PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: January 16, 2004.
Purpose: The adopted language will clarify that the extension of time to complete certificate revalidation requirements is limited to those individuals who are called up to active duty for more than thirty consecutive days.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 180-79A-117 Uniform expiration date.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.410.010 and 28A.305.130.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-23-052 on November 14, 2003.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Listed military branches in the language.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
Pilot Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 1,
Repealed 0;
or Other Alternative Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
Thirty-one days after filing.
January 31, 2004
Larry Davis
Executive Director
OTS-6776.4
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 03-14-120, filed 6/30/03,
effective 7/31/03)
WAC 180-79A-117
Uniform expiration date.
(1) All
certificates issued for one or more stated years shall expire
on June 30 of the stated year and shall be calculated as
follows:
(a) Certificates issued prior to June 30 of a calendar year, other than limited certificates issued pursuant to WAC 180-79A-231, shall have the expiration date of the certificate calculated on the basis such certificate was issued on June 30 of the same calendar year regardless of the date of issuance.
(b) Certificates issued July 1 or later in the calendar year, other than limited certificates issued pursuant to WAC 180-79A-231, shall have the expiration date of the certificate calculated on the basis such certificate was issued on June 30 of the next calendar year regardless of the date of issuance.
(c) All valid existing certificates scheduled to expire on August 31 of a given year shall be valid until June 30 of the following year.
(2) An applicant who holds a valid certificate, who submits an application for further certification prior to the expiration date of that certificate, and who meets all the requirements of WAC 180-79A-128, shall be granted a one hundred eighty-day permit as provided in chapter 180-79A WAC.
(3) Any educator in the National Guard, U.S. military branch reserves, or U.S. Coast Guard reserve who is called up to active duty by one of the U.S. military branches by order of an authorized agency or official of Washington state government, or by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for more than thirty consecutive days shall be granted an extension of the expiration date of his/her certificate. The extension shall be equal to the length of active duty service calculated to the next uniform expiration date.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010 and 28A.305.130 (1) through (4). 03-14-120, § 180-79A-117, filed 6/30/03, effective 7/31/03; 02-04-018, § 180-79A-117, filed 1/24/02, effective 2/24/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.305.130 (1) and (2), 28A.410.010 and 28A.150.220(4). 99-01-174, § 180-79A-117, filed 12/23/98, effective 1/23/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. 98-05-024, § 180-79A-117, filed 2/6/98, effective 3/9/98; 97-04-088, § 180-79A-117, filed 2/5/97, effective 3/8/97.]