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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 4181

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored bySenators Gaspard and Benitz)

Read first time 2/26/85.

AN ACT Relating to in-service training; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall develop and administer an in-service training program designed to provide to two individuals per public school building during the 1985-87 biennium, up to three days of training in techniques to identify and improve current levels of academic efficiency and of effective classroom management:  PROVIDED, That for school buildings with enrollment of two hundred fifty full time equivalent students or fewer, one person shall be selected to receive the in-service training:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That the in-service program created under this section shall be separate from any other in-service training program the legislature may establish or fund.

          (2) The individuals selected may include teachers, administrators, and teachers' aides.  School districts shall use existing models relating to techniques for enhancing classroom management and academic efficiency to provide the in-service training.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     The superintendent of public instruction shall report to the legislature not later than January 1, 1988, on the results of the in-service program created under section 1 of this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     Section 1 of this act shall expire June 30, 1987.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     Implementation of this act shall be subject to funds being appropriated or available for the purposes of this act.