WSR 18-07-118 EXPEDITED RULES PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR STANDARDS BOARD [Filed March 21, 2018, 11:51 a.m.] Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Amends WAC 181-79A-150 to remove reference to school social worker programs that are no longer required. Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: All school social work education preparation programs closed in 2015. The board enacted rule changes that remove program requirements and replace them with nonprogram requirements. Reasons Supporting Proposal: The referenced programs no longer are required. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.410.220. Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision. Name of Proponent: Professional educator standards board (PESB), governmental. Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation, and Enforcement: David Brenna, 600 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98504, 360-725-6238. This notice meets the following criteria to use the expedited adoption process for these rules: Corrects typographical errors, make address or name changes, or clarify language of a rule without changing its effect. Explanation of the Reason the Agency Believes the Expedited Rule-Making Process is Appropriate: Clarifies language. NOTICE THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO David Brenna, PESB, 600 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98504, phone 360-725-6238, fax 360-586-4548, email david.brenna@k12.wa.us, AND RECEIVED BY May 22, 2018. March 15, 2018 David Brenna Senior Policy Analyst
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 11-15-038, filed 7/13/11, effective 8/13/11)
WAC 181-79A-150 General requirements—Teachers, administrators, educational staff associates and first peoples' language, culture, and oral tribal traditions teachers.
The following requirements are to be met by candidates for certification as teachers including career and technical education teachers, administrators, educational staff associates, or first peoples' language, culture, and oral tribal traditions teachers:
(1) Age. No person who is less than eighteen years of age shall receive a certificate to serve in the public or nonpublic schools of Washington state.
(2) Character. Applicants for certificates in Washington state who are not holders of a valid Washington state teacher's, administrator's, educational staff associate's, career and technical education, or first peoples' language, culture, and oral tribal traditions teacher's certificate must give evidence of good moral character and personal fitness as specified in WAC 181-79A-155 and must complete a record check through the Washington state patrol criminal identification system and through the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the applicant's expense as required by RCW 28A.410.010; such record check shall include a fingerprint check using a Washington state patrol approved fingerprint card: Provided, That the superintendent of public instruction may waive the record check for an applicant who has had a record check within the two years prior to application.
(3) Degrees and course work. A candidate for certification shall hold appropriate degrees, licenses, and additional course work as prescribed in chapters 181-79A and 181-77 WAC or have qualified under WAC 181-79A-257 or 181-78A-700.
(4) Approved preparation program. Applicants for certification as teachers, administrators, school counselors, and school psychologists ((and school social workers)), except as otherwise provided in WAC 181-79A-257, and 181-79A-231, and in chapter 181-77 WAC, in order to be certified within the state of Washington shall have completed a state approved preparation program in the professional field for which certification is to be issued; such program shall have included a defined course of study and a supervised internship as per chapter 181-78A WAC. Applicants for certification as first peoples' language, culture, and oral tribal traditions teachers shall have completed a sovereign tribal government's first peoples' language, culture, and oral tribal traditions teaching certification program.
(5) Assessments. See RCW 28A.410.220.
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