6074 AMH ED H4429.1

6074 AMH ED H4429.1

SB 6074 - H COMM AMD ADOPTED 3-2-94

By Committee on Education

Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"Sec. 1. RCW 28A.625.041 and 1992 c 83 s 1 and 1992 c 50 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

(1) All recipients of the Washington award for excellence in education shall receive a certificate presented by the governor and the superintendent of public instruction, or their designated representatives, at a public ceremony or ceremonies in appropriate locations.

(2) In addition to certificates under subsection (1) of this section, awards for teachers, classified employees, and principals or administrators shall include one of the following:

(a) Except as provided under RCW 28B.80.255, an academic grant which shall be used to take courses at a state institution of higher education. The academic grant shall provide reimbursement to the recipient for actual costs incurred for tuition and fees for up to forty-five quarter credit hours or thirty semester credit hours at a rate of reimbursement per credit hour not to exceed the resident graduate, part-time cost per credit hour at the University of Washington in the year the recipient takes the credits. In addition, a stipend not to exceed one thousand dollars shall be provided for costs incurred in taking courses covered by the academic grant beginning with 1992 recipients, if funds are appropriated for the stipends in the omnibus appropriations act. This stipend shall be provided as reimbursement for actual costs incurred. The academic grant shall not be considered compensation for the purposes of RCW 28A.400.200; or

(b) A recognition stipend not to exceed one thousand dollars. The recognition stipend shall not be considered compensation for the purposes of RCW 28A.400.200; or

(c) An educational grant not to exceed one thousand dollars. The educational grant shall be awarded under RCW 28A.625.060 and shall not be considered compensation for the purposes of RCW 28A.400.200.

(3) In addition to certificates under subsection (1) of this section, the award for the superintendent shall include one of the following:

(a) A recognition stipend not to exceed one thousand dollars. The recognition stipend shall not be considered compensation for the purposes of RCW 28A.400.200; or

(b) An educational grant not to exceed one thousand dollars. The educational grant shall be awarded under RCW 28A.625.060 and shall not be considered compensation for the purposes of RCW 28A.400.200.

(4) In addition to certificates under subsection (1) of this section, the award for the school board shall include an educational grant not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars. The educational grant shall be awarded under RCW 28A.625.060.

(5) Within one year of receiving the Washington award for excellence in education, teachers, classified employees, principals or administrators, and the school district superintendent shall notify the superintendent of public instruction in writing of their decision to apply for an academic grant, a recognition stipend, or an educational grant as provided under subsections (2) and (3) of this section. The superintendent shall notify the higher education coordinating board of those recipients who select the academic grant.

(6) This section applies to all individuals named by the office of the superintendent of public instruction as recipients of the Washington award for excellence in education before January 1, 1994.

(7) This section shall expire June 30, 1998.

Sec. 2. RCW 28A.625.060 and 1992 c 50 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Teachers, classified employees, principals or administrators, and superintendents who have received an award for excellence in education and choose to apply for an educational grant under RCW 28A.625.041 shall be awarded the grant by the superintendent of public instruction as long as a written grant application is submitted to the superintendent within one year after the award was received. The grant application shall identify the educational purpose toward which the grant shall be used.

(2) This section applies to all individuals named by the office of the superintendent of public instruction as recipients of the Washington award for excellence in education before January 1, 1994.

(3) This section shall expire June 30, 1998.

Sec. 3. RCW 28A.625.065 and 1992 c 83 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Courses paid for in full by the academic grant under RCW 28A.625.041(2)(a) shall be completed within four years after the academic grant is received.

(2) This section applies to all individuals named by the office of the superintendent of public instruction as recipients of the Washington award for excellence in education before January 1, 1994.

(3) This section shall expire June 30, 1998.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. A new section is added to chapter 28A.625 RCW to read as follows:

(2) In addition to the certificate under subsection (1) of this section, the award for teachers, classified employees, superintendents, and principals or administrators shall include a recognition award in an amount determined in the state operating appropriations act but not less than two thousand five hundred dollars. The recognition award shall not be considered compensation for the purposes of RCW 28A.400.200.

(3) In addition to the certificate under subsection (1) of this section, the award for the school board shall include a recognition award not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars. The school board must use its recognition award for an educational purpose.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. A new section is added to chapter 28B.80 RCW to read as follows:

(1) The higher education coordinating board shall adopt rules establishing procedures for recipients of the Washington award for excellence in education academic grant to convert the remaining value of their grant into a recognition award as provided under section 4 of this act, subject to the availability of funds from the legislature to cover this option. This is an option for individuals named by the office of the superintendent of public instruction as recipients of the Washington award for excellence in education before January 1, 1994, who have elected to receive their award in the form of the academic grant. This option shall be exercised only at the discretion of the academic grant recipients.

(2) This section shall expire June 30, 1998.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. Section 4 of this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect April 1, 1994.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected."