to support Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5895 (ESSB 5895), which was signed into law on April 7, 2012.

• M036-12 - Memoranda
• Attach A - RIG I (current 2011–12) Assurances & Application Questions
• Attach B - RIG II (new 2012–13) Assurances & Application Questions

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is soliciting for new membership on its Special Unavoidable Circumstance Appeal committee.

• M035-12 - Memoranda

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is looking for both general educators with content expertise and working knowledge of how to support the instructional needs of students with significant cognitive challenges, as well as special educators who are familiar with the WAAS Portfolio, to participate in committees to review new performance level descriptors (PLD) and standard setting.

• M034-12 - Memoranda

The School Facilities and Organization staff at the Office of Superintendent of Instruction (OSPI) will conduct a K–20 network briefing on June 12, 2012 at 9:00–10:00 a.m. about recent 2012 legislative “Jobs Now Act” funding of $40 million.

• M032-12 - Memoranda

The annual School of the Future Design Competition (SOFC) offers an opportunity for middle and junior high school students to creatively illustrate school facility planning and design.

• M031-12 - Memoranda

The 2012 Legislature passed legislation (ESHB 2799) that created the Collaborative Schools for Innovation and Success Pilot program.

• M030-12 - Memoranda

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is currently enhancing Washington’s K–12 Statewide Longitudinal Data System (K–12 SLDS) and plans to roll out a new reporting portal in late fall 2012 and winter 2013.

• M029-12 - Memoranda
• Attach

Public and private schools intending to offer Traffic Safety Education (TSE) are required, under WAC 392-153-014, to apply annually to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) for program approval.

• M028-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - Application for Program Approval
• Attach 2 - Request for Validation Stickers

The Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB), in collaboration with the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), will issue a joint request for proposals to fund a professional development grant program that targets Grades 6–12 implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, Washington State K–12 Science Learning Standards, and “Crosscutting Concepts” and “Scientific and Engineering Practices” from the National Research Council's A Framework for K–12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas.

• M027-12 - Memoranda

To ensure OSPI is notified of critical directory data changes in a timely manner, OSPI has adopted the following schedule and set of practices for directory information.

• M026-12 - Memoranda

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is pleased to sponsor the third annual Private Schools Summer Conference. OSPI will partner with Seattle Pacific University to host the summer training on June 19–20, 2012, with a repeat session to be held on August 21–22, 2012.

• M024-12 - Memoranda
• M024-12 - Private Schools Summer Conference Flyer

This memorandum is to clarify that school districts in the state of Washington have no authority to physically operate outside of their own defined municipal boundaries in the absence of an appropriate interdistrict cooperation contract (interdistrict agreement) as defined in WAC 392-135-020.

• M023-12 - Memoranda

This notice is to provide K–12 teachers and administrators in the state of Washington information regarding the nomination processes and deadlines for the 2012 Daniel J. Evans Civic Education Award Program.

• M022-12 - Memoranda

Each spring, the chief administrators of private schools seeking State Board of Education approval for the following school year must file a State Standards Certificate of Compliance with the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).

• M021-12 - Memoranda

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction needs 15 people to form a committee to develop recommendations for new performance standards for biology end-of-course (EOC) exams, aligned to the science learning standards adopted in 2009.

• M020-12 - Memoranda

The purpose of this memorandum is to provide information regarding the implementation of the Washington Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (WaKIDS) in fall 2012.

• M019-12 - Memoranda

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is in need of approximately 50 people to form 10 committee groups to evaluate the link between existing grade level learning standards and associated portfolio extensions.

• M018-12 - Memoranda

Assessments aligned to the English Language Development (ELD) Standards are being administered to Kindergarten through Grade 12 during winter test administration in February and March of this year.

• M017-12 - Memoranda

The purpose of this memorandum is to announce the upcoming dates and locations for Washington World Language Assessment Days, which is open to students in grades 7–12 as well as college and university students.

• M016-12 - Memoranda

The purpose of this memorandum is to announce the publication of new guidelines to assist school districts in implementing Washington State civil rights laws and to offer technical assistance and training.

• M015-12 - Memoranda

The Washington Initiative for National Board Teacher Certification supports Washington teachers who pursue advanced certification with the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS).

• M014-12 - Memoranda

The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is reducing their processing fee for all fingerprint background checks.

• M013-12 - Memoranda

This memorandum is being issued to provide clarity regarding the definition of “awaiting foster care placement.”

• M012-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - Joint letter from U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The United States Department of Education is announcing an opportunity for school districts to participate in the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Completion Project.

• M011-12 - Memoranda
• Attach - FAFSA Completion Project

The purpose of this memorandum is to inform you that recruitment for the 2012 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey (HYS) will begin soon.

• M010-12 - Memoranda

Two Washington State high school seniors will be selected from the applicant pool to receive a scholarship to exchange ideas with scientists and other professionals from the academic and corporate worlds.

• M009-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - General Information and Instructions

The Superintendent of Public Instruction is calling for regional nominations for the 2013 Washington State Teacher of the Year.

• M008-12 - Memoranda

On March 29, 2010, Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 6696 (E2SSB 6696) was signed into law revising the teacher and principal evaluation system and establishing the requirements and details of the pilot project intended to develop that new system.

• M007-12 - Memoranda

In order to meet federal reporting deadlines, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) must begin extracting the data directory data and formatting it by January 24.

• M006-12 - Memoranda

The purpose of this memorandum is to request completion of Form SPI 1679 (12/2011), Potential Medicaid Eligible Student Worksheet, by those districts providing special education services to Medicaid eligible students.

• M005-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - Potential Medicaid Eligible Student Worksheet Instructions for 2011-2012
• Attach 2 - Potential Medicaid Eligible Student Worksheet for 2011-2012

The information contained in this memorandum is for sponsors who intend to participate in the Simplified Summer Food Program (SSFP) this summer. Sponsors that wish to operate a SSFP must submit a completed application packet by May 18, 2012.

• M004-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - New Sponsor Instructions for Completing the Simplified Summer Food Program Application Packet
• Attach 2 - Simplified Summer Food Program Checklist for New Sponsors
• Attach 3 - Simplified Summer Food Program Agreement Between Sponsor and OSPI
• Attach 4 - Questionnaire For New Sponsors
• Attach 5 - Simplified Summer Food Program Sponsor Application
• Attach 6 - Simplified Summer Food Program Site Application
• Attach 7 - Worksheet for Calculating SSFP Budget
• Attach 8 - Simplified Summer Food Program Budget
• Attach 9 - Food Distribution Program Application
• Attach 10 - Procurement Standards
• Attach 11 - 15-Point Amendment to Food Service Agreement
• Attach 12 - Sponsors Currently Contracting with a Food Service Management Company
• Attach 13 - Certification Regarding Lobbying Child Nutrition Programs
• Attach 14 - Disclosure of Lobbying Activities
• Attach 15 - Statewide Vendor Registration and Direct Deposit Authorization
• Attach 16 - User Authorization for Child Nutrition Programs
• Attach 17 - Simplified Summer Food Program Field Trip Notification
• Attach 18 - Free Meal Policy Statement (Open Sites Only)
• Attach 19 - Free Meal Policy Statement (Closed Enrolled Sites and Camps Only)
• Attach 20 - 2012 Letter to Parents
• Attach 21 - Confidential Income Statement
• Attach 22 - Income Guidelines
• Attach 23 - General Guidance for Determining Eligibility of Confidential Income Statements
• Attach 24 - Sample Media Releases Cover Letter
• Attach 25 - Sample Health Inspector Letter
• Attach 26 - Simplified Summer Food Program Field Trip Fax Notification
• Attach 27 - Sample Agreement Disclosure of Free and Reduced-Price Information Agreement

Attached is the application packet and information regarding the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Seamless Summer Feeding Program (SP) for children.

• M003-12 - Memoranda
• Attach A - Instructions for Completing the Seamless Summer Feeding Program Agreement and Application
• Attach B - Seamless Summer Feeding Program Agreement
• Attach C - User Authorization for Child Nutrition Programs
• Attach D - Sample Media Release Cover Letter
• Attach E - Sample Media Release for Open Sites
• Attach F - Sample Media Release for Closed Enrolled Sites

The information contained in this memorandum is for sponsors who operated a summer meal program in 2011 and intend to participate in the Simplified Summer Food Program (SSFP) this summer.

• M002-12 - Memoranda
• Attach 1 - Returning Sponsor Instructions for Completing the SSFP Agreement and Application
• Attach 2 - Simplified Summer Food Program Checklist for Returning Sponsors
• Attach 3 - Simplified Summer Food Program Agreement Between Sponsor and OSPI
• Attach 4 - FORM SPI 1145 Simplified Summer Food Program Food Distribution Program Application
• Attach 5 - Simplified Summer Food Program Procurement Standards
• Attach 6 - 15-Point Amendment to Food Service Agreement
• Attach 7 - School Districts Currently Contracting with a Food Service Management Company
• Attach 8 - Certification Regarding Lobbying
• Attach 9 - Disclosure of Lobbying Activities
• Attach 10 - Statewide Payee Registration Washington State W-9
• Attach 11 - User Authorization for Child Nutrition Programs
• Attach 12 - Field Trip Notification
• Attach 13 - Exhibit 1 Free Meal Policy Statement for the Simplified Summer Food Program for Children (Open Sites Only)
• Attach 14 - Exhibit 1a Free Meal Policy Statement (Closed Enrolled Sites and Camps Only)
• Attach 15 - Exhibit 2 Simplified Summer Food Program 2012 Letter to Parents Summer Feeding Programs (Closed Enrolled Sites and Camps Only)
• Attach 16 - Exhibit 3 Confidential Income Statement Household Application for Free and Reduced-Price Meals
• Attach 17 - USDA Child Nutrition Program Income Guidelines Summer 2012
• Attach 18 - General Guidance for Determining Eligibility of Confidential Income Statements
• Attach 19 - Sample Media Release for Open Sites and Closed Enrolled Sites
• Attach 20 - Prototype Health Inspector Letter
• Attach 21 - Field Trip Fax Notification
• Attach 22 - Disclosure of Free and Reduced-Price Information Agreement

Attached is information regarding the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Summer Feeding Programs for children.

• M001-12 - Memoranda
• Attach A - The Simplified Summer Food Program in Washington State
• Attach B - The Seamless Summer Feeding Program in Washington State
• Attach C - 2012 Summer Feeding Programs Intent to Participate/Application Request and 2012 Workshop Registration