EMERGENCY RULES
Date of Adoption: August 25, 2000.
Purpose: To add a new section to WAC 180-82-135 (see below).
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending [new section] WAC 180-82-135.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 28A.410 RCW.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: Allows on a case-by-case basis exceptions from the board's teacher assignment provisions.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: August 25, 2000.
July 19, 2000
Larry Davis
Executive Director
OTS-4214.1
NEW SECTION
WAC 180-82-135
Assignment waivers.
(1) On a case-by-case basis, the state board of education may waive the provisions of WAC 180-82-105 through 180-82-130 upon written application by a school district board of directors. The application shall detail the rationale for the waiver request. The waiver may be granted subject to any conditions and stipulations as the state board determines.
(2) The board may delegate the receipt, consideration, and decision of assignment waiver requests to either state board of education staff or staff of the office of superintendent of public instruction.
(3) State board staff shall report annually to the board the number of waivers granted under this section.
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