PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Various sections of chapter 180-78A WAC, Approval standards for performance-based preparation programs for teachers, administrators, and education staff associates.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 28A.305.130 (1) through (4).
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The proposed amendments would update the program approval standards and align them with current standards of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Early solicitation of public comments and recommendations respecting new, amended or repealed rules, and consideration of the comments and recommendations in the course of drafting rules.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by sending written comments to Rules Coordinator, State Board of Education, P.O. Box 47206, Olympia, WA 98504-7206, fax (360) 586-2357, TDD (360) 664-3631. For telephone assistance contact Larry Davis at (360) 753-6715.
May 22, 2001
Larry Davis
Executive Director