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ENGROSSED
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1518
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AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed
Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th
Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/20/95.
Authorizing clock
hours for teachers participating in internships.
AN ACT
Relating to internship credit for teachers; amending RCW 28A.415.020; adding a
new section to chapter 28A.415 RCW; and creating new sections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
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 forty 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.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. The
legislative office on performance audit and fiscal analysis shall conduct an
evaluation, by December 15, 1997, of internship credits granted to teachers to
advance on the salary schedule as provided in section 2 of this act. This
evaluation shall compare the efficacy of internship, in-service, and academic
credits as recognized in the state salary allocation schedule in the omnibus
appropriations act, in improving teacher effectiveness and productivity.
