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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2420

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Representatives Dorn, Brumsickle, Kirby, Betrozoff, Rasmussen, R. Meyers, Winsley, Pruitt, H. Myers and Ferguson

Read first time 1/12/90 and referred to Committee on Education.

AN ACT Relating to approved continuing education and in-service credit; and amending RCW 28A.71.110.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 519, Laws of 1987 and RCW 28A.71.110 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) An approved in-service training program shall be a program:

(a) Approved by a school district board of directors, which meets 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.71.210((, or a program));

(b) 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));

(c) Meeting the criteria set forth in (a) and (b) of this subsection; or

(d) Approved by another state or another state's professional organization for in-service or continuing education credit or hours in that state and for which college credit is available.  For in-service credits approved under this subsection the certificated personnel need not pay to actually receive college credit.

          (4) 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.