PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR

STANDARDS BOARD

(1) In accordance with provisions of RCW 28A.410.060 and 28A.415.010, the fee for certificates which are valid for more than one year, issued by authority of the state of Washington and authorizing the holder to serve in the common schools of the state, shall be as follows:

(a) The first issue of the residency certificate, five dollars for each year of validity;

(b) The continuing certificate, seventy dollars;

(c) The reinstatement, additional endorsement on the teaching certificate, duplicate certificates, substitute certificates, and certificates issued for the purpose of showing a name change, fifteen dollars;

(d) The first peoples' language, culture, and oral tribal traditions teacher certificate, twenty-five dollars; and

(e) Any other certificate or credential or any renewal thereof, five dollars for each year of validity:

(((f))) (i) Provided, That the fee for all career and technical education certificates shall be one dollar:

(((g))) (ii) Provided, That a one-time late fee for a renewed initial or continuing certificate issued under the provisions of WAC 181-79A-123 (7), (8), or (9) for those whose initial certificate had already expired shall be one hundred dollars.

(2) The fee for any other certificate/credential, or for any renewal thereof, issued by the authority of the state of Washington and authorizing the holder to serve in the common schools of the state, shall be five dollars.

(3) Officials authorized to collect certification fees are educational service district superintendents, ((local school district superintendents,)) deans and directors of education at colleges and universities, or their designees. Sovereign tribal governments may collect certification fees for first peoples' language, culture, and oral tribal traditions certificates. The fee must accompany the application for a certificate and shall be transmitted by the receiving district, college or university, sovereign tribal government or program unit designee at least quarterly to the educational service district within which the application is filed for disposition in accordance with provisions of RCW 28A.410.060 or to the office of the superintendent of public instruction.

(5) The fee shall not be refunded unless the application is withdrawn before it is finally considered (i.e., the issuance of a certificate or a written communication denying such issuance) by the superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee. Fees not refunded shall apply as credit toward certificate fees if such applicant reapplies within twenty-four months of the date of denial. Moneys accrued from certification fees ((within the boundaries of an educational service district)) shall be divided in the following manner:

(a) ((Local school districts employing more than one hundred teachers and other professional staff and collecting certification fees may retain one dollar of each fee in order to hold a professional training institute. If such district does not hold an institute, all such moneys shall be placed to the credit of the educational service district.

(b))) No less than fifty percent of the funds accruing within the boundaries of an educational service district shall be used to support program activities related to statewide precertification professional preparation and evaluation.

(((c))) (b) The remaining funds shall be used to support professional in-service training programs, program evaluation and/or provision of certification services by educational service districts.

(1) Certification fees will be used solely for precertification preparation, program evaluation, professional in-service training programs, and/or provision of certification services by educational service districts in accordance with this chapter.

(2) Precertification preparation:

(a) The primary utilization shall be to support collaborative efforts essential to program development, program evaluation, and assessment of candidates' entry and exit competency.

(b) Funds set aside for precertification shall not supplant funds already available to any participating agency.

(c) Until September 1, 2013, a single educational service district ((shall)) may be designated to administer the funds allocated for precertification programs. The designated educational service district shall be permitted to retain a percentage of the precertification fees at a rate to be negotiated by the superintendent of public instruction and the educational service district for costs related to administering these funds. After September 1, 2013, the office of the superintendent of public instruction may be designated to administer the funds allocated for precertification purposes per RCW 28A.410.200(7).

(d) Each quarter, for any fees collected, every educational service district shall forward the moneys designated for precertification programs to the educational service district designated to administer such programs.

(3) Professional in-service training programs and teachers' institutes and/or workshops:

(a) ((Each educational service district, or cooperative thereof as specified in (d) of this subsection, shall establish an in-service committee composed of an educational service district representative; at least one district superintendent; one principal; one educational staff associate; one elementary, one junior high and one senior high teacher; one representative from the elementary or secondary level of private schools within the educational service district; and one representative selected by the chief administrative officer responsible for professional education from a college/university having a professional educator standards board-approved teacher education program. Teacher representatives shall be selected by agreement among the presidents of the local education associations within the respective educational service district or cooperative thereof.

(d))) Beginning with the state fiscal year 2015, the professional educator standards board shall biennially issue a request for proposal to eligible in-service education agencies per WAC 181-85-045 to submit applications for funds for the purpose of offering in-service continuing education provided per reporting requirements published by the board.

(b) Cooperative agreements may be made among educational service districts to provide quality in-service education programs.

(((e))) (c) Funds designated for in-service programs shall not supplant funds already available for such programs.

(4) Provision of certification services:

(a) The primary utilization shall be to support costs associated with operating educational service district certification offices to provide direct service to educators related to certification.

(b) Funds set aside for the provision of certification services shall not supplant funds already available to any educational service district until such time as educational service districts are no longer receiving certificate fees.

(5) Allowable expenditures. Funds may be used to support costs related to training, such as the payment of professional contractual services, per diem, travel costs, materials, printing, or released time. Nonallowable costs are college/university tuition and fees.