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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1143

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives Cole, Betrozoff and Holland

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Education.

AN ACT Relating to public school in-service training; and amending RCW 28A.71.210.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 189, Laws of 1977 ex. sess. as amended by section 10, chapter 149, Laws of 1979 and RCW 28A.71.210 are each amended to read as follows:

          The superintendent of public instruction ((is hereby empowered to administer)) shall allocate funds now or hereafter appropriated for the conduct of in-service training programs for public school certificated and classified personnel ((and to supervise the conduct of such programs.  The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 34.04 RCW that provide for the allocation of such funds to public school district or educational service district applicants on such conditions and for such training programs as he or she deems to be in the best interest of the public school system:  PROVIDED, That)).  Each school district ((requesting)) receiving such funds shall have:

(1) Conducted a district needs assessment, to be reviewed and updated at least every five years, of certificated and classified personnel to determine identified strengths and weakness of personnel that would be strengthened by such in-service training program((:  PROVIDED, FURTHER, That each school district or educational service district requesting funds shall have));

(2) Established an in-service training task force ((and demonstrated to the superintendent of public instruction that the task force has participated in and is supportive of the request for funding of the particular in-service training program)) to assist in identifying in-service training needs; and

(3) Demonstrated to the superintendent of public instruction its intention to implement the recommendations of the needs assessment and thereafter the progress it has made in providing in-service training as identified in the needs assessment.

          The task force required by this section shall be composed of representatives from the ranks of administrators, building principals, teachers, classified and support personnel ((employed by the applicant school district or educational service district)), from the public, and from an institution(s) of higher education, in such numbers as shall be established by the school district board of directors ((or educational service district board of directors)).  The school district shall evidence participation of the task force in identifying in-service training needs and goals.