(1) In accordance with provisions of RCW
28A.410.060 and
28A.415.010, the fee for certificates which are valid for more than one year, issued by authority of the state of Washington and authorizing the holder to serve in the common schools of the state, shall be as follows:
(a) The first issue of the residency certificate, five dollars for each year of validity;
(b) The continuing certificate, seventy dollars;
(c) The reinstatement, additional endorsement on the teaching certificate, duplicate certificates, substitute certificates, and certificates issued for the purpose of showing a name change, fifteen dollars;
(d) The first peoples' language, culture, and oral tribal traditions teacher certificate, twenty-five dollars; and
(e) Any other certificate or credential or any renewal thereof, five dollars for each year of validity:
(f) Provided, That the fee for all career and technical education certificates shall be one dollar:
(g) Provided, That a one-time late fee for a renewed initial or continuing certificate issued under the provisions of WAC
181-79A-123 (7), (8), or (9) for those whose initial certificate had already expired shall be one hundred dollars.
(2) The fee for any other certificate/credential, or for any renewal thereof, issued by the authority of the state of Washington and authorizing the holder to serve in the common schools of the state, shall be five dollars.
(3) Officials authorized to collect certification fees are educational service district superintendents, local school district superintendents, deans and directors of education at colleges and universities, or their designees. Sovereign tribal governments may collect certification fees for first peoples' language, culture, and oral tribal traditions certificates. The fee must accompany the application for a certificate and shall be transmitted by the receiving district, college or university, sovereign tribal government or program unit designee at least quarterly to the educational service district within which the application is filed for disposition in accordance with provisions of RCW
28A.410.060. The fee shall not be refunded unless the application is withdrawn before it is finally considered (i.e., the issuance of a certificate or a written communication denying such issuance) by the superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee. Fees not refunded shall apply as credit toward certificate fees if such applicant reapplies within twenty-four months of the date of denial. Moneys accrued from certification fees within the boundaries of an educational service district shall be divided in the following manner:
(a) Local school districts employing more than one hundred teachers and other professional staff and collecting certification fees may retain one dollar of each fee in order to hold a professional training institute. If such district does not hold an institute, all such moneys shall be placed to the credit of the educational service district.
(b) No less than fifty percent of the funds accruing within the boundaries of an educational service district shall be used to support program activities related to statewide precertification professional preparation and evaluation.
(c) The remaining funds shall be used to support professional in-service training programs, program evaluation and/or provision of certification services by educational service districts.
(d) Use of certification fees described in this section shall be reported annually to the professional educator standards board pursuant to WAC
181-79A-131(6).
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.210. 08-12-055, § 181-79A-130, filed 6/2/08, effective 7/3/08; 08-03-100, § 181-79A-130, filed 1/20/08, effective 2/20/08; 07-12-006, § 181-79A-130, filed 5/24/07, effective 6/24/07; 06-14-010, § 181-79A-130, filed 6/22/06, effective 7/23/06. 06-02-051, recodified as § 181-79A-130, filed 12/29/05, effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. 05-23-043, § 180-79A-130, filed 11/9/05, effective 12/10/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010 and 28A.305.130. 05-15-024, § 180-79A-130, filed 7/7/05, effective 8/7/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010 and 28A.305.130 (1) through (4). 02-04-018, § 180-79A-130, filed 1/24/02, effective 2/24/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. 01-09-005, § 180-79A-130, filed 4/5/01, effective 5/6/01; 00-03-048, § 180-79A-130, filed 1/14/00, effective 2/14/00; 97-04-088, § 180-79A-130, filed 2/5/97, effective 3/8/97.]