WSR 14-24-005 PERMANENT RULES PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR STANDARDS BOARD [Filed November 19, 2014, 4:17 p.m., effective December 20, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Adds a new section to chapter 181-79A WAC requiring holders of certain certifications related to student characteristics to add a second academic content endorsement. Applies to new issued certificates only.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 181-79A-132.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.410.210.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-20-080 on September 29, 2014.
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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: November 13, 2014.
David Brenna
Senior Policy Analyst
NEW SECTION
WAC 181-79A-132 Dual endorsement requirement.
Per WAC 181-82A-215, all teachers are required to hold at least one endorsement, provided, a teacher who obtains a special education, early childhood special education, bilingual education, or English language learner endorsement after September 1, 2019, must earn and/or hold a second endorsement in another endorsement area. Special education, early childhood special education, bilingual education, English language learner, and traffic safety do not qualify as the other endorsement area. Provided, that individuals applying for a Washington state teacher certificate that have completed an out-of-state teacher preparation program may have two years in which to add the second endorsement.
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