Interstate teacher compact

AN ACT Relating to repealing the interstate teacher mobility 1
compact; amending RCW 28A.405.220; and repealing RCW 28A.420.005, 2
28A.420.010, 28A.420.020, 28A.420.030, 28A.420.040, 28A.420.050, 3
28A.420.060, 28A.420.070, 28A.420.080, 28A.420.090, 28A.420.100, 4
28A.420.110, and 28A.420.120. 5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:6
Sec. 1. RCW 28A.405.220 and 2024 c 317 s 14 are each amended to 7
read as follows: 8
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 28A.405.210, every 9
person employed by a school district in a teaching or other 10
nonsupervisory certificated position shall be subject to nonrenewal 11
of employment contract as provided in this section during the first 12
three years of employment by such district, unless: (a) The employee 13
has previously completed at least two years of certificated 14
employment in another school district in the state of Washington, in 15
which case the employee shall be subject to nonrenewal of employment 16
contract pursuant to this section during the first year of employment 17
with the new district; or (b) the employee has received an evaluation 18
rating below level 2 on the four -level rating system established 19
under RCW 28A.405.100 during the third year of employment, in which 20
case the employee shall remain subject to the nonrenewal of the 21
S-0766.1
SENATE BILL 5596
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Senators Wellman, Harris, and Hasegawa
Read first time 01/30/25. Referred to Committee on Early Learning &
K-12 Education.
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employment contract until the employee receives a level 2 rating; or 1
(c) the school district superintendent may make a determination to 2
remove an employee from provisional status if the employee has 3
received one of the top two evaluation ratings during the second year 4
of employment by the district. Employees as defined in this section 5
shall hereinafter be referred to as "provisional employees."6
(2) ((The superintendent of the school district may not renew the 7
employment contract of a provisional employee licensed under the 8
interstate teacher mobility compact in chapter 28A.420 RCW for a 9
third year if the provisional employee has not yet completed both the 10
issues of abuse course described in RCW 28A.410.035 and the equity-11
based school practices requirements under RCW 28A.410.277.12
(3))) In the event the superintendent of the school district 13
determines that the employment contract of any provisional employee 14
should not be renewed by the district for the next ensuing term such 15
provisional employee shall be notified thereof in writing on or 16
before May 15th preceding the commencement of such school term, or if 17
the omnibus appropriations act has not passed the legislature by the 18
end of the regular legislative session for that year, then 19
notification shall be no later than June 15th, which notification 20
shall state the reason or reasons for such determination. Such notice 21
shall be served upon the provisional employee personally, or by 22
certified or registered mail, or by leaving a copy of the notice at 23
the place of his or her usual abode with some person of suitable age 24
and discretion then resident therein. The determination of the 25
superintendent shall be subject to the evaluation requirements of RCW 26
28A.405.100. 27
(((4))) (3) Every such provisional employee so notified, at his 28
or her request made in writing and filed with the superintendent of 29
the district within ten days after receiving such notice, shall be 30
given the opportunity to meet informally with the superintendent for 31
the purpose of requesting the superintendent to reconsider his or her 32
decision. Such meeting shall be held no later than ten days following 33
the receipt of such request, and the provisional employee shall be 34
given written notice of the date, time and place of meeting at least 35
three days prior thereto. At such meeting the provisional employee 36
shall be given the opportunity to refute any facts upon which the 37
superintendent's determination was based and to make any argument in 38
support of his or her request for reconsideration.39
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(((5))) (4) Within ten days following the meeting with the 1
provisional employee, the superintendent shall either reinstate the 2
provisional employee or shall submit to the school district board of 3
directors for consideration at its next regular meeting a written 4
report recommending that the employment contract of the provisional 5
employee be nonrenewed and stating the reason or reasons therefor. A 6
copy of such report shall be delivered to the provisional employee at 7
least three days prior to the scheduled meeting of the board of 8
directors. In taking action upon the recommendation of the 9
superintendent, the board of directors shall consider any written 10
communication which the provisional employee may file with the 11
secretary of the board at any time prior to that meeting.12
(((6))) (5) The board of directors shall notify the provisional 13
employee in writing of its final decision within ten days following 14
the meeting at which the superintendent's recommendation was 15
considered. The decision of the board of directors to nonrenew the 16
contract of a provisional employee shall be final and not subject to 17
appeal. 18
(((7))) (6) This section applies to any person employed by a 19
school district in a teaching or other nonsupervisory certificated 20
position after June 25, 1976. This section provides the exclusive 21
means for nonrenewing the employment contract of a provisional 22
employee and no other provision of law shall be applicable thereto, 23
including, without limitation, RCW 28A.405.210 and chapter 28A.645 24
RCW. 25
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The following acts or parts of acts are 26
each repealed:27
(1) RCW 28A.420.005 (Purpose) and 2024 c 317 s 1;28
(2) RCW 28A.420.010 (Definitions) and 2024 c 317 s 2;29
(3) RCW 28A.420.020 (Licensure under the compact) and 2024 c 317 30
s 3; 31
(4) RCW 28A.420.030 (Licensure not under the compact) and 2024 c 32
317 s 4; 33
(5) RCW 28A.420.040 (Teacher qualifications and requirements for 34
licensure under the compact) and 2024 c 317 s 5; 35
(6) RCW 28A.420.050 (Discipline— Adverse actions) and 2024 c 317 s 36
6; 37
(7) RCW 28A.420.060 (Establishment of commission) and 2024 c 317 38
s 7; 39
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(8) RCW 28A.420.070 (Rule making) and 2024 c 317 s 8;1
(9) RCW 28A.420.080 (Facilitating information exchange) and 2024 2
c 317 s 9; 3
(10) RCW 28A.420.090 (Oversight— Dispute resolution — Enforcement) 4
and 2024 c 317 s 10; 5
(11) RCW 28A.420.100 (Effectuation— Withdrawal— Amendment) and 6
2024 c 317 s 11; 7
(12) RCW 28A.420.110 (Construction— Severability) and 2024 c 317 s 8
12; and 9
(13) RCW 28A.420.120 (Consistent effect and conflict with other 10
state laws) and 2024 c 317 s 13. 11
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