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E2SSB 5179 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Education

ADOPTED 04/15/2015

    On page 3, line 11, after "(d)" strike all material through "certificated" on line 13 and insert the following:

    "The office of the superintendent of public instruction and all educational service districts shall, in collaboration with the board, develop the courses necessary to meet the certification standards and ensure that paraeducators have multiple methods to access the courses.  By January 1, 2017, the board, in collaboration with the office, the educational service districts, and the school districts receiving grants under subsection (4)(a) of this section, shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature.  The report must include an analysis of the cost to the state and the school districts to implement the requirements of subsection (4)(b) of this section, and the cost to paraeducators to meet paraeducator certification and English language learner endorsement requirements"

EFFECT:   Requires the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and all Educational Service Districts (ESDs) to, in collaboration with the Paraeducator Board, develop the courses necessary to meet the paraeducator certification standards and ensure that paraeducators have multiple methods to access the courses.  Provides that the Board, in collaboration with the OSPI, the ESDs, and the school districts receiving implementation grants, must submit a report to the appropriate committees of the Legislature by January 1, 2017.  Requires the report to include an analysis of the cost to the state and the districts to implement the paraeducator certification and English Language Learner (ELL) endorsements, and the cost to paraeducators to meet the paraeducator certification and ELL endorsement requirements.

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