1518-S.E AMS EDU S2917.1

ESHB 1518 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Education

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that if students are to succeed in an increasingly competitive economy, they will need to be taught by teachers who are aware of the technological innovations and changes that are occurring throughout business, industry, and government.  Having teachers who are more aware of these changes will lead to improvements in curriculum and instruction, thereby making public schools more relevant to the future career and personal needs of our students.

    Sec. 2.  RCW 28A.415.020 and 1990 c 33 s 415 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) Certificated personnel shall receive for each ten clock hours of approved in-service training attended the equivalent of a one credit college quarter course on the salary schedule developed by the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee.

    (2) Certificated personnel shall receive for each ten clock hours of approved continuing education earned, as continuing education is defined by rule adopted by the state board of education, the equivalent of a one credit college quarter course on the salary schedule developed by the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee.

    (3) Certificated personnel shall receive for each twenty-five clock hours of participation in an approved internship with a business, an industry, or government, as an internship is defined by rule of the state board of education in accordance with section 3 of this act, the equivalent of a one credit college quarter course on the salary schedule developed by the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee.

(4) An approved in-service training program shall be a program approved by a school district board of directors, which meet standards adopted by the state board of education, and the development of said program has been participated in by an in-service training task force whose membership is the same as provided under RCW 28A.415.040, or a program offered by an education agency approved to provide in-service for the purposes of continuing education as provided for under rules adopted by the state board of education, or both.

    (((4))) (5) Clock hours eligible for application to the salary schedule developed by the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee as described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, shall be those hours acquired after August 31, 1987.  Clock hours eligible for application to the salary schedule as described in subsection (3) of this section shall be those hours acquired after December 31, 1995.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.415 RCW to read as follows:

    The state board of education shall establish rules for awarding clock hours for participation of certificated personnel in internships with business, industry, or government.  To receive clock hours for an internship, the individual must demonstrate that the internship will provide beneficial skills and knowledge in an area directly related to his or her current assignment, or to his or her assignment for the following school year.  An individual may not receive more than the equivalent of two college quarter credits for internships during a calendar-year period.  The total number of credits for internships that an individual may earn to advance on the salary schedule developed by the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee or its successor agency is limited to the equivalent of fifteen college quarter credits."

ESHB 1518 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Education

    On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "teachers;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 28A.415.020; adding a new section to chapter 28A.415 RCW; and creating a new section."

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