WSR 98-01-034

PERMANENT RULES

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

[Filed December 8, 1997, 11:28 a.m.]

Date of Adoption: November 21, 1997.

Purpose: Allows the Superintendent of Public Instruction to audit documentation for maintaining a continuing certificate on a selective basis.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 180-85-109.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.410.010.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 97-20-135 on October 1, 1997.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Larry Davis

Executive Director

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 90-12-076, filed 6/1/90, effective 7/2/90)

WAC 180-85-109 SPI audits of documentation. ((Each year the superintendent of public instruction shall audit at least five percent of the)) Continuing education compliance forms filed with the superintendent of public instruction shall be audited by the superintendent of public instruction on a selective basis, which may include responses to complaints or other evidence of possible noncompliance, with the number of actual audits per year left to the discretion of the superintendent of public instruction. Such audit may consist of requesting the affected certificate holder to supply the superintendent of public instruction copies of the documents which indicate compliance and/or may consist of any other audit procedure deemed necessary by the superintendent of public instruction in order to check compliance.