28A.660.005 – Findings—Declaration.

RCW 28A.660.005 Findings—Declaration. (1) The legislature finds and declares: (a) Teacher qualifications and effectiveness are the most important influences on student learning in schools; (b) Preparation of individuals to become well-qualified, effective teachers must be high quality; (c) Teachers who complete high quality alternative route programs with intensive field-based experience, adequate coursework, and strong mentorship […]

28A.660.020 – Program design—Funding—Reports.

RCW 28A.660.020 Program design—Funding—Reports. (1)(a) Alternative route programs are partnerships between Washington professional educator standards board-approved preparation programs, Washington school districts, and other partners as appropriate. Program design of alternative route programs must evolve over time to reflect innovations and improvements in educator preparation. (b) The Washington professional educator standards board must construct rules that […]

28A.660.035 – Partnership programs—Priority assistance in advancing cultural competency skills.

RCW 28A.660.035 Partnership programs—Priority assistance in advancing cultural competency skills. The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall identify school districts that have the most significant academic disparities among subgroups of students and for large numbers of those students, and districts that should receive priority for assistance in advancing cultural competency skills in their […]

28A.660.060 – Employment of certain personnel not affected.

RCW 28A.660.060 Employment of certain personnel not affected. School districts or approved private schools’ ability to employ personnel under certification for emergency or temporary, substitute, or provisional duty as authorized by chapter 28A.410 RCW are not affected by the provisions of this chapter. [ 2001 c 158 § 10.]

28A.660.080 – Application—Conditional scholarship and loan repayment agreements.

RCW 28A.660.080 Application—Conditional scholarship and loan repayment agreements. Nothing in RCW 28B.102.020, 28B.102.030, 28B.102.045, 28B.102.055, 28B.102.080 through 28B.102.160, 43.79A.040, or sections 210 and 226, chapter 295, Laws of 2019 modifies or otherwise affects conditional scholarship or loan repayment agreements under this chapter or chapter 28B.102 RCW existing before May 8, 2019. [ 2019 c 295 […]