WSR 22-12-071
PERMANENT RULES
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR
STANDARDS BOARD
[Filed May 27, 2022, 2:13 p.m., effective June 27, 2022]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: To amend the dual endorsement requirement to remove special education and early childhood special education from the list of endorsements that require a second endorsement. These endorsements would no longer require a second endorsement to obtain a teaching certificate.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 181-79A-132.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter
28A.410 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 22-08-098 on May 19 [April 5], 2022.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: May 19, 2022.
Jisu Ryu
Rules Coordinator
OTS-3676.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 18-08-025, filed 3/26/18, effective 4/26/18)
WAC 181-79A-132Dual 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 that may be earned at the preresidency level. ((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.