PROPOSED RULES
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 02-16-009.
Title of Rule: WAC 180-82-110 Exceptions to classroom teacher assignment policy.
Purpose: Clarifies language to align the special education endorsement waiver with the performance-based endorsements.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.410.010.
Statute Being Implemented: None.
Summary: See Purpose above.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: See Purpose above.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation and Enforcement: Larry Davis, State Board of Education, Olympia, (360) 725-6024.
Name of Proponent: State Board of Education.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: See Purpose above.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: See Purpose above.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. Not applicable.
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption. Not applicable.
Hearing Location: ESD 113, 601 McPhee Road, Olympia, WA 98502-5080, on January 15, 2003, at 8:30 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Laura Moore by December 23, 2002, TDD (360) 664-3631 or (360) 725-6027.
Submit Written Comments to: Rules Coordinator, State Board of Education, P.O. Box 47206, Olympia, WA 98504-7206, fax (360) 586-2357, by December 23, 2002.
Date of Intended Adoption: January 17, 2003.
December 2, 2002
Larry Davis
Executive Director
OTS-5842.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 00-18-063, filed 9/1/00,
effective 10/2/00)
WAC 180-82-110
Exceptions to classroom teacher
assignment policy.
Exceptions to the classroom teacher
assignment policy specified in WAC 180-82-105 shall be limited
to the following:
(1) Upon determination by school districts that teachers have the competencies to be effective teachers in areas other than their endorsed areas, individuals with initial, residency, endorsed continuing, or professional teacher certificates who have completed provisional status with a school district under RCW 28A.405.220 may be assigned to classes other than in their areas of endorsement. If teachers are so assigned, the following shall apply:
(a) A designated representative of the district and any such teacher so assigned shall mutually develop a written plan which provides for necessary assistance to the teacher, and which provides for a reasonable amount of planning and study time associated specifically with the out-of-endorsement assignment;
(b) Such teachers shall not be subject to nonrenewal or probation based on evaluations of their teaching effectiveness in the out-of-endorsement assignments;
(c) Such teaching assignments shall be approved by a formal vote of the local school board for each teacher so assigned; and
(d) The assignment of such teachers for the previous school year shall be reported annually to the state board of education by the employing school district as required by WAC 180-16-195. Included in the report shall be the number of teachers in out-of-endorsement assignments and the specific assistance being given to the teachers.
(2) Teachers with initial, residency, endorsed continuing, or professional teacher certificates who have not completed provisional status with a school district under RCW 28A.405.220 may be assigned to one out-of-endorsement assignment for a maximum of two periods (not more than forty percent full-time equivalent) a day. Conditions described in subsection (1)(a) through (d) of this section shall apply to teachers so assigned.
(3) After August 31, 2000, a teacher who has completed
twenty-four quarter credit hours (sixteen semester credit
hours) of ((the required special education course work in WAC 180-82-360)) course work applicable to a special education
endorsement shall be eligible for a waiver from the special
education office which will allow that person to be employed
as a special education teacher. ((The)) All remaining
((credits and all endorsement)) requirements shall be
completed within five years of service as a special education
teacher. Teachers who hold certificates endorsed in special
education or who have received waivers from the special
education office prior to September 1, 2000, shall not be
affected by the requirements of this subsection.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(4), 28A.305.130(1), 28A.410.018. 00-18-063, § 180-82-110, filed 9/1/00, effective 10/2/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.305.130 (1) and (2), 28A.410.010 and 28A.150.220(4). 99-04-008, § 180-82-110, filed 1/21/99, effective 2/21/99.]