WSR 20-16-032
PERMANENT RULES
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR
STANDARDS BOARD
[Filed July 25, 2020, 10:43 a.m., effective August 25, 2020]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Because of school closures relating to the current public health situation, it is very challenging for educators to meet the clock hour and assessment requirements for their certificates. This WAC amendment extends certificate expiration dates for one year.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 181-79A-118.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter
28A.410 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 20-12-053 on July 16, 2020 [May 29, 2020].
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: In subsection (3) of WAC 181-79A-118, the language was changed to allow all certificates expiring June 30, 2021, to be renewed at any point prior to that date, as long as all certificate renewal requirements had been met.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 23, 2020.
Maren Johnson
Rules Coordinator
NEW SECTION
WAC 181-79A-118Expiration and lapse dates of certificates.
(1) Certificates scheduled to expire June 30, 2020, under WAC 181-79A-117, or scheduled to lapse June 30, 2020, under WAC 181-85-100, excluding residency certificates that are subject to reissuance, are scheduled to expire or lapse June 30, 2021.
(2) Certificates scheduled to expire June 30, 2020, under WAC 181-79A-117, or scheduled to lapse June 30, 2020, under WAC 181-85-100, may have already been renewed. For these renewed certificates, the expiration or lapse date will be calculated as if the certificate expiring June 30, 2020, had an expiration or lapse date of June 30, 2021.
(3) Applications for renewal of certificates scheduled to expire June 30, 2021, may be submitted at any point prior to the June 30, 2021, expiration date.
(4) Limited certificates under WAC 181-79A-231, 181-77-014, and 181-77-081 expire as described in those sections.
(5) Permits under WAC 181-01-001, 181-02-001, 181-79A-128, and 181-79A-224 expire as described in those sections. Permits for candidates eligible under those sections which expired beginning July 1, 2019, and before December 31, 2020, may be reissued once for one additional year.