CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5537

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 18, 1995   YEAS 48   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House April 13, 1995   YEAS 95   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5537 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Secretary

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5537

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe, Pelz, Rasmussen, Kohl and Wojahn; by request of Board of Education)

Read first time 02/10/95.

Changing teacher preparation provisions.

    AN ACT Relating to teacher preparation; adding a new section to chapter 28A.410 RCW; and repealing RCW 28A.305.230, 28A.305.240, 28A.305.245, 28A.305.250, 28A.410.030, 28A.415.290, 28B.35.380, and 28B.40.380.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.410 RCW to read as follows:

    Not later than January 1, 1997, the state board of education shall study, report, and make recommendations to the legislature on the following issues regarding teacher assessment for initial or residency certification:

    (1) How an individual assessment would be linked to state board-adopted, performance-based program approval standards;

    (2) How an individual assessment would be linked to the performance-based public education system under RCW 28A.630.885; and

    (3) Whether, in lieu of requiring the assessment for initial or residency certification, the assessment should be required as a diagnostic tool and the results used for professional growth purposes while the teacher holds the residency certificate.

    In conducting this study, the state board shall take into consideration any recommendations from the board's professional education advisory committee and the Washington advisory council for professional teaching standards.

    Any recommendation to implement a teacher assessment system, including funding support, must be approved by the legislature before such implementation occurs.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) RCW 28A.305.230 and 1985 c 419 s 1;

(2) RCW 28A.305.240 and 1990 c 33 s 268 & 1987 c 525 s 217;

(3) RCW 28A.305.245 and 1991 c 259 s 3;

(4) RCW 28A.305.250 and 1990 c 33 s 269, 1989 c 11 s 4, & 1987 c 525 s 226;

(5) RCW 28A.410.030 and 1993 c 336 s 801, 1991 c 116 s 21, & 1987 c 525 s 203;

(6) RCW 28A.415.290 and 1993 c 336 s 406;

(7) RCW 28B.35.380 and 1977 ex.s. c 169 s 60; and

(8) RCW 28B.40.380 and 1977 ex.s. c 169 s 80, 1975 1st ex.s. c 275 s 147, 1969 ex.s. c 176 s 155, & 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28B.40.380.

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