BILL REQ. #:  H-3381.1 

Read first time 01/12/2006.   Referred to Committee on Education.

     AN ACT Relating to school administrators with superintendent certification; and amending RCW 28A.410.120.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 28A.410.120 and 2005 c 497 s 208 are each amended to read as follows:
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Washington professional educator standards board or superintendent of public instruction shall not require any professional certification or other qualifications of any person elected superintendent of a local school district by that district's board of directors, or any person hired in any manner to fill a position designated as, or which is, in fact, deputy superintendent, or assistant superintendent. However, each school district board of directors shall hire at least one school administrator with a state superintendent certificate who fills a senior-level administrative position within the district.