PERMANENT RULES
STANDARDS BOARD
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: WAC 181-82A-208 was amended in May 2009. During public hearing, the request was made and the board adopted adding a specialty endorsement for gifted education to the rule along with the proposed additions in visually impaired, mobility and environmental. The filed document did not capture this addition.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 181-82A-208.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.410.210.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 10-11-029 on May 11, 2010.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Public hearing resulted in providing a waiver of experience requirement for teachers who are unemployed and hold elementary education endorsements.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting David Brenna, 600 Washington Street South, Room 252, Olympia, WA 98504-7236, phone (360) 725-6238, fax (360) 586-4548, e-mail david.brenna@k12.wa.us.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: August 5, 2010.
David Brenna
Legislative and
Policy Coordinator
OTS-3219.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 09-12-087, filed 6/1/09,
effective 7/2/09)
WAC 181-82A-208
Specialty endorsements.
The following
specialty endorsements may be added to an existing endorsed
teaching certificate:
(1) Deaf education (per RCW 28A.410.225).
(a) This specialty endorsement is required for teachers who will be working almost exclusively with students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
(b) Program requirements are waived and this specialty endorsement granted if a candidate possesses a baccalaureate or master's degree in deaf education from a teacher training program approved by the council on education of the deaf.
(2) Environmental and sustainability education.
(3) Teacher of the visually impaired.
(4) Orientation and mobility teacher.
(5) Gifted education.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.210. 09-12-087, § 181-82A-208, filed 6/1/09, effective 7/2/09; 06-20-063, § 181-82A-208, filed 9/29/06, effective 10/30/06.]