(1)(a) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction must administer the regional educator recruitment program. Grant awards of up to one hundred thousand dollars each must be awarded to the three educational service districts whose school districts have the least access to alternative route teacher certification programs under chapter 28A.660 RCW.
(b) Beginning September 1, 2019, the educational service districts in the program must employ a person with the duties and characteristics specified in RCW 28A.310.235. The educational service districts in the program must collaborate with the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the Washington association of educational service districts to prepare the report required in (c) of this subsection.
(c) By December 1, 2021, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in collaboration with the Washington association of educational service districts, must evaluate the program and submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature. At a minimum, the report must: Summarize the activities of the educational service districts in the program with regard to educator recruitment, including the activities described in RCW 28A.310.235, in comparison to the educator recruitment activities of the educational service districts not participating in the program; include any relevant outcome data that is available; and recommend whether the program should be modified, expanded to all educational service districts, or discontinued.
(2) This section expires July 1, 2022.
[ 2019 c 295 § 103.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Findings—Intent—2019 c 295: See notes following RCW 28A.310.235.
Findings—Intent—2019 c 295: See notes following RCW 28B.10.033.
Intent—2019 c 295: See note following RCW 28B.102.030.
Findings—Intent—2019 c 295: See note following RCW 28A.415.265.
Findings—Intent—2019 c 295: See note following RCW 28A.410.287.