Forecast Description

The Basic Education forecast includes children enrolled in grades K-12, private school students receiving services from public schools, "home schooled" children receiving services from public schools, state funded "summer school" students, participants in the "Running Start" program, and participants in the University of Washington Transition program. K-12 enrollment is forecast as a nine month annual average "Full Time Equivalent" (FTE), where one FTE is the equivalent of one student enrolled full time.