PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: June 21, 2002.
Purpose: This editorial amendment clarifies that holders of a valid certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards may reinstate a continuing certificate on that basis, as well as maintain the continuing certificate.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 180-85-075.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.410.010.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 02-10-086 on April 29, 2002.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
Pilot Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
or Other Alternative Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 1,
Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
Thirty-one days after filing.
June 27, 2002
Larry Davis
Executive Director
OTS-5564.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 02-04-017, filed 1/24/02,
effective 2/24/02)
WAC 180-85-075
Continuing education requirement.
Continuing education requirements are as follows:
(1) Each holder of a continuing or a standard certificate affected by this chapter shall be required to complete during a five-year period one hundred fifty continuing education credit hours, as defined in WAC 180-85-030, prior to his or her first lapse date and during each five-year period between subsequent lapse dates as calculated in WAC 180-85-100.
(2) Provided, That each holder of a continuing or a standard
certificate affected by this chapter may present a copy of a
valid certificate issued by the National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards in lieu of the completion of the continuing
education credit hours required by ((subsection (1) of)) this
((section)) chapter.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. 02-04-017, § 180-85-075, filed 1/24/02, effective 2/24/02; 01-09-004, § 180-85-075, filed 4/5/01, effective 5/6/01; 99-14-010, § 180-85-075, filed 6/24/99, effective 7/25/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.305.130 (1) and (2), 28A.410.010 and 28A.150.220(4). 99-01-174, § 180-85-075, filed 12/23/98, effective 1/23/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.70.005. 89-01-043 (Order 28-88), § 180-85-075, filed 12/14/88; 86-13-018 (Order 8-86), § 180-85-075, filed 6/10/86.]