WSR 14-02-073
PERMANENT RULES
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR
STANDARDS BOARD
[Filed December 30, 2013, 10:42 a.m., effective January 30, 2014]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Amending WAC 181-86-110 creating duty of administration of a charter school to report to the office of professional practice any educator misconduct as defined in chapter 181-87 WAC. Legislature, by initiative, created charter schools in 2013.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 181-86-110.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.410.210.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 13-21-066 on October 16, 2013.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting David Brenna, 600 Washington Street South, Room 400, 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: December 30, 2013.
David Brenna
Senior Policy Analyst
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 06-02-051, filed 12/29/05, effective 1/1/06)
WAC 181-86-110 Duty of ESD superintendent, district superintendent and private school administrator to file complaints.
When an educational service district superintendent, a district superintendent, chief administrative officer of a charter school, or the chief administrative officer of an approved private school possesses sufficient reliable information to believe that a certificated employee within such district or approved private school is not of good moral character or personally fit or has committed an act of unprofessional conduct, such superintendent or chief administrative officer, within a reasonable period of time of making such determination, shall file a written complaint with the superintendent of public instruction: Provided, That if an educational service district, charter school, or school district is considering action to discharge an employee of such district, the educational service district, charter school, or school district superintendent need not file such complaint until ten calendar days after making the final decision to serve or not serve formal notice of discharge.