LWT%20Interlocal.pdf

Parent document: School Board Regular Business Meeting-01-28-2025.pdf

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12/12/2024

Dr. Rebecca Miner
Edmonds School District
20420 68th Ave W
Lynnwood, WA 98036-7400

Dear Dr. Miner,

Attached is an updated Interlocal Agreement that will allow us to continue to serve
students from your district for the years 2025-2030. Our previous Interlocal Agreement
with your district was for the school years occurring between 2020-2025.

Please sign and return one to Dheyaa Alameedee using the pre-addressed envelope
enclosed, or if you prefer, you may scan it and e-mail it to
dheyaa.alameedee@I|wtech.edu.

We have served students from your district for many years through statutory authority
allowing technical colleges to provide occupational and academic programs for high
school students, and value the partnership. We provide these services through our
accredited technical high school, Lake Washington Technical Academy; the first
program approved by OSPI under HB1418 Open Doors Dropout Reengagement. Our
primary purpose is to provide educational options for students age sixteen to twenty-one
who have dropped out of high school or are not accumulating sufficient credits to
reasonably complete a high school diploma in a public school before the age of twenty-
one.

Student enrollments, authorized through our mutual Interlocal Agreement, will be
reported directly by the college to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Should you or any member of your staff require any information about the Lake

Washington Technical Academy operation, please feel free to contact Dr. Amy Morrison
at (425) —— fe. An Chu, Dean of High School Programs at (425)739-8336.

Dr. Amy Morrison
President

Enclosures
cc: An Chu, Dean of High School Programs


INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
FOR VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL AND BASIC EDUCATION
2025-2030

This agreement is hereby entered into by and between the Lake Washington Institute of
Technology, District No. 26, King County, Washington, hereinafter referred to as the
college, and the Washington State School district listed below, hereinafter referred to as
the “resident district”:

EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 15

The purpose of this agreement is to utilize interlocal cooperation, as authorized by RCW
28A.150.275, RCW 28B.50.533, WAC 392-121-187, WAC 392-700, or any new
statutory authority that may be created during the period of this agreement, to provide
vocational-technical educational programs not otherwise available and to avoid
duplication of specialized programs and facilities. These objectives will be achieved by
the following described cooperative program:

The general purpose of this cooperative shall be to provide vocational-
technical educational programs and services, and such basic education
services as are necessary to complete the high school diploma, to high
school students of the resident district at Lake Washington Technical
Academy (LWTA) which is accredited as a special purpose high school
through Cognia (formerly AdvancEd). Students earn high school and
college credit.

The cooperative is expected to serve an average of 350 full-time equivalent students
annually during the period 2025-2030 from some or all of the 32 resident districts that
historically have sent students to the Lake Washington Technical Academy. Students
must complete our variance for attendance release, signed by your designated school
district official, on enrollment and annually for each school year. A copy will be returned
to the school district.

The college will not bill the resident district for any excess costs incurred in providing
vocational-technical or basic education programs and services to high school! students
of the resident district. The college will directly bill the Office of the Superintendent of
Public Instruction pursuant to the provisions of RCW 28A.150.275, and will provide
monthly reports to the resident district in accordance with WAC 392-121-187, WAC 392-
700, or any new statutory authority that may be created during the period of this
agreement. This agreement does not apply to Running Start enrollments.

The resident district will not bill the college for any costs incurred as a result of the
college providing vocational-technical or basic education programs and services to high
school students of the resident district. In order to avoid any claim in excess of one full-
time equivalent student, the resident district will notify the college in advance of any
concurrent enrollment of resident district students participating in LWTA.

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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
FOR VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL AND BASIC EDUCATION
2025-2030

The resident district retains all responsibility for any special education services needed
by resident district students attending LWTA. Students who withdraw or are expelled or
dismissed will be referred back to the resident district.

Each party to this agreement shall be responsible for its own acts and/or omissions and
those of its officers, employees and agents. No party to this agreement shall be
responsible for the acts and/or omissions of entities or individuals not a party to this
agreement.

Each party to this agreement acknowledges that entering into this interlocal cooperative
arrangement may result in financial commitments by other parties to this agreement.
Each party further acknowledges that while the agreement is for the term provided
herein, program development is continuous and long-range planning is a requisite, and
entering into this agreement may carry implications for succeeding school years.
Therefore, each party agrees to notify the other by April 15 if the party decides to
terminate the agreement in any year prior to its expiration. The parties agree this
agreement may be terminated at any time with the consent of the other party.

This agreement is for a five-year term of 2025-2030 and was approved by the resident
district Board of Directors.

Edmonds School District Lake Washington Institute of Technology
District No. 15 District No. 26

Dated: Dated: /L1 |2 LYLY

Dr. Rebecca Miner, Superintendent Dr. Amy Morrison, President
Approved as to Form
Office of the Attorney General
State of Washington
John Clark
Assigned Attorney General

INTER-DISTRICT AGREEMENT 2025-2030

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