1. Washington State’s commitment to closing the gap for Opportunity Youth
A first in the nation comprehensive model

2. Building Bridges Recommendations
1. Set an educational goal for youth and family serving agencies and coordinate efforts to achieve it
2. Build local dropout prevention and intervention systems and practices at every grade level.
3. Create a dropout retrieval system for 16–24 year old youth who are not likely to return to high school.
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3. Framework Elements Statewide framework of reengagement
Encourages partnerships and collaboration
State K-12 funding follows the student (Approx.$6,300 annually)
Performance based & individualized, with multiple indicators of academic progress
Designed as an on-ramp to college/career pathways
Case management required
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4. Funding Follows the Student
Basic Education Allocation is $6, for
Basic Education Allocation is $7, for vocational
District retains 7% like running start
Student taking only college level courses reimbursed by credit hour
Students taking at least one course below college level reimbursed as 1.0 FTE
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5. Eligibility for Funding
2 hours of face to face time aggregated over the prior month for the purposes of Instruction Academic, or Career counseling or Case Management
Weekly status check (does not need to be reciprocal)
Make an Indicator of Academic progress by the fourth time the student is being claimed for monthly apportionment
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6. Competency based credit accrual
Benefits for older and younger students
Younger students in the ideal environment
Eases transitions to college career pathways
Optimizes instructional costs
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7. High School 21+ & Open Doors
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8. Articulation Agreements
Essential to successful collaboration
Based on shared standards and outcomes
Assisted by organizational trust
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9. Articulation Agreements
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10. Laurie Shannon, Reengagement and Graduation Program Supervisor
Contact:
Laurie Shannon, Reengagement and Graduation Program Supervisor
Troy Goracke, Program Administrator, BEdA
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