CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2415

                        57th Legislature

                      2002 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 13, 2002   Yeas 97   Nays 0 Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 4, 2002   Yeas 46   Nays 0	CERTIFICATE I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2415  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.                           Chief Clerk
President of the Senate

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Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2415

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             Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2002 Regular Session

By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Quall, Talcott, Haigh, Anderson, Rockefeller, Tokuda, Lantz, Romero, McIntire and Chase; by request of Governor Locke, Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Board of Education and Professional Educator Standards Board)

Read first time 02/05/2002.  Referred to Committee on .

Changing qualifications for public school principals and vice principals.  

    AN ACT Relating to qualifications for public school principals and vice principals; and amending RCW 28A.400.100.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 28A.400.100 and 1977 ex.s. c 272 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    School districts may employ public school principals and/or vice principals to supervise the operation and management of the school to which they are assigned.  Such persons shall hold valid ((teacher and)) administrative certificates and shall hold or have held either valid teacher certificates or valid educational staff associate certificates.  Persons who hold or have held valid educational staff associate certificates must also have demonstrated successful school-based experience in an instructional role with students.  Persons whose certificates were revoked, suspended, or surrendered may not be employed as public school principals or vice principals.  In addition to such other duties as shall be prescribed by law and by the job description adopted by the board of directors, each principal shall:

    (1) Assume administrative authority, responsibility and instructional leadership, under the supervision of the school district superintendent, and in accordance with the policies of the school district board of directors, for the planning, management, supervision and evaluation of the educational program of the attendance area for which he or she is responsible.

    (2) Submit recommendations to the school district superintendent regarding appointment, assignment, promotion, transfer and dismissal of all personnel assigned to the attendance area for which he or she is responsible.

    (3) Submit recommendations to the school district superintendent regarding the fiscal needs to maintain and improve the instructional program of the attendance area for which he or she is responsible.

    (4) Assume administrative authority and responsibility for the supervision, counseling and discipline of pupils in the attendance area for which he or she is responsible.

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