Appeals

Applicants who are denied approval or renewal are eligible to submit an appeal (see WAC 392-502-040).

Notification

Applicants who were not approved will be notified of their status via an email to the contact person listed in the application. The notification will include appeal instructions, as well as a compilation of their original review scores/comments.

Timeline

Appeals must be submitted within 15 business days of the receipt of the notice of denial.

Final appeal decisions are made by the Superintendent of Public Instruction within 45 business days from the submission of the appeal.

Appeal Form

Click to access the appeals form. The appeals form is only available to the person who submitted the original application. Contact us if you have questions about accessing the appeal form.

Appeal Contents

Appeals are based on only criteria for which the applicant did not receive full points in their original review. The appellant may choose to address some or all of these appeal-eligible criteria with updated supporting evidence or documentation. Appellants may only submit evidence for the appeal-eligible criteria listed in their feedback -- that is, those criteria for which the applicant did not receive full points during the initial review.

Appellants are encouraged to submit appeal evidence which most clearly demonstrates meeting of the standards described in the criteria, which may include any unrevised original evidence. Please note the "Guidance on Submitting Supporting Evidence."

Appellants will have the ability to update the information originally provided for access to their course demos. Criteria listed with an asterisk (ie, A1*) will be evaluated by course demos submitted in the appeal application and by any other appeal evidence submitted.

Scoring

The original application was scored by five reviewers who each submitted a score sheet for their review. The highest and the lowest total scores were removed and the remaining three total scores were averaged. The average score is the original total score.

The minimum appeal score, for each criteria, listed in the applicant's feedback is the lowest of the three averaged reviewer scores.

Appeal submissions will be scored as follows:

  • Each criteria is worth one point.
  • The criteria listed in the applicant's feedback with a minimum appeal score of one will retain the full one point score on the appeal score sheet.
  • Appeal-eligible criteria for which no appeal evidence is submitted will receive the minimum appeal score (provided in the applicant's feedback).
  • Appeal-eligible criteria for which appeal evidence is submitted will be evaluated and scored no less than the appeal minimum score.

Appeals must earn 46 total points for approval; applications earning less than 46 points will not be approved.

Next Steps

Decisions made by the Superintendent of Public Instruction may be appealed as provided for in RCW 34.05.514.

Providers subject to denial of approval who do not appeal or have been denied appeal are eligible to submit a new application in the next renewal/approval period.