1761 AMS HOCH ADAM 002

HB 1761 - S AMD TO EDU COMM AMD (S2555.1) - 353

    By Senators Hochstatter, Stevens and Zarelli

                            NOT ADOPTED 4/14/99 - ROLL CALL 23 -25

    On page 2, line 27 of the amendment, after "(4)" insert "A retired state employee may serve up to five hundred twenty five hours as a substitute teacher per school year without receiving a reduction in pension if:

(a) A school district on behalf of an individual candidate applies to the superintendent of public instruction for the issuance of an alternate substitute certificate; and

(b) The superintendent of public instruction issues the alternate substitute teacher certificate.

(c) The superintendent of public instruction shall issue the alternate substitute teacher certificate if the individual is a retired person and has at least two years' work experience with the state relevant to the subject area or areas that the school district is experiencing a shortage of substitutes to teach.

(d)(i)The alternate teacher certificate under this subsection allows the holder full authority to serve as a substitute teacher.  The certificate shall be valid for not more than two years of substitute teaching.

(ii) The alternate teacher certificate shall allow the holder to provide instructional services to students in any of the grades in middle school, junior high school, and high school and teach only the subject or subjects approved by the local school board of directors and designated on the alternate teacher certificates.

(e) The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules as necessary under chapter 34.05 RCW to administer the alternate certification process under this subsection (4).

(5)"

    On page 3, beginning on line 2 of the amendment, after "this" strike all material through "(5)" on line 3 and insert "section.

    (5))) (6)"

    On page 3, line 5 of the amendment, after "subsection" strike "(4)" and insert "(5)"

    On page 3, at the beginning of line 15 of the amendment, strike "(6)" and insert "(7)"

    On page 3, line 19 of the amendment, after "(((6)))" strike "(7)" and insert "(8)"

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EFFECT: In an effort to increase the pool of eligible substitute teachers, an alternate substitute teacher certificate is issued to retired state employees with work experience in a subject area in which the district is experiencing a shortage of substitutes.