2017 Revised Code of Washington
Title 28A - COMMON SCHOOL PROVISIONS
28A.413 Paraeducators.
28A.413.070 General paraeducator certificate.
RCW 28A.413.070 General paraeducator certificate.
(1)(a) Paraeducators may become eligible for a general paraeducator certificate by completing the four-day fundamental course of study, as required under RCW 28A.413.060, and an additional ten days of general courses, as defined by the board, on the state paraeducator standards of practice, described in RCW 28A.413.050.
(b) Paraeducators are not required to meet the general paraeducator certificate requirements under this subsection (1) unless amounts are appropriated for the specific purposes of subsection (2) of this section and RCW 28A.413.060.
(2) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, beginning September 1, 2019, school districts must:
(a) Provide paraeducators with general courses on the state paraeducator standards of practice; and
(b) Ensure all paraeducators employed by the district meet the general certification requirements of this section within three years of completing the four-day fundamental course of study.
(3) The general paraeducator certificate does not expire.
[ 2017 c 237 ยง 8.]
